We are no longer accepting applications for these positions.
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Hacked Off is assembling a staff team to lead the campaign into its next phase.
Previously vailable jobs:
Head of Government and Parliamentary Relations
Head of Media Relations
Head of Outreach
Website / Social Media Manager
Head of Government and Parliamentary Relations
Job Specification
Reporting to: Director
Location: Westminster
Salary: Competitive, to be agreed individually
Description of role
Building support from the government, main parties, individuals MPs and Peers and secure the policy change and legislation necessary to achieve the Hacked Off campaign’s goals.
You will be working as part of the Hacked Off campaign team, including the other paid staff, the Board, and our wider network of supporters and advisers in Parliament, the media and beyond.
We intend to recruit capable professionals who will understand from experience what their roles entail. This specification is intended as a guide, not to be exhaustive or to supplant that knowledge.
Tasks
• Work with the Director and others to develop and implement Hacked Off’s political strategy
• Maintain a database of relevant political decision makers and their attitudes to and contact with the campaign
• Co-ordinate effective reactive campaigning and lobbying
• Develop and implement targeted lobbying initiatives where necessary
• Represent the campaign externally as required
• To carry out any other duties commensurate with this role
Skills, Attributes and Experience
• Experience of working with Ministers, MPs and civil servants and getting results
• Proven personal ability to influence at Ministerial level
• Experience of legislative and other Parliamentary and public policy processes
• Understanding of the policy context of the Leveson Inquiry, or proven ability to learn new policy areas quickly
• Excellent written and oral communication and persuasion skills
• Ability to be non-partisan at work
• Commitment to the goals of the Hacked Off campaign
• Ability to work sensitively with victims of intrusion
• Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality
To apply, fill in the Hacked Off application form form and send to publicaffairsjob@hackinginquiry.org by 5pm on Monday, August 27.
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Head of Media Relations
Job Specification
Reporting to: Director
Location: Westminster
Salary: Competitive, to be agreed individually
Description of role
Getting Hacked Off’s messages across to the general public and to decision makers through the media and challenging the media to report both sides of the debate on Leveson fully.
You will be working as part of the Hacked Off campaign team, including the other paid staff, the Board, and our wider network of supporters and advisers in Parliament, the media and beyond.
We intend to recruit capable professionals who will understand from experience what their roles entail. This specification is intended as a guide, not to be exhaustive or to supplant that knowledge.
Tasks
• Secure opportunities to put Hacked Off’s messages across in the media
• Handle sometimes hostile attention from the media
• Help shape the campaign’s messages
• Represent the campaign externally as required
• To carry out any other duties commensurate with this role
Skills, Attributes and Experience
• Familiarity with and contacts in the UK media landscape
• Understanding of the context of the Leveson Inquiry
• Excellent written and oral communication and persuasion skills
• Commitment to the goals of the Hacked Off campaign
• Ability to work sensitively with victims of intrusion
• Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality
To apply, fill in the Hacked Off application form and send to mediajob@hackinginquiry.org, by 5pm on Monday, August 27.
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Head of Outreach
Job Specification
Reporting to: Director
Location: Westminster
Salary: Competitive, to be agreed individually
Description of role
Mobilising widespread active public support for the Hacked Off campaign both directly and by building networks in civil society, to get people joining in with the campaign and helping it to a successful conclusion.
You will be working as part of the Hacked Off campaign team, including the other paid staff, the Board, and our wider network of supporters and advisers in Parliament, the media and beyond.
We intend to recruit capable professionals who will understand from experience what their roles entail. This specification is intended as a guide, not to be exhaustive or to supplant that knowledge.
Tasks
• Build widespread active support among the public for our goals through creative campaigning
• Build and manage relationships with other relevant organisations and networks
• Manage supporter communications across all channels
• Represent the campaign externally as required
• To carry out any other duties commensurate with this role
Skills, Attributes and Experience
• Experience of organising successful large scale participative campaigns
• Understanding of the policy context of the Leveson Inquiry, or proven ability to learn new policy areas quickly
• Excellent written and oral communication and persuasion skills for the general public
• Experience of online communications
• Ability to be non-partisan at work
• Commitment to the goals of the Hacked Off campaign
• Ability to work sensitively with victims of intrusion
• Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality
To apply, fill in the Hacked Off application form and send to outreachjob@hackinginquiry.org, by 5pm on Monday, August 27.
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Website / Social Media Manager
Job Specification
Reporting to: Director
Location: Westminster
Salary: Competitive, to be agreed individually
Description of role
Using online campaigning to engage the public with the Hacked Off campaign.
You will be working as part of the Hacked Off campaign team, including the other paid staff, the Board, and our wider network of supporters and advisers in Parliament, the media and beyond.
We intend to recruit capable professionals who will understand from experience what their roles entail. This specification is intended as a guide, not to be exhaustive or to supplant that knowledge.
Tasks
• Build our online audience through responsive use of social media, search engine optimisation, online advertising etc.
• Join in the debate and be an advocate for Hacked Off in the mainstream media and online
• Practice and promote two-way interaction with Hacked Off supporters
• Contribute flexibly to Hacked Off’s campaigning and other work
• Carry out any other duties commensurate with this role
Skills, Attributes and Experience
• Good technical skills and understanding of SEO, email marketing, online advertising,
• Knowledge of social media
• Experience of using online communication for effective campaigning
• Desirable: experience of soliciting donations online
• Understanding of the context of the Leveson Inquiry, or proven ability to learn new areas quickly
• Excellent written and oral communication and persuasion skills
• Commitment to the goals of the Hacked Off campaign
• Ability to work sensitively with victims of intrusion
• Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality
To apply, fill in the Hacked Off application form and send to digitaljob@hackinginquiry.org, by 5pm on Monday, August 27.
Brilliant Channel 4 Programme! May be slightly biased though by fact that Bill Patterson and Hugh Grant two of my favorite actors. Beginning to think HG should be the next PM! People totally unrepresented by all the Parties. While working as an ASM/Understudy to the Woman and CSM Cover and DSM&Book Cover and Wardrobe on The Woman in Black at the Fortune, I also worked over 2/3 General Elections for the Lib Dems. I even stood as a Council Candidate for them. However, I moved back to Scotland to study Law at Edinburgh and stopped voting Lib Dem, as I became increasingly disillusioned with them, and that was before they increased tuition fees!!! I suspended my studies when my sister became ill with cancer and when after her death, my father took ill and suffered a major disabling stroke, I became his full-time carer. I had hoped to continue my legal studies after his death – I have sufficient credits to graduate with LLB Ord but I wished LLB Hons – however, since this was my second degree, though Scottish, I had to pay tuition fees and at £9000 a year, I can dream on! So apologies to Dr Evan Harris, if he is still a Lib Dem I no longer am. I think I con demn the Con Dems as much as the hackers. Anyway, keep up the good work with Hacked Off – bit ironic that a debate by Free Speech would not allow a camera Free Access……….Just had a thought – has HG heard of the National Health Action Party? They recently had their official launch – they are planning on standing high profile candidates against Jeremy Hunt and Andrew Lapsley or is it Lansley- my brain is fogged with lack of sleep! But you know who I mean. I think HG should join the NHA and stand against David Cameron????!!!!!!!! Or Michael Gove? anyway, all the best with Hacked Off!