United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Head of Mobilisation

Salary: £52,000 pa

We are looking for an experienced individual to join us as Head of Mobilisation. You will lead the development and delivery of Save the Children’s campaign supporter mobilisation strategy both through building a strong offline community and through building a strong online campaign base.

Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Advocacy and Policy department is where we drive political agendas at national and global levels. We’ve integrated lobbying, policy, research and campaigning into one agile, powerful engine for change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

As Head of Mobilisation you will lead a high performing team focused on creating a strong movement of Save the Children campaigners in the UK to support the work of our thematic campaign teams. In addition you will:

• Grow and develop Save the Children’s ‘community champions’ scheme and other community based propositions


• Play a leading role in delivering the ‘Supporter Promise’ across the Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Division


• Lead and manage a high-performing team, providing strategic direction, support and motivation for your staff


• Grow the digital campaign base whilst leading the development of strong digital acquisition


• Work with Heads of Campaigns to identify mobilization opportunities and manage new and innovative partnerships.

To be successful you will have a proven track record of devising and delivering high impact campaign strategies to bring in new audiences and campaigners to inspire action and deliver change. You will have experience in managing budgets with a proven ability to take initiative and manage a complex workload. In addition you will have:

• Demonstrable experience in successfully finding and using insights into supporters lives, behavior and motivations


• A track record of leading successful campaigns and an excellent understanding of the campaigning environment in the UK


• A proven ability to think and plan strategically


• The ability to work in a complex organization, across functional and national boundaries and to build effective working relationships


• Assertiveness, energy and creativity with the ability to inspire colleagues in different teams with a shared vision.

At Save the Children our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 8^th August 2016