Job description
Hybrid working. Our flexible working policy requires everyone to be in our east London office for 25% of the time as a minimum because building in-person relationships is important to us (that could be one week a month, or a day a week), but you’re welcome to be there more, as many staff are. Travel: This role requires on average 3-4 days per month travelling across the UK (with occasional overnight stays). NEON will cover travel, accommodation and subsistence in line with our expenses policy and you will be eligible for TOIL for agreed additional hours worked in line with our TOIL policy.
£48,524pa
12 month contract
Head of Movement Projects
Full-time, which for NEON is 28 hours a week - the equivalent of a 4 day standard work week. This can be done over 4 or 5 days, that’s totally up to you. Hours are generally flexible, with some core meetings everyone has to be at.
A 28-hour week, up to 7.5% employer matched pension, genuinely flexible working, 20 days holiday per year (25 days pro-rated for a 4 day week), plus bank holidays and Christmas break, a progressive Parenting Policy, Sabbatical Policy, and a staff development budget.
What is the Worker-led Transition project?
The Worker-led Transition project is a collaboration between NEON and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) that aims to future-proof manufacturing jobs, accelerate climate action and push back against far-right politics in industrial communities.
The TUC estimates that the future of up to 800,000 jobs in the UK (in sectors like chemicals, automotive, steel, ceramics, their supply chains and more) depend on timely planning and investment in industry to meet the needs of a decarbonised economy. Our project supports workers in high-carbon manufacturing industries to plan for a sustainable future for their workplaces (e.g. making green steel or zero-emissions vehicles), builds alignment across the climate movement in support of a worker-led transition, and counters far-right politics in industrial communities by advancing a vision for a socially just climate transition that protects and creates well-paid, unionised jobs in the clean industries of the future.
Purpose of the role
The purpose of this role is to support NEON’s work to build organising capacity in UK social movements, with a focus on NEON’s Worker-led Transition project. You will:
Key Responsibilities
Who you are
Please note -this isn’t a tick box exercise and we don’t expect you to meet all of the criteria - it’s more to give both us and you an overall sense of the role, and how the skills and experience you have might map onto it.
We’re looking for someone with a:
We know that people from certain backgrounds and identities are often excluded in progressive movements and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this.
So:
There are no formal education requirements for this role. As long as you can show us you have the skills we don’t mind where you got them from! Also important to us is your potential to learn and grow in the role so even if you don’t have 100% of the skills listed we want to hear from you.
How to apply
We don’t want to make this process too complicated so please complete the application form and send this and a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring form to jobs@neweconomyorganisers.org.
Closing date: 10th May 2026, 11.59pm
Interview dates: 1st interviews (online) Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th May 2026, 2nd interviews (in person) Wednesday 3rd June 2026
If you fancy a chat about the role or have any questions about NEON in general, you can reach out to Morten Thaysen via email on jobs@neweconomyorganisers.org.