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Senior Campaign Manager – Climate and Public Engagement

Location: Islington, London

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Working pattern: Hybrid, with a minimum of 40% of working time based in the London office

Salary: £56,988–£63,756 per year plus benefits

Typical starting salary: Usually offered at the lower end of the range

Application deadline: Tuesday 21 July 2026

Industry: Campaigning, Advocacy, Climate and Communications

Overview

Our client, an independent environmental campaigning organisation, is seeking an experienced Senior Campaign Manager to lead significant strands of its domestic and international climate work.

You will develop and deliver ambitious, evidence-led campaign strategies designed to influence public debate, strengthen support for climate action and reduce the influence of groups seeking to undermine environmental progress. The role combines long-term strategic planning with rapid-response campaigning on politically sensitive and fast-moving issues.

Working with multidisciplinary teams across political engagement, communications, digital, organising, mobilisation and creative delivery, you will identify opportunities and lead a broad range of campaign tactics. These may include political advocacy, legal interventions, public mobilisation, creative communications and peaceful direct action.

You will also line-manage a Campaigner, represent the organisation publicly and help build strong relationships across the climate and wider campaigning movement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of ambitious campaign strategies across multiple, overlapping workstreams.

• Take accountability for the impact and effectiveness of major strands of the climate campaign.

• Identify emerging political, social and media opportunities that can advance campaign objectives.

• Design and direct integrated campaign tactics across advocacy, legal, communications, mobilisation and peaceful direct action.

• Ensure campaign activity remains aligned with the organisation’s theory of change and strategic goals.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including campaigners, political specialists, organisers, mobilisers, press, digital and creative colleagues.

• Influence, guide and task-manage colleagues without relying solely on formal authority.

• Line-manage and support the professional development of a Campaigner.

• Lead rapid-response work on urgent and politically charged developments.

• Balance short-term interventions with the delivery of longer-term campaign strategies.

• Develop clear, persuasive and accessible messages for different audiences and platforms.

• Act as a campaign spokesperson in media interviews, presentations and external events.

• Build and maintain strong relationships across the climate, environmental and campaigning sectors.

• Work with partners, coalitions and movement organisations to strengthen collective impact.

• Monitor campaign performance and use evidence to adapt tactics and improve results.

• Champion inclusive, anti-racist and people-powered approaches to campaigning.

• Help broaden the organisation’s reach and engagement with more diverse communities and audiences.

Requirements

Essential

• Substantial experience developing and delivering public-facing campaigns within the voluntary, public or private sector.

• A strong understanding of how campaigning, advocacy and public mobilisation can achieve social or political change.

• A demonstrable record of delivering successful campaign outcomes.

• Experience designing ambitious strategies involving multiple campaigns, projects or communications workstreams.

• Strong leadership skills and the ability to guide, influence and motivate multidisciplinary teams.

• Experience line-managing or developing campaign professionals.

• Proven ability to task-manage colleagues from different professional disciplines.

• Experience delivering impactful campaign communications with measurable objectives and outcomes.

• Confidence acting as a public spokesperson, including in media interviews and external presentations.

• Strong strategic judgement and the ability to respond quickly to changing news and political developments.

• The ability to turn complex issues into clear, compelling and accessible campaign messages.

• Experience developing and maintaining effective relationships within a campaigning sector, movement or coalition.

• A demonstrable commitment to diversity, inclusion and anti-racism, supported by practical examples from previous work.

• Strong collaboration, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

• The ability to work at pace while maintaining focus on long-term strategic objectives.

Desirable

• Experience campaigning on climate change, energy transition or environmental policy.

• Knowledge of political polarisation, populist movements or public attitudes towards climate action.

• Experience working across political, legal, communications and mobilisation tactics.

• Familiarity with peaceful direct action and people-powered campaigning.

• Experience operating in a rapidly changing and politically sensitive environment.

• Established relationships within the climate or environmental movement.

Benefits

Our client offers a comprehensive benefits and development package, including:

• Salary of £56,988–£63,756 per year.

• Hybrid working, with at least 40% of working time based in the London office.

• Reasonable workplace adjustments to support individual requirements.

• A generous pension scheme.

• Subsidised lunches.

• Free workplace wellbeing activities.

• Access to a broad range of wellbeing resources.

• Extensive learning and professional development opportunities.

• The opportunity to lead high-profile campaigns with national and international relevance.

• A collaborative, values-led and mission-focused working environment.

Further details of the full benefits package will be provided during the recruitment process.

Application Process

Submit your application through the relevant online careers portal by Tuesday 21 July 2026.

Applications cannot be submitted by email. Candidates are advised to retain a copy of the applicant information pack before the vacancy closes, as it may no longer be available afterwards.

The selection process will assess candidates against the essential criteria, including campaign strategy, leadership, communications, relationship-building and commitment to diversity and anti-racism.

Our client is committed to improving representation within the environmental and campaigning sectors. A guaranteed interview initiative may be available to eligible candidates from specified underrepresented backgrounds who meet the essential criteria, subject to application volumes.

Our client welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to fair, inclusive and non-discriminatory recruitment.