Feminist Climate Justice Policy Campaigner

ABOUT THE ROLE 

This role builds on the work of our Feminist Green New Deal  project.
The Feminist Green New Deal puts the needs and priorities of women, racialised and marginalised
groups at the heart of all climate policy and action and advocates for a care-led green
recovery from our multiple crises of climate breakdown and inequality. The role will continue
to develop our Feminist Green New Deal work engaging new audiences, stakeholders and writing
new policy papers. 

As a Feminist Climate Justice Policy Campaigner you will make connections with policy
makers, government departments, NGOs and influencers, bringing an intersectional feminist lens
to these spaces. You will need to keep up to speed with UK climate policies and how these
impact women. 

Wen works at the grassroots and policy level ensuring that grassroots perspectives are
part of and shape climate policy making so a key part of the role will be linking these two
levels. You will work closely with our Climate Sisters programme and the Tower Hamlets Food Partnership which inform our
Feminist Green New Deal policy asks and campaigns, advocating for inclusive climate policy
rooted in the priorities of women, particularly racialised and marginalised groups. We are
looking to recruit a policy campaigner with in-depth knowledge of the policy systems and
strategic thinking about how to advocate for feminist climate justice at local, regional and
national level in the UK working in collaboration with others.

KEY BENEFITS

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro rata. Rising to 27 days after 5
  years.
• Pension scheme, contributing 6% of salary.
• Employee Assistance Programme includes free counselling sessions that are also
  available to a spouse and dependents between 16-24. 
• Access to training and development opportunities.
• Menstrual leave.
• Laptop and mobile phone for work.
• Time off in lieu for agreed overtime.
• Flexible and hybrid working available. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key responsibilities:

• Bring an intersectional feminist climate justice lens to policy makers and debates
  with a focus on climate, health, food justice and environmental policies
• Work collaboratively with Wen’s Climate Sisters team to make strong connections
  between the grassroots and policy, drafting and devising policy responses to influence
  government climate policy
• Develop strategic partnerships and relationships with MPs, government departments,
  All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), Ministers, Select Committees and key organisations
  in this field
• Submit evidence to Select Committee reports, inquiries and input into draft
  bills
• Actively engage with civil society movements around climate justice and
  policy
• Produce a variety of resources on the issues such as policy briefings, blogs,
  social media posts and talks
• Campaign on relevant policy debates on social media and other media working with
  the Wen comms team and influencers to communicate the issues to a wide range of
  audiences
• Identify, monitor, and evaluate policy issues appropriate to Wen 
• Travel and attend related policy work meetings, events and workshops as
  agreed 

Wen specific tasks

• Carry out all tasks in accordance with Wen’s Equal Opportunities Policy. 
• Work closely with Wen’s campaigns and projects to further Feminist Climate Justice
  work.
• Ensure all monitoring and evaluation is completed for funders and for internal Wen
  purposes.
• Ensure active promotion of an intersectional feminist approach in the campaign and
  contribute to this goal within Wen. 
• Share in general duties at Wen as necessary. 

Required skills and competencies:

• Ability to understand and advocate for feminist climate justice in relation to
  climate policy and communicate this persuasively to decision makers and a wide range of
  audiences
• Ability to develop and implement advocacy and campaigning strategies, working
  collaboratively with others.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide diversity of external
  individuals, representatives, groups and bodies, including government, in order to deliver
  Wen’s objectives.
• Ability to research and write policy briefings and blogs with an intersectional
  feminist climate justice lens
• Advocating and understanding of the issues faced by marginalised and racialised
  women and communities in relation to environmental and climate policy
• Ability to identify and develop common ground with a diverse group of organisations
  and individuals working with a movement-focused approach
• Deal with correspondence, media and general enquiries and information requests as
  required. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential 

Education and qualifications:

• Degree level qualification or equivalent work experience

Experience, Skills and Knowledge:

• At least two years direct experience of policy, advocacy and campaigning on climate
  and social justice
• Experience of drafting policy briefs, blogs and social media engagement
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of intersectional feminist approaches to
  climate justice
• Experience of building effective collaborative relationships with a diverse range
  of stakeholders 
• Excellent written and oral communications skills; the ability to disseminate
  information to a wide range of audiences and across platforms 
• Self-motivated and able to work proactively, independently and flexibly 
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation and reporting to funders 
• Experience of taking an inclusive, intersectional approach in your work 
• Commitment to gender, racial and social justice through previous work or
  volunteering or lived experience.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Desirable

• Experience of working in women’s, environmental or charitable organisations or
  groups 

Contract

Permanent, full time. (5 days/35 hours per week)

Tuesday is a core working day for the majority of Wen staff.

Location

Remote/Hybrid working – Ability to travel to London and across the UK for meetings and
events where necessary. In person staff meetings in London every two months. 

Reporting to:

Co-Director

Deadline: 1st July 
Interview: 15th July (online) and 23rd (in person)

ABOUT WEN 

Wen is the Women’s Environmental Network. We are an environmental charity working on
issues that connect women, health, equity and environmental justice. We take an intersectional
feminist approach to tackling the climate and nature emergencies.

We support women and communities to take action, amplifying racialised and marginalised women’s voices, and advocate for change. We cultivate grassroots projects, connect women to nature, create blueprints for just food systems and
put gender and intersectional equality at the heart of the green economy.

We were the first charity to connect gender, health, equity and environmental
justice. Since our radical beginnings in 1988, Wen’s groundbreaking campaigns have
tackled issues from air pollution and plastic packaging to toxic chemicals in
menstrual products and cosmetics.

Our vision

A world where women, communities and the planet thrive because values of equity, collaboration
and care underpin our society.

Our mission

Wen exists to actively build a world where women, communities and the planet thrive –
collaborating to create viable alternatives to oppressive systems, which end the exploitation
of women and the natural world.

Our values

• Equity
• Collaboration
• Care
• Intersectional eco-feminism

WORKING AT WEN

As an intersectional feminist charity, we live and breathe our values of equity, collaboration,
care and intersectional eco-feminism.

The Wen team is friendly, open and passionate about our cause and the communities we work in.
Our office is based just off Brick Lane in Shoreditch and we also have another hub in Mile End,
where we hold our bi-monthly team meeting with a shared lunch. We also have a weekly online
check in meeting every Tuesday morning.