Campaigns Assistant

League Against Cruel Sports; Godalming; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

28 days annual leave pro rata

Pension contribution (8%)

Staff discounts

Job summary

The League Against Cruel Sports in Godalming is seeking a passionate campaigns professional to develop supporter engagement and deliver impactful campaigns. You will recruit and activate supporters, coordinate events, and ensure materials reach audiences effectively while coordinating with internal teams.

This permanent, full-time role offers hybrid working with home-based days and occasional attendance at head office events, supporting the League’s mission to end animal cruelty in sport.

Qualifications

• Experience in building, motivating and inspiring teams of volunteers in a supporter, donor, or customer facing role.
• Understanding of how advocacy can change public perceptions and attitudes.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of campaigning techniques and best practice and using those to deliver campaigns to change perceptions and attitudes.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the work of Campaigns Managers, helping ensure the League delivers evidence-based, strategic, impactful campaigns that help to deliver our strategic objectives.
• Recruiting, activating, and communicating with supporters to grow our campaigns supporter base.
• Ensuring that campaign materials are distributed and supplier invoices are paid in a timely manner.
• Assisting in the planning and delivery of impactful campaign events.

Skills

Volunteer management

Relationship building

Campaigning

Event planning

Job description

35hours per week

Permanent role

Hybrid working –homebased workingforthe majority oftime with a need to attend events and head office in Godalming onoccasions

An exciting opportunity to drive supporter engagement and campaign work that will help end animal cruelty in the name of ‘sport’.

WhatYou’llDo:

You will work in a fast-paced environment, responsible for growing and building relationships with supporters, distributing campaigns materials, and delivering campaign events You will help ensure that supporter activity is meaningful and helps drive us closer to achieving the League Against Cruel Sports’ strategic priorities.

Working collaboratively with all teams across the League, this is a hands-on role in the active delivery of the League’s campaign strategy. It is a wide-ranging role, and you will use your organisational and campaigning skills to support Campaigns Managers in delivering multiple and varied campaigns.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the work of Campaigns Managers, helping ensure the League delivers evidence-based, strategic, impactful campaigns that help to deliver our strategic objectives.
• Recruiting, activating, and communicating with supporters to grow our campaigns supporter base.
• Ensuring that campaign materials are distributed and supplier invoices are paid in a timely manner.
• Assisting in the planning and delivery of impactful campaign events.

Who You Are:

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about campaigning to protect animals from persecutionand excited to make a real impact. We need someone who possesses:

• Proven experience in building, motivating and inspiring teams of volunteers in a supporter, donor, or customer facing role.
• An understanding of how advocacy can change public perceptions and attitudes.
• The ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of campaigning techniques and best practice and using those to deliver campaigns to change perceptions and attitudes.

Why Join Us:

You’ll join a workplace where your voice matters, with a long and proud history of campaigning for and protecting wildlife. Our culture is shaped by our people, inclusion and collaboration are central to how we operate, and this culture has been recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work (Small Organisations) 2026.

We offer a flexible, supportive working environment with 28 days of annual leave pro rata, rising to 38 days with long service (in addition to the public holidays) and flexible working arrangements.

Additionally, our benefits package includes a generous employer contribution of eight percent towards your pension scheme and discounts on shopping, electronics, hospitality and leisure.

Most importantly, working at the League gives you the opportunity to make a real difference for animals. Find out more about working at the League.

The League Against Cruel Sports is committed to inclusivity and diversity, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Together, we can redefine what is acceptable and create a better world for animals.