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Our team helps to run Centre and on this page you can apply to join it. Joining helps us to run our organisation and it gives new policy makers more experience.
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You can apply for any of our positions using the button below:
Reasons to join
- You get to write papers and articles on issues you care about. Our papers are often released with forewords written by politicians or candidates that we work with and we also release them on social media.
- As part of Centre you get to help change the minds of activists and politicians. For instance we presented our “Expanding furlough” paper to the Gaps in Support APPG which consisted of 260 MPs which then recommended it as reading for the Chancellor. We also took part in events including MPs and activists to raise awareness of the issue.
- You learn skills along the way. Whether its designing graphics, improving your writing skills and editing videos or podcasts.
- Our team members have often gone off to work in other organisations after gaining experience in Centre.
Our team members have worked for*
Administration vacancies
Membership Development (voluntary)
Ensuring we listen to feedback from members and running our reviews every three month.
Head of Policy
The Head of Policy oversees the writing of new papers and ensuring they are completed on time. In their role, they are required to check new policies for grammatical mistakes, manage votes by the team on new policies, add new policies to the main policy documents and run the Centre Policy Forum.
Head of Digital Communications (voluntary)
The digital campaigns manager oversees our social media pages and websites. In their role, they are required to update our website, to create new graphic styles, to help to update our image and they need to head our Digital Campaigns Team and ensuring the social media accounts.
Press Officer
The Press Officer manages the relationship Centre has with media and news organisations. In their role, they are required to: run the press office which includes press releases or external press coverage of Centre or our team and handles media appearances or articles outside of Centre.
Spokesperson vacancies
Equality spokesperson (voluntary)
Spokespeople are involved in writing papers, writing articles and collecting policy ideas from members relating to their area. This role will require around two hours per week.
Social Security spokesperson (voluntary)
Spokespeople are involved in writing papers, writing articles and collecting policy ideas from members relating to their area. This role will require around two hours per week.
Foreign affairs spokesperson (voluntary)
Spokespeople are involved in writing papers, writing articles and collecting policy ideas from members relating to their area. This role will require around two hours per week.
Culture, Media and Sport spokesperson (voluntary)
Spokespeople are involved in writing papers, writing articles and collecting policy ideas from members relating to their area. This role will require around two hours per week.
Community spokesperson (voluntary)
Spokespeople are involved in writing papers, writing articles and collecting policy ideas from members relating to their area. This role will require around two hours per week.
Regional and state team vacancies
English Regional Chairs (voluntary)
We have positions for chairs in each region of England. Each Chair is responsible for increasing recruitment in that area, highlighting policy proposals which are specific to the region or state they represent, a branch of communication for the regions/states with the Director/Deputy Director and helping with one paper per year. This role will require around one hour per week. Vacant regional chairs are East Midlands, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West, South East, London and East of England. These roles will take around two hours a week.
English Regional Deputy Chairs (voluntary)
We have positions for Deputy chairs in each region of England. Each Chair is responsible for supporting the Chair of that region in increasing recruitment in that area, highlighting policy proposals which are specific to the region or state they represent, and helping with one paper per year. This role will require around one hour per week. Vacant regional Deputy Chairs are East Midlands, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, North East, North West, South West, South East, London and East of England. These roles will take around two hours a week.
State Chairs (voluntary)
We have positions for chairs in in Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each Chair is responsible for increasing recruitment in that area, highlighting policy proposals which are specific to the region or state they represent and a branch of communication for the regions/states with the Director/Deputy Director. This role will require around one hour per week. Vacant regional chairs are Northern Ireland and Scotland. These roles will take around two hours a week.
State Deputy Chairs (voluntary)
We have positions for Deputy Chairs in in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each.Deputy Chair is responsible for helping to increase recruitment in that area, highlighting policy proposals which are specific to the region or state they represent and a branch of communication for the regions/states with the Director/Deputy Director. This role will require around one hour per week. Vacant regional chairs are Northern Ireland and Scotland. These roles will take around two hours a week.
Digital team vacancies
Facebook Social Media Team member (voluntary)
Producing cover text and graphics for our our Facebook page and scheduling posts. This role will require around three hours per week.
Twitter Social Media Team member (voluntary)
Producing cover text and graphics for our our Twitter page and scheduling posts. This role will require around three hours per week.
Head of Website Development (voluntary)
In their role, they are required to update the website with new articles, team members, partners, petitions, documents, policies and events. This role will require around two hours per week.
Complaints and safeguarding
Safeguarding team (voluntary)
Our safeguarding team helps to support Centre members both on a day to day basis and during complaints. We have three positions open which include Head of Safeguarding, Deputy Head of Safeguarding and Pastoral care officer.
Writers
Regular writers (voluntary)
We have writers who publish articles for Centre once every month on either topical issues or policy areas. This will take around three hours a month.
* Organisations shown here are not endorsed by Centre and appearing here is not an endorsement of Centre.
Jasneet Samrai: Deputy Manager, Oxfam Aberystwyth, until May 2023. Breast Cancer Now from July 2023.
Alex Toal: Alliance and Support Executive, Make Votes Matter until 2022. Since then he joined the Institute for Government as one of their two Events Officers.
Ariane Far: Policy Advisor, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Jake Poulton: Public Affairs Coordinator, Red Cross Policy. Public Affairs Officer, the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Public Affairs and Advocacy Intern, Macmillan Cancer Support.
Will Barber – Taylor: Digital Campaigns and Media Officer at Generation Rent UK.
Joe Stanley: Office of Dan Jarvis MP.