This exciting opportunity sits within our Policy and Campaigns team and will support our work to change society, ensuring sight loss is not a barrier to living life to the full. You will play a key role within our friendly, high-achieving Regional Campaigns team, who are unique within the sector and who lead on the local delivery of RNIB’s campaign priorities. We support blind and partially sighted people to tackle issues in their local areas as well as building our network of campaign supporters and volunteers. The team has a proven track-record in positively influencing decision makers such as local authorities and NHS Trusts.
You’ll be responsible for the recruitment, training and on-going management of campaign volunteers, empowering them to develop and lead local campaigns. You’ll grow campaigning capacity across the South East and build wider support for RNIB’s work. You’ll work with colleagues in the central Policy and Campaigns team to feed regional insight into RNIB campaign activity.
You’ll be a highly effective team player and influencer, able to work alongside local politicians and other stakeholders such as local authorities, health and social care bodies and voluntary sector partners.
You’ll have experience of campaigning to secure change in policy and practice and be able to work with and support individuals and groups of campaigners. You’ll have an appreciation of the issues affecting blind and partially sighted people, and you’ll be a team player, able to work collaboratively and build rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
This role can be worked from home, there will be some occasions where you may have to travel for meetings.
In return
RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a range of flexible benefits and a positive, progressive culture. We offer a competitive salary, a stimulating and supportive working environment, a flexible work life balance environment, as well as a benefits package including:
How to apply -
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We actively encourage applicants with lived experience of sight loss to apply for this role.
We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we’re here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK’s biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.
RNIB is leading the creation of a world where there are no barriers for people with sight loss. One of our key priorities is to ask people to see sight loss differently, reversing inaccurate perceptions and changing public behaviours so everyone expects equal participation from people with sight loss and the creation of a fully accessible society.
One of our core values is to be led by blind and partially sighted people and we involve our customers in recruitment. Please be advised that your anonymised application may be shared internally with those involved in the recruitment process.
RNIB is committed to equality of opportunity and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of its staff and volunteers. We welcome everyone’s contribution and are proud of our status as a Disability Confident Leader. We welcome applications from people with sight loss and talented people from all sections of the community who share our values.