Department: Policy, Campaigns and Public Affairs
Location: Hybrid – minimum 1 day per week at our Aldgate, London office
Hours of work: 37.5 hours
Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:
• enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
• family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS pension
• free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to a wellbeing app
• flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
• commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer
Background
Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.
Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible, for as long as possible.
Purpose of the job/about the role
Join Dementia UK as a Campaigns and Engagement Officer and play a key role in driving our ambitious political influencing strategy to transform dementia care across the UK. You will contribute to Dementia UK's wider ambitions and strategy, which strongly emphasise our influencing goals.
Your primary focus will be to support the Campaigns and Engagement Manager and the wider team in developing, delivering and evaluating impactful campaigns that create lasting improvements to dementia care for people living with dementia, their families and carers. You will manage day-to-day engagement with new and existing Dementia UK campaigners, including our Campaigns Network, acting as the first point of contact for the campaign inbox.
Working closely with Marketing and Communications teams, you will help grow and deepen campaigner engagement by creating compelling communications online and offline across our website, social media, email and in print. Alongside this, you will produce campaigning actions and resources that empower campaigners, including people with lived experience of dementia, to be central to securing improvements to dementia care.
To succeed in this role, you will have experience in developing, delivering and evaluating influencing campaigns that incorporate both online and offline elements. You will be a strong communicator with a proven ability to build and manage successful relationships with supporters and other stakeholders. Additionally, you should also be highly organised, with the proven ability to prioritise workload and meet tight, competing deadlines in a fast-changing environment. You will understand the importance of authentically involving people with lived experience in campaigning.
Join us today and be part of a team committed to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident employer. If you would like support to make an application or to tell us you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, contact recruitment@dementiauk.org.
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