Tax Justice UK (TJ-UK) has built momentum for progressive tax reform. Tax is high on the political agenda and the new government opens up space for a fairer tax system. Your role will be to use key political moments to win significant policy reform. You don’t need to be an expert in tax policy, but you do need to be hungry for change, and able to convince people in positions of power to listen to our messages and make changes.
Tax Justice UK has a track record of securing campaign wins, putting wealth taxes onto the political agenda and securing a number of manifesto commitments for our policy ideas. We have built strong relationships with politicians, advisors, policy makers and a network of influential think tanks and organisations. We also have excellent relationships with many influential media outlets, regularly securing extensive media coverage on tax justice issues. This role is part of a newly created external affairs team at TJ-UK. The team works on movement building, campaigning and political influencing.
We’re looking for a savvy political operator with a track record to achieve political change and a commitment to tax justice. You will be confident in shaping policy, building good working relationships across all political parties and a strong team player.
If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Job description
The purpose of this role is to develop TJ-UK’s vision of what a reformed tax system looks like and to build strong partnerships in order to achieve political support for this vision to ensure that everyone in the UK benefits from a sustainable, fair and effective tax system.
Advocacy and political engagement:
- Develop, and implement, a political strategy for TJ-UK
- Identify, and cultivate, supportive MPs and peers from all parties, and help shape their agenda
- Work with parliamentarians, civil servants and political advisors to build support for tax reform and bring amendments to legislation
- Support the political engagement of the broader UK tax justice movement
- Help build a network of influencers, organisations and think tanks who support TJ-UK’s political advocacy
- Work with the Deputy Director: Communications to build media interest in tax reform and strengthen our engagement with journalists
- Represent TJ-UK in the media
- Be an active part of the UK’s tax justice movement
- Supporting the delivery of engaging campaign actions for TJ-UK and the wider movement.
Policy development, coordination and thought leadership:
- Navigate complicated policy issues to reach credible TJ-UK policy positions with campaign potential and the backing of the wider team
- Work with experts to generate new research and insights and shape concrete policy proposals that are easy to communicate and can win political support
- Commission external research and analysis to drive TJ-UK’s campaigns
- Ensure a rigorous evidence base for TJ-UK’s policy agenda, including engaging with TJ-UK’s technical advisors, experts, academics and think tanks.
- Manage TJ-UK’s group of technical advisors
- Engage with policy conversations through events and meetings, as well as submissions to consultations and committees
- Support the Development Manager, and the rest of the team, by identifying prospective funders, building and stewarding relationships with funders, developing funder proposals and evaluating progress.
Supporting Tax Justice UK’s campaign impact:
- Work closely with the rest of the External Affairs team to ensure TJ-UK’s advocacy is aligned with the organisation’s campaign goals and our movement work
- Play an active role in TJ-UK’s external affairs team and support the development of influencing strategies and tactics, including support for public facing campaigns
- Line manage the Advocacy and Policy Manager and/or other roles in the External Affairs team as required.
General responsibilities and duties:
- Undertake the duties of the job description in accordance with the operational policies of TJ-UK
- Contribute to the evaluation and improvement of TJ-UK’s activities
- Maintain good working relations with the board, staff and other stakeholders
- Present the organisation in an appropriate and professional manner to its stakeholders
- Contribute to the development and growth of the organisation through working in accordance with its wider objectives, organisational culture and values
- Work out of usual hours if necessary. (With a time-off-in-lieu policy in operation)
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required
- Actively contribute to TJ-UK's commitments to creating a culture of anti-oppression, equity and inclusion.
Benefits
- A starting salary of £53,186 pro rata, which will rise to £56,636 pro rata over four years through annual increments
- An additional annual cost of living salary increase, which is usually linked to the official rate of inflation
- Pay policy includes consideration of internal equity - the highest earner’s salary is capped in relation to internal salaries and the median wage for London
- Generous leave allowance (28 days/year for full time staff plus usually additional days off between Christmas and New Year)
- 5% employer pensions contribution
- Enhanced paid maternity and paternity leave
- Enhanced paid time off for sickness, caring responsibilities and compassionate leave
- Up to two days a year of additional paid leave at short notice with no need to provide an explanation
- Hybrid working set up. We aim to be in the Vauxhall office together as a team at least every Monday
- We work our hours flexibly around core hours (10am to 4pm)
- We are open to flexible working patterns such as working around school hours, school holidays, or other commitments
- We invest in our team to help them succeed, offering on–the–job support and opportunities for skills development
- Cycle to work scheme.