Dear Applicant,

Thank you for enquiring about the post of Campaigns and Outreach Officer.

This pack contains:

·An introduction to Transport for All

·The Job Description

·The Person Specification

·Application form

·Equality Monitoring form

The closing date for applications is 5pm, Thursday 25th August 2016

About Transport for All

London is one of the wealthiest cities in the world yet many transport services remain out of bounds for its disabled and older citizens. Physical barriers like flights of stairs, gaps and obstacles combined with the way services are run prevent many from getting out and about and living independent lives. These barriers can seriously restrict lives, and at worst condemn people to becoming isolated, housebound and undermine health and quality of life.

Rooted in the social model of disability, Transport for All (TfA) has been dedicated solely to tackling these problems and championing the cause of accessible transport in the capital for over two decades. We passionately believe that disabled and older Londoners have the right to travel with the same freedom and independence as everyone else. TfAprides itself on being a pan-impairment, grassroots organisation that is small yet ambitious and dynamic. Our focus and specialisation in accessible transport makes us unique and we have disabled and older members from across every borough of London alongside an on-line community of over 10,000 followers across our social media platforms.

We have built a strong reputation for running campaigns and lobbying on local, London-wide and national accessible transport issues. Recent initiatives and successes have included:

Securing promises for key accessibility improvements on bus, Tube and door to door travel through meetings with the new Mayor and Deputy Mayor for Transport

Overturning a ban on people with dementia using Dial-A-Ride.

Building a coalition of disability rights and transport charities to oppose the cuts to the vital Railway accessibility fund, the Access for All programme.

Overturning the ban that some rail companies have on the use of mobility scooters and lobbying for better access for scooter users.

Supporting Doug Paulley and his historic legal campaign (most recently at the Supreme Court) to secure the rights of wheelchair users when using buses.

Running a multi-faceted campaign that forced a U-turn on the accessibility of Crossrail as it was initially planned without full step free access. The new ‘Elizabeth Line’ will now have full access when it opens in 2019.

Highlighting the chronic issues with hospital patient transport with our Sick of Waiting campaign and producing a best practice charter which a number of NHS trusts signed up to.

The other work we do includes:

Running Information, advice and advocacy services that deal with queries about all of the capital’s transport modes from the Tube to Riverboats to the Taxicard scheme.

Supporting disabled and older people to speak up for their rights; making appeals against decisions that have gone against them (for example when applying for a Disabled Person's Freedom Pass); and, importantly, registering complaints against transport providers when people have been let down.

Maintaining our ‘one stop shop’ website with regular stories, news, links, maps and tips on travelling around London accessibly.

We are a partner in the successful London-wide, Power Up Project which provides training in capacity building for the capital’s disability sector and works with over 100 disabled and older people’s organisations.

We run the Pan London Mobility Forum which is the only user-led forum in the capital that brings together disabled and older representatives to discuss strategic London-wide transport issues.

We provide disability equality training (DET) to the transport industry based on the experiences of our members and service users. Our clients include London Underground and Uber.

TfA has established a ‘critical friend’ relationship with London’s transport commissioners and providers including the Mayor’s office, Transport for London, London Councils, Association of Train Operating Companies, the Transport Committees of Parliament and the London Assembly as well as many local authorities. We have regular meetings with these agencies and their senior management teams; and we are the ‘go to’ organisation with regard to eliciting the feedback of disabled and older Londoners on transport issues.

We are looking for a dynamic Campaigns and Outreach officer with the ambition and drive to lead our campaign and lobbying work to further successes.

Is that person you? If so then we very much look forward to reading your application.

Yours sincerely,

Faryal Velmi

Director

Campaigns and Outreach Officer

Job details

Job Title / Campaigns and Outreach Officer
Contract Duration / Two years
Hours / 35 hours a week
Salary / £29k, dependent on experience
Pension / Employer contribution of 6% of gross salary to a private pension scheme of the employee’s choice
Annual Leave / 25 days (pro rata) and rising by 1 day for each year worked up 30 days (pro rata)
Reports to / The Director
Location / Our offices in 336 Brixton Road, Brixton. London. SW9 7AA. London-wide travel will be required

Campaigns and Outreach Officer

Job Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the leading disabled persons’ charities campaigning for accessible transport in the UK.

Motivated by a passion for equality and the rights of disabled people,you will develop and lead multi-layered campaigns that seek to capture the imagination of supporters and the attention of campaign targets.

You will have the experience of running successful campaigns using a variety of methods including e-campaigning and direct. As a ‘people person’ you will also motivate supporters and members to get involved at all levels of campaign planning and development.

Pitching stories on a regular basis you will be able to harness the power of the media to deliver maximum exposure for our campaigns and causes.

A confident communicator, you will be able to sustain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from local pensioner groups to government ministers.

