Policy and Campaigns Assistant

**Salary**:circa. £20,000 per annum plus London Weighting and benefits

**Location**:London-based with Hybrid-Working

**Hours**: 37 hours per week

**Contract Type**:Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for a Policy and Campaigns Assistant to join our dedicated Policy and Campaigns Team at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association. This role is London-based with hybrid working.

We operate a trusting, collaborative, and hybrid working policy which enables the flexibilities of splitting your working time, between the workplace and your home.

**About the role**
Within this fast-paced and exciting role, as a Policy and Campaigns Assistant, you will support the Policy and Campaigns team to ensure everyone affected by MND can access the care and support they need.
This role will see you assist the MND Association's campaigning community, produce tailored communications for our campaigners and ensure our records and communications are kept up to date. Working with the team, you will monitor and maintain the policy andcampaigns pages on the Association's internal and external websites and social media channels.
The Association generates a variety of publications including a Research Newsletter and internal communication piece called Connections, this role will co-ordinate the team's contributions to these. You will also produce an engaging monthly team newsletterfor campaigns volunteers and work with the Communications team to identify and support developing personal stories.
Key components of this opportunity will also include:

- Acting as the first point of contact for policy and campaigns enquiries, responding promptly to requests and questions.
- Liaise on behalf of the team with the rest of the Association on key projects
- Support the Policy and Campaigns Advisory Group.
- Supporting the team on major events such as meetings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group and Parliamentary receptions.

**What are we looking for?**
A creative, forward-thinking, and adaptable individual who has demonstratable campaigns experience.
Experience of working with digital and social media channels. We are looking for an individual who can effectively work across different digital channels and is confident using different social media platforms.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, in this role you will be writing for a range of audiences and need to effectively communicate with people at all levels from senior politicians to our wonderful local volunteers.
Organisation and planning skills are key for this role, you will need experience of planning and coordinating events.
For full role responsibilities please view the job description.
**How to apply?**
**About Us**
The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. TheAssociation also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.
We operate a hybrid working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the bestway for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.
We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.

**Important Notices**
The MND Association operates a hybrid working culture and therefore we are open to discussing the possibility of variable hours, remote or home working, flexible start, and finish times etc.
Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.
We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/head-hunters.