Project Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION: IMPATIENCE INSIDERS PROJECT LEAD Role : Impatience Insiders Project Lead Contract type: 12 months, 4 days per week Salary: £50,000 pro rata (so £40k salary for 4 days a week) Location: UK based, remote working possible with some travel to London/nationally Visas: Unfortunately we are not able to provide visa sponsorship Application deadline: 10am on the 6 th September, first round interviews 10 th September Start date: As soon as the right candidate is able to start First steps: Please send a CV and 1 or 2 page cover letter to aruna@impatienceltd.org and jake@impatience.earth by 10am on the 6 th of September Questions: We are not able to do extensive pre-application conversations with candidates but if you do have specific questions or requirements to go with your application, please contact Aruna Bahia by the morning of August 27 th on aruna@impatienceltd.org

• CONTEXT Impatience Insiders is a new movement which is housed within Impatience Ltd. Impatience Ltd is a UK-registered non-profit organisation which focuses on environmental threats, social justice and philanthropy. Our first insider movement is focused on the food industry. The Impatience Insiders x Food movement acts as an insight mechanism to push for transformation on issues where food retailers are not providing the time, budget, or bravery to drive change. Our microsite for our Food industry Insiders work is at: https://impatienceInsiders .org/
• Insights come from anonymous individuals who work within the food industry. These individuals (mostly for the first time in their careers) are able to represent themselves and their drive to create a sustainable system, rather than representing the thoughts of their employers. Members have reported a lack of budget, capacity, remit, voice and long-term organisational commitment when it comes to sustainability. This frustration has led to individuals wanting to use their insight to push forward issues that they know need urgent attention. Insider insights are then triangulated with NGOs, regulators, consumer groups, shareholders, press and researchers in order to drive campaigns for change that don’t jeopardise the careers of our members.
  
  

We’re looking for a proactive, talented individual to manage and expand our Impatience Insiders x Food group, whilst turning their insights into positive changes for the UK food industry. We are looking to build and invest in this group whilst also:

• Seeding and supporting new insider movements in the management consultancy and advertising industries; and
• Helping build the broader insider ecosystem. OVERVIEW This is an exciting opportunity to join and help shape a new organisation that is working to train, support and mobilise corporate ‘Insiders ’ to help them transform their industries to support a more just and regenerative world. We believe that corporate ‘Insiders ’ have been under invested in, under-utilised and often under-estimated in conversations about how we support a just transition. You will be the only staff member but have a lot of brilliant people around you to provide support and we hope that with your support and leadership we will grow to a team of 3-4 over the coming 18 months. We are looking for a self-starter who will flourish as a facilitator of insider groups, as a recruiter of Insiders , as an advocate and sector-builder for the insider community and as someone who can put the building blocks in place for an organisation that is set to grow and flourish. To begin with, you will be hosted at non-profit Impatience Ltd who are providing hosting support to Impatience Insiders
• PERSON SPECIFICATION We are looking for someone with at least three years of professional experience who is:
• Confident in supporting bold movement building and encouraging people towards action;
• Able to work delicately in high trust environments;
• Able to work collaboratively with partners;
• Energised to search and recruit for Insiders from a ‘cold’ start (e.g. building new relationships on Linkedin, etc.); and
• Able to help build the ecosystem which we are a part of. We do not have a particular experience set in mind. We expect to get applications from people from a range of backgrounds including facilitation, innovation, civil society building, community organising, entrepreneurship, consulting, food systems or public affairs. We will be looking for people who have had to build things from scratch and are used to working with diverse stakeholder groups and holding a strong sense of purpose. The essentials:
• You have some facilitation experience and are comfortable building trust with individuals as well as holding space for confidential and sensitive conversations in groups. You have experience of supporting people to work through challenges and differing opinions to get to points of agreement and action;
• You care deeply about the social and environmental challenges the world is facing and can see how industry can play a critical role in impacting these issues;
• You are committed to facilitating and organising in ways that support diversity, equity and inclusion;
• You are a confident project manager - you must have a knack of keeping things organised and on track, being able to write clearly and distil information;
• You are a keen researcher who likes learning about new topics and presenting information back in written documents and briefings;
• You are happy researching and approaching potential partners, Insiders , etc. without warm introductions and building a new community around this work;
• You are able to work independently with only light-touch support, self-start and manage competing priorities and multiple groups of stakeholders. Helpful but not essential experience/skills:
• A background and experience of working within food systems; this could be through having worked hands-on on farms, in the public sector on agriculture policy, on corporate sustainability strategies, or through a master’s degree;
• A background in project management, public affairs, and relationship management;
• A background in movement building, community organising, facilitation and/or advocacy;
• Experience in fundraising and partnership building;
• Experience in sales, recruitment, hospitality and/or training;
• Experience of working in and pushing for change in large organisations. You will have a few key aspects to your work:
• Own and organise the Insiders group. This will include seeking new members to expand our Insider group, while retaining current members by ensuring meetings and work are relevant, interesting and beneficial for members;
• Work with partners to turn insider insights into campaigns to influence change within the sector;
• Help plan and deliver the UK’s first ‘Insider Summit’ where we bring together people doing insider work across a range of industries and forms;
• Seed and support new insider groups;
• Help develop the methodology for insider group development;
• Build relationships with potential funders and pitch for further core or project-related funding.
• Project-manage external agencies that are conducting delivery work for each project, from conception through to delivery and dissemination with civil society organisations, government, media and/or investors. For the right person, this will be an amazing experience that allows them to learn as they lead work and accelerate into a space where their knowledge and insight is directly impacting progress towards transforming the UK food system and other industries. We’re flexible about location (within the UK), hours and type of experience, our priority is to find the right person to lead this work who is ready to hit the ground running and has both the track record and skill set to make a success of this. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100% sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application cover letter to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role. The Impatience Ltd leadership team can be seen at: https://impatienceltd.org/our-team
• This project has Jake Hayman as the lead board sponsor as well as active involvement in oversight and management from Farhana Yamin and Aditi Shah. The organisation is very much at a start up stage with our only major funding coming to support this key role over the next 12 months which is why this is an initial 12 month contract. We hope the track record of the leadership team in building multiple successful thriving organisations will give candidates some confidence that this is an organisation that can grow and thrive and provide amazing opportunities to stretch themselves, provide career development and build their skills. HOW TO APPLY Please do not apply via Linkedin. See www.changemakerjobs.com for the full advert and how to apply.