- Lead outreach to organisations and networks to recruit members to a hub Steering Group
- Provide admin and logistical support to the Steering Group, including ensuring that meetings are well-attended and accessible
- Support Steering Group members to develop their own organising skills (using materials and training toolkits designed by FPA or other partners)
- Support activities that members choose to take on, including comms support and attendance at meetings and actions, until the group is able to do this itself
- Design and develop further toolkits (alongside FPA staff) as needed to upskill the membership
- Liaise closely with FPA staff via a range of communications channels
- Flag wellbeing/access needs in the Manchester hub for FPA staff to address
- Occasional travel to Glasgow or FPA national meetings
- Experience of working or volunteering in a campaigning environment
- Experience of building, fostering and supporting diverse teams of people
- Meeting organisation and facilitation experience – in-person and remotely
- Excellent interpersonal awareness
- Ability to creatively overcome challenges by presenting new ideas
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- IT literacy, including Zoom, Canva and simple image and video editing tools
- Proficiency in using social media and other communications channels e.g. WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, Instagram, X and Facebook
- Highly organised, self-directed and adaptable
- A passion for justice and political engagement
- Graphic design skills
- A background in environmental, anti-poverty or housing justice activism
- Connections to social movements and trades unions in Manchester
- Experience working with volunteers and vulnerable groups
- Experience in encouraging activists to self-organise
- Experience of creating campaign toolkits
- An understanding of climate and fuel poverty issues and how they intersect
- An understanding of how to build an effective strategic campaign
Freelance Local Hub Support - Manchester, United Kingdom - manchester community central
Description
Following the successful launch of the first local group, in Glasgow, Fuel Poverty Action wants to develop a hub in Manchester.
Fuel Poverty Action are looking to engage a freelancer to help establish this hub, which will support residents of Manchester and Greater Manchester to take meaningful action against fuel poverty. As well as to provide some remote additional capacity to the Glasgow hub.
About the role
This fixed-term role involves recruiting a small Steering Group for the Manchester hub, and supporting them to lead and develop the group as a focal point for energy justice campaigns in Greater Manchester.
By the end of the eight months, the aim is to have the Manchester hub successfully established and able to self-organise with light-touch support from FPA.
The ideal applicant will have experience in community organising or community development and training, and a background in campaigning. They will be passionate about FPA's aims and believe in the power of people coming together to demand change.
Key responsibilities
Person specification – Essential
Person specification – Desirable