Feminist Toxic Free Futures Policy Campaigner
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Women's Environmental Network: Wen
Remote (local)- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Comms/ Digital/ Media
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £38,766 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 03/06/2025
- Location: United Kingdom, London
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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Key responsibilities:
● Flexible and hybrid working available.
● Understanding the complexities of chemicals, and health and safety policy, with the ability to communicate the issues to a wide range of audiences.
● Developing a campaign strategy to ensure the UK keeps as closely aligned to all European regulations on chemicals, and health and safety as possible.
● Work with Wen’s Feminist Toxic Free Futures team to make strong connections between human health and the harmful impacts of toxic chemicals.
● Work collaboratively with Wen’s Feminist Toxic Free Futures team to develop campaigns designed to influence government chemicals policy.
● Produce a variety of resources on the issues such briefings, blogs, social media posts and talks.
● In line with Wen’s strategy, bring an intersectional lens and perspective to chemical and health and safety policy .
● Create and develop strategic partnerships and relationships with key organisations, policy makers, ministers and NGOs in this field.
● 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 the Feminist Toxic Free Futures 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.
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 toxic chemicals.
● Extensive knowledge of chemicals and health and safety policy in the UK.
● In depth knowledge of environmental and occupational exposure to toxic chemicals and resulting health impacts especially in connection with gender, reproduction and child health
● Experience of building effective collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
● Experience of working on women’s and children’s health especially in relation to exposure to toxic chemicals
● Experience of taking an inclusive, intersectional approach in your work
● 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 f flexibly
● Experience of monitoring and evaluation and reporting to funders
● Commitment to gender, racial and social justice through previous work or volunteering or lived experience.
● Fluency in spoken and written English.
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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Key responsibilities:
● Flexible and hybrid working available.
● Understanding the complexities of chemicals, and health and safety policy, with the ability to communicate the issues to a wide range of audiences.
● Developing a campaign strategy to ensure the UK keeps as closely aligned to all European regulations on chemicals, and health and safety as possible.
● Work with Wen’s Feminist Toxic Free Futures team to make strong connections between human health and the harmful impacts of toxic chemicals.
● Work collaboratively with Wen’s Feminist Toxic Free Futures team to develop campaigns designed to influence government chemicals policy.
● Produce a variety of resources on the issues such briefings, blogs, social media posts and talks.
● In line with Wen’s strategy, bring an intersectional lens and perspective to chemical and health and safety policy .
● Create and develop strategic partnerships and relationships with key organisations, policy makers, ministers and NGOs in this field.
● 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 the Feminist Toxic Free Futures 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.
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 toxic chemicals.
● Extensive knowledge of chemicals and health and safety policy in the UK.
● In depth knowledge of environmental and occupational exposure to toxic chemicals and resulting health impacts especially in connection with gender, reproduction and child health
● Experience of building effective collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
● Experience of working on women’s and children’s health especially in relation to exposure to toxic chemicals
● Experience of taking an inclusive, intersectional approach in your work
● 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 f flexibly
● Experience of monitoring and evaluation and reporting to funders
● Commitment to gender, racial and social justice through previous work or volunteering or lived experience.
● Fluency in spoken and written English.
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