Campaigns and Outreach Officer

Job Description

  1. To develop, lead and project manage TfA’s campaigning and lobbying initiatives on a local,London-wide and national level.
  1. To craft imaginative multi-layered campaigns, utilising a range of techniques from e-campaigning to direct action that seek to influence and effect change.
  1. To ensure that our disabled and older members are involved at all levels of our campaign work through setting up and facilitating a campaigns steering group made up of members.
  1. To support TfA’s members and borough Transport Action groups to campaign and influence local decision makers.
  1. To work with colleagues and ensure that campaign messages to both supporters and campaign targets are effectively and persuasively communicatedusing TfA’s social media platforms, websites and its communications networks as a whole.
  1. To continue to grow TfA’s sphere of influence amongst politicians, transport commissioners and the wider transport industry through organising regular meetings, trips with members, briefings and other lobbying initiatives.
  1. To continue to grow TfA’s contact with groups, forums and organisations representing deaf, disabled and older people across London through conducting regular outreach visits to meetings and speaking about campaigns and transport access issues and.
  1. To continue to raise the profile of accessible transport issues in the local, London wide and national media through maintaining TfA’s journalist database and regularly pitching stories to print, on-line and TV news outlets so to maximise publicity of campaigns and transport access issues.
  1. To work with colleagues in the Information, Advice and Advocacy (IAA) team to apply pressure to transport providers who fail to satisfactorily deal with complaints using a variety of campaigning and lobbying tools including using the media.

10. To develop, research and write relevant campaign documents

including reports, consultation responses and briefings.

11. To keep abreast of developments in the transport sector, including

new services and franchises etc.

Additional duties

12. To comply with the data protection regulations and legislation,

ensuring that systems are maintained by which service users’

information remains confidential.

13. To be responsible for your own personal learning and development.

14. To work collaboratively across TfA’s teams, sharing responsibility for the achievement of jointly agreed objectives, as and when is appropriate.

15. To administrate and organise your own work to ensure that it is accurate and meets deadlines.

16. To work with colleagues in the induction and support of volunteers.

17. To undertake any other tasks, duties or projects which may arise from time to time which are in line with the general level of this post and as instructed by the Director.

Campaigns and Outreach Officer

Person Specification

Criteria / Essential / Desirable / Assessed?
Experience and knowledge
Educated to a degree level / X
At least two years’ experience of working as a campaigner with notable results and successes / X / Application
Interview
Presentation
Submission*
Experience of using campaign databases / X
Experience of using different campaigning methods and techniques / X / Application
Interview
Presentation
Submission*
Project management experience of devising, planning, running and evaluating campaigns / X / Application
Interview
Experience of involving and mobilising service users and/or members in campaigns / X / Application
Interview
Submission*
Commitment to and understanding of the Social Model of Disability / X / Application
Interview
Willingness to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the transport experiences of Deaf and Disabled Londoners / X / Application
Interview
Direct lived experience of being a Deaf or Disabled person / X / Application
Interview
Skills
Excellent writing skills and the ability to write clearly and persuasively / X / Application
Interview
Submission*
Persuasive and confident public speaker and able to communicate clearly to a range of audiences / X / Application
Interview
Presentation
Ability to support and develop local campaigners / X / Application
Interview
Submission*
Ability to organise events and deliver workshops / X / Application
Interview
Presentation
Submission*
Highly developed inter-personal, negotiating and listening skills / X / Application
Interview
Proven ability to use own initiative to tackle problems and find solutions / X / Interview
Good IT skills and experience of using Microsoft Office software / X / Application
Interview

*Applicants are requested to submit up to three examples of previous work to showcase their experience and skills. This could include: examples of written work, (online or printed), reports of campaign events organised, newsletters or flyers that have been written, articles placed in the media or anything else that is deemed to be relevant. Please clearly state your role in the work you submit.

Campaigns and Outreach Officer

Application form

How did you learn about this vacancy?
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Address / Tel / Email
Name of most recent employer / Address
Tel / Email
Current post title and brief description of duties
Current pay
Period of notice required by current employer

References

Please give names and address of two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. We will only contact them in the event that you are offered the position.

Employer / Employer/Personal
Name / Name
Job title / Job title
Company / Company
Address / Address
Tel / Tel
Email / Email

Education

Education/Professional Qualification / Qualification / Grade / Date

Employment History

Name and address of employer
(most recent first) / Position / Dates worked / Key
Achievements / Salary / Reason for
Leaving

Supporting Statement

We want to know why your skills, experience, knowledge and interests make you the best person for this post. Please make particular reference to each point of the Person Specification as well as referencing your abilities against the Job Description. Use additional sheets if necessary and impress us!

Declaration

The information given in this application is, to the best of my knowledge, true and accurate. I understand that any false declarations may lead to the withdrawal of a job offer or termination of employment.

Signature of applicant:

Date:

The deadline for all applications is 5pm, Thursday 25th August 2016
Please email your completed application forms to

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