Want to come and work for LWN?

We’re looking for a permanent Director to lead our small and busy team through new adventures.

We need a committed Labour feminist with great management skills, strong political judgement and a flair for relationship-building to continue to lead LWN into our next phase.

 

Job Title: Director

Responsible to: The Chair of LWN’s Executive Committee, and the Executive. 

Hours: Full time, 37 hours a week (worked with flexibility across a week, including some evenings and weekends)

Salary: £60k per annum (plus workplace pension)

Contract length: Permanent 

Location: Working primarily from home, with frequent travel to meetings and events 

Who We Are:

LWN is the Labour Party’s only women’s affiliate and works with members, stakeholders, politicians and others to secure the election of more women to public office, and to support women to achieve equal power, visibility and safety at every level of political activity. We strive to be women's feminist home within the Labour Party, and achieve all this through training, campaigning, and sisterhood, no matter your shade of red.

We recently supported the historic election of more Labour Women MPs than ever before and want to replicate this success at every level of the Party. We fight for necessary change in Labour's culture, practices and procedures, from better selection processes, to parental leave for councillors.

We are a membership organisation, with an elected Executive Committee and a small staff spread around the country. We are non-factional and work with women (and male allies) from all parts of the Labour family. We are committed to promoting a culture of inclusivity and fairness, and work proactively to promote this.

You can find out more about us and our events, training and achievements on our website, https://www.lwn.org.uk

Job Details:

We are seeking a dynamic and committed Director to lead Labour Women’s Network through an exciting new phase of our life.

The role involves, but is not limited to:

  • Overseeing strategic direction and governance issues, including advising the Executive on the organisational, financial, legal, operational and political running of the organisation;
  • Being responsible for LWN’s communications and relationship management both across the Labour movement and with the media and other external organisations;
  • Leading on LWN’s operational activities, including line managing staff, leading on our Conference programme and being responsible for legal compliance and safeguarding
  • Supporting our Training Officer and the Executive to deliver LWN’s training programme;
  • Working on the LWN’s finance and fundraising with the Treasurer and staff, ensuring that LWN maintains its financial good health and complies with its legal and financial obligations.

A full job description will be supplied to longlisted candidates.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

  • Commitment to the policies, values, principles and objectives of the Labour Party and the wider labour movement, as well as to feminism and the advancement of women into all the rooms where decisions are made.
  • Knowledge and understanding of working in a political environment, as well as excellent political judgement.
  • Knowledge and understanding of current political issues in both Labour organisations and the wider feminist movement.  
  • Excellent relationship-building, networking, advocacy and influencing skills, and the ability to work with women from across the Party’s political spectrum.
  • Experience in fundraising, income generation and financial management.  
  • Experience in staff and volunteer management and leadership (especially remotely) and the ability to enthuse and motivate both staff and volunteers.
  • Understanding and knowledge of the administrative, financial and legislative requirements of managing a political organisation.  
  • Strong communication skills including the ability to represent the organisation effectively in public forums and the media.

 

To apply, please send your CV (no more than 2 sides of A4) and covering letter (also no more than 2 sides of A4), making sure that you include current contact details of two referees, to LWN’s Chair at [email protected] by no later than 5 pm on Monday, 3 February.  Please make sure to include ‘LWN Director’ in the subject.

A first round of interviews for longlisted candidates will be conducted on Zoom during the w/c 3 February, from which a shortlist of candidates will go forward to a second in-person interview in London during the w/c 10 February.

If you require any support or adjustments to apply for this role, please email [email protected] to discuss how we can help. 

We welcome expressions of interest from the widest possible backgrounds. Applicants should be women members of the Labour Party and should share LWN's values, tone and ethos. A sense of sisterhood is essential!