Digital Campaigner - freelance contract

Salary:£150 per diem

Contract:Fixed Term, Part time

Location:London

Closing date:September 25th 2013

Are you passionate about making a real difference?

As part of the global ActionAid family, we are helping to build a fair and just world where everyone can claim their rights. To achieve this we work with local people in more than 45 countries to fight hunger and illness, seek justice and education for women, hold companies and governments to account and help communities cope with emergencies.

ActionAid is a unique non-governmental organisation where each member country has a say in the governance and the direction of the organisations, regardless of where they’re located or how much money they bring to ActionAid. We are a value driven, forward thinking organisation, focused on achieving long-term change through supporting our partners to make a sustainable difference.

The position is for the following dates:

    30th September - 15th November, 4 days a week
    18th November  - 6 December, 2 days a week

Purpose of the role

Working as part of the UK Digital and Campaigns teams you will work closely with the Digital Campaigner to create and promote a campaign site to challenge tax dodging in developing countries. You will also work to support the day-to-day digital campaigning work, including updating the website, supporting email drafting, monitoring and drafting responses and promotional posts for social media.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new campaign to tackle tax dodging.

Key tasks

• To assist with the project management of our next campaign website
• Working with internal teams and external agencies (as appropriate) to develop engaging online campaign content
• Supporting the Digital Campaigner to promote the campaign, attract new audiences and generate sign-ups. Including supporting outreach to online influencers in advance of the campaign launch
• Monitoring social media and drafting appropriate responses
• Assisting the Digital Campaigner with a variety of campaigns work, including drafting proactive social media, updating the website and supporting with campaigner emails

Person specification

• Experience of managing digital projects and working with external agencies to deliver a project
• Ability to work within a team and communicate effectively with other team members (Digital Campaigner, Digital Producer)
• Some experience of digital campaigning with a campaigning organisation
• Experience of managing social media contact within specified brand and key message guidelines
• Ability to work within brand and key message guidelines for online communication
• Experience with web design and content management systems
• A good eye for online design
• Desirable: a working knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Desirable: experience building on the Engaging Networks platform

How to apply

Please submit a CV and short covering letter (max 400 words) toclaire.donner@actionaid.org.