Join the Axe Drax team to manage our social media channels. We are very new to having any paid capacity, and this is our first widely recruited position.
We would love applications from folks in the campaign, and particularly welcome people in the global majority or otherwise marginalised in the climate movement.
Please do contact us on info@axedrax.uk if you have any questions with this before you apply, or questions with the application process.
Key Details
Pay: between £96 and £121 a day (depending on wealth, housing and dependants)
Length: 3 months, to extend pending funding *
Capacity: 1.5 days (or 10.5 hours) a week
Deadline: 4 April
Interview: w/c 7 April
Start date: 14 to 21 April
Location: ideally Yorkshire, but can be remote
You will be self employed, but have a fixed term contract to guarantee income.
* we would love to offer this is a whole year, but only currently have the cash to guarantee three months at a time.
Responsibilities
- Produce engaging content, short form video and posts with clear messaging from actions to cut across Drax’s greenwashing
- Grow our followers and engagement across key social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky and TikTok)
- Create filler content between actions to keep the key messages about Drax in the public eye
- Coordinate with people across the Axe Drax network to produce content and help guide overall communications strategy for the campaign
Requirements & experience
Necessary
- Experience running social media for campaigns
- Experience working with grassroots activists and alongside lots of volunteers
- Experience creating short form video using tools like CapCut
- Experience using Canva to create posts and infographics
- Proven record of producing good quality content for social media
- Experience creating and managing communication plans
- A deep understanding of the nature of oppression and how it manifests in society and a commitment to collective liberation and challenging inequality
- Proactive and well organised, with strong administrative skills and the ability to work autonomously and independently to meet internal and external deadlines
- Responsive on Signal
Nice to have
- Good knowledge about Drax and the campaign
- Experience with email platforms like Action Network
- Comfort using our office software, on CryptPad, Baserow and ProtonMail.
- Experience writing and placing press releases
Not needed
- You don’t need any formal education
- You don’t need to have had experience in paid positions for campaigns
How to apply
We don’t want you to spend too long on this application. We just want to hear about your experience and why you think you’ll be a fit for our small team. We don’t need a full CV or polished cover letter. Bullet points are fine, and links out to other work appreciated.
To apply just fill in this form: https://baserow.tippingpointuk.org/form/ZSx_DR6jUi_Alv3CWcgddgk5PoU1n5yuxZnF0-i35cA
If the form above is down due to a technical issue, please instead email us on info@axedrax.uk with the answers to these three questions:
- Why would you be a good fit for this role (check requirements above)? Keep this to 300-500 words, and bullet points are fine we don’t need well crafted applications
- What relevant experience do you have? Again, no need to write too much (a few hundred words is okay, less is fine) and we are not looking for lots of formal education at all.
- Key links – provide three to five links of previous work on social media we can check out, or anything you think is relevant.