The Opportunity

Ellwood Atfield is delighted to have partnered with the Vegan Society, the oldest vegan organisation in the world, to recruit for a Policy and Research Assistant on a full-time, permanent basis.

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This role pays £26,567 to £27,478 (£29,921 including London weighting) and offers a fantastic opportunity for those with passionate about the health, environmental, and ethical benefits of veganism to advocate for this within their campaigns, policy and research (CPR) department.

This role is fully-remote with expectation of travelling for events purposes.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor the political landscape and identify opportunities to raise The Vegan Society's concerns in UK and EU parliament, local government, and devolved administrations
• Update and manage the stakeholder database to ensure all interactions are logged accordingly
• Assist in organising meetings and conferences with stakeholders, booking meeting rooms including in Parliament and elsewhere, and researching potential speakers and topics and drafting invites
• Assisting the policy team with tracking the progress of consultations
  Communicating their policy work including writing for publications, networking, and attending events
• Keeping up to date with relevant reports, summarising them for the team, and using these to support campaigns
• Assisting in the development of materials including copy for campaigns, consultation responses, engagement letters, invites, op-eds, articles and blogs
• Working with the policy and research teams to develop informed positions and briefings on key issues including: public sector institutions, food labelling, agricultural policy, and sustainability
• Assisting with research tasks and planning for campaigns as required
• Providing admin support for the wider team where relevant
• General office duties, including dealing with own correspondence and filing own documents

Attitudes, Values, and Skills Required

• A passion for, and adherence to, a vegan diet and lifestyle
• Ideally, previous experience directly working in a policy and/or research capacity
• Ideally, a relevant degree qualification or involvement in campaigning, political parties, or Parliament
• Knowledge of vegan issues and the wider political landscape pertaining to these
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

To apply, please submit your CV through this advert. If you require any further information on this role, please email Josh Hill on [email protected].

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