Closer Campaign Manager

Overview

Permanent contract with funding until 31st March 2027

35 hours per week

£35,100 per annum

Location: Home based with the location being flexible within England and Wales. The role includes semi regular travel, usually to London

Benefits include but not limited to:

• 36 days’ annual leave, inclusive of flexible bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• We match up to 8% pension
• Free counselling service
• Opportunities to develop and widen your skills
• 2 days of paid volunteering time per annum to support another part of the organisation

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.

Our Youth Impact domain creates impact for children and young people. With highly skilled and experienced staff working across England and Wales, we provide direct support to children, young people, parents and carers, as well as conduct research and influence Government to make changes. We also provide training for professionals. Our value driven team change the lives of children in this country for the better — and with your help and expertise, tomorrow we can support even more.

You’ll play a key part in our national exploitation Prevention Programme, leading our award winning Look Closer child exploitation awareness campaign.

We are looking for an experienced campaigner, with excellent project management skills who has a passion for championing the views of young people and who wants to drive national improvements to ensure child victims of exploitation are identified earlier and get the right support.

The required skills and competencies for this role are:

• Experience of leading effective campaigns which have achieved tangible change.
• Strong project management and evaluation skills.
• Excellent networking and stakeholder management skills.

It would also be an advantage if you have any of the following skills and competencies:

• Digital campaigning skills and experience of using e-campaigning software
• Knowledge of child exploitation and abuse and a commitment to equity and inclusion
• Skill in managing competing priorities and balancing proactive and reactive campaigns work

Closing date: Midnight on 16th August 2026

Please note if we receive a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy from the 31st July onwards

Interviews are likely to take place between the 1st and 4th of September

• Join the award winning Prevention Programme to influence and encourage new and innovative approaches to prevent child exploitation and abuse, working to ensure all child victims of exploitation are recognised and receive the right support.
• Lead and develop the Look Closer campaign to ensure it is focusing where it is most effective, to incorporate young people’s voices and meet the needs of different audiences including the public, statutory, third and private sectors and ensure it makes a meaningful contribution to improving the lives of children and young people.
• Represent and promote the Prevention Programme and The Children’s Society more widely and communicate effectively with key audiences and stakeholders both internally and externally, winning support and gathering new ideas to inspire our campaign and the wider activity of the Prevention Programme and The Children’s Society as a whole.

We view diversity and inclusion as fundamental to achieving social change and recognise that systemic racism, homophobia, transphobia and disability discrimination actively prevent children from being safeguarded and receiving appropriate support.

To tackle the complex issues facing young people, we need access to diverse talent, perspectives, experiences and working practices. The Prevention Programme is committed to inclusion, anti-racism and trans allyship. We actively support all LGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities and those who identify as neurodiverse and are currently engaged in work to address issues of systemic…