Actions Coordinator

Greenpeace; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Subsidised lunches

Free yoga

Well-being resources

Job summary

Greenpeace UK is seeking an experienced Actions Coordinator based in Islington, London, with hybrid working. The role focuses on organising and delivering direct actions and ships operations, emphasizing risk assessment and logistics to support Greenpeace campaigns.

You will lead multidisciplinary project teams, develop activist networks, and train volunteers while upholding diversity, inclusion, and non-violent direct action principles.

Qualifications

• A deep and proven working knowledge of Nonviolent Direct Action and its forms.
• Proven ability to develop, plan, prepare and deliver Direct Action.
• Ability to innovate in design and delivery of Direct Action.
• Proven risk appetite with capacity to assess and mitigate risk.

Responsibilities

• Logistical planning, research, risk mitigation, coordination and execution of actions and ships operations.
• Identify training needs and develop activist networks, collaborations and allyships.
• Support other teams and help maintain high standards in campaign delivery.
• Work as part of project teams with strong communication and people skills.

Skills

Direct Action

Logistics

Campaign Coordination

Risk Management

People Skills

Job description

Actions Coordinator

Salary: £56,988- £63,756 per annum + benefits

(We normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range)

Based: Islington, London - hybrid working

Closing date: Monday 9th November 2026

Location: Islington, London. We aim to create an environment where everyone can contribute to the best of their abilities. Our hybrid working approach brings together the benefits of both office-based and remote working in an inclusive way. For this role, you'll be expected to work from our Islington office at least 40% of the time each week. Reasonable adjustments will be made to support individual needs.

Greenpeace UK is an independent national/regional organisation within the global Greenpeace campaigning network, which acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. The global network of Greenpeace organisations comprises 26 independent national/regional Greenpeace organisations with presence in over 55 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a coordinating and supporting organisation, Greenpeace International.

The role of Actions Coordinator is a chance to put your non-violent direct action experience to the best possible use, developing and delivering innovative, impactful strategy and tactics to further Greenpeace campaigns.

You will achieve this by:

Your responsibilities will include the logistical planning, research, risk mitigation, coordination and execution of actions and ships operations, in addition to identification of training needs, development of activist networks, collaborations and allyships, plus support for other teams. Working as part of our project teams, you'll be helping to maintain the highest standards in the delivery of campaigns. The role is dynamic, fulfilling and demanding. It requires creativity and innovation, and will suit a clear and inspiring communicator with great people skills to complement strong practical and logistical capabilities, healthy risk appetite, and a flair for purposeful mischief.

About you

We are looking for a capable, committed, enthusiastic and wholehearted team player to join the unit as a full time Actions Coordinator. They will take a leading role in developing and delivering creative and innovative direct action and other interventions in support of Greenpeace UK's campaigns and contribute to all aspects of our actions operations and activities.

The post holder will have proven actions organising skills based on extensive experience, a strong history of personal direct action participation, and excellent practical skills. Strong creative instincts and proven ability to innovate are crucial, alongside highly developed logistical capacities, and a commitment to integrate diversity and inclusion principles into your work.

The successful applicant will hold the principle and practice of solidarity dear, and share a genuine passion for Greenpeace's mission and methods. The role involves navigating complex and multilateral processes and situations; excellent people skills and personal resilience are vital. The work is demanding but fulfilling; flexibility, adaptability, appetite for the fray, ingenuity, boldness, time management, problem solving skills, risk appetite and an enthusiasm for purposeful creative mischief are essential.

Essential Criteria

• A deep and proven working knowledge and understanding of the role, design and impact of Nonviolent Direct Action in its many forms
• Proven ability, based on significant and wide-ranging personal experience, in the development, planning, preparation and delivery of Direct Action
• A proven desire and ability to work creatively and to innovate in design, style and delivery of Direct Action
• Proven risk appetite in relation to direct action - alongside capacity and commitment to assess and mitigate risk appropriately and responsibly
• Excellent self-organising, time-keeping, and project management skills, with the ability to manage conflict and maintain composure at all times.
• Flexibility in work schedules and styles, ability to work well collaboratively and individually and to manage fluctuating demands placed on you personally and as part of a team.
• Proven capacity to effectively navigate complex multilateral working relationships and processes under pressure, with the people skills to communicate clearly, inspire and bring others on board, collaborate fruitfully, negotiate skilfully, and engage constructively in discussion and debate.

We give you

You’ll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few. Take a look at our Work for Greenpeace pages to find out more about what it's like to work for us and why you should apply.

Our commitment to diversity

We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in environmental and campaigning organisations and we're committed to doing what we can to correct this.

One of our Anti Racism Plan objectives is to proactively achieve stronger representation of people of colour, particularly within leadership positions, and we have recently published ambitious race representation targets.

As part of our commitment to increasing representation of people from underrepresented communities in the environmental sector, we are piloting a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) as a new approach to make our recruitment more equitable. If you identify as a person of colour, you can choose to opt in to the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

We will be aiming to offer everyone who opts into the scheme and meets the essential criteria a first stage interview. While we fully intend to honour this, exceptionally high application volumes may affect our capacity. If so, we will communicate clearly and keep candidates informed as we continue to learn and improve.

Greenpeace UK is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or any other category protected by law