1 x 7 hours per week / 1 x 12 hours per week, £12.60 per hour (UK real living wage), £13.85 for staff in London
UK-wide, home-based
Following the St George’s House consultation in February 2024, SOS-UK is hoping to lead the way in supporting Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) to better integrate sustainability into their work. The event produced a report including several key action points at three levels: internal PSRB organisational change for sustainability, enabling student leadership and empowerment in this area, and advocating for system change in the systems and structures that govern and influence the education and political sectors. These roles will build upon the progress achieved so far on these recommendations with a specific focus on progression for Economics, addressing the need for better regulation of economics courses in higher education to drive meaningful curriculum reform. SOS-UK has an exciting new project working in partnership with the New Economics Foundation (NEF) to explore creating a new professional body. We aim to explore curriculum accreditation and advocate for diversity of economic thinking. You will work alongside SOS-UK staff to help implement the recommendations of Action Area 3: Advocating for System Change from the St George’s House consultation report. You will work with SOS-UK, NEF and students to support the creation of a new professional regulatory body for economists to redesign outdated structures and approaches that run counter to sustainable, climate-safe and ethical economics. You will use your experiences and insight from Economics academia to platform student voice in informing, shaping and influencing the development of this work. The roles may also include but are not limited to writing blogs and newsletters, conducting research and scoping exercises, reaching out to organisational partners and interested stakeholders, networking with like-minded organisations, and speaking at key sector-body events and conferences.
Please submit your application by
March 16, 2025 11:55 PM
Find out more & apply7 hours per week, £12.60 per hour (UK real living wage), £13.85 for staff in London
Home-based. Occasional UK-wide travel, evening calls and weekend commitments.
SOS-UK is looking for two new PSRB Sustainability Reform Advocates to support our advocacy work influencing Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) to better integrate sustainability into their work.
Please submit your application by
February 27, 2025 11:55 PM
Find out more & applyAt SOS-UK we strive to make our community a welcoming, caring and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.
In return for your passion and experience we offer the flexibility for work-life balance, a competitive salary for the non-profit sector and excellent holiday allowance. We’re open to considering requests for job-share or part-time working.
We believe we have a fair and transparent pay framework. Our salary bands and pay gaps are public.
We have always paid at least the real living wage and we do not offer any unpaid/non-credit-bearing placement opportunities or work experience.
We offer up to 6% pension contributions, annual cost of living increases and annual spine-point salary increases until the top of your band*.
Other benefits include:
Parents, carers and dependents: support and understanding for family emergencies and caring for dependents
Employee volunteering: up to three days paid leave per year which you are encouraged to take - pro rata for part-time staff
Medical appointments: reasonable time off during working hours including time for fertility treatment and gender reassignment
Religious or belief-related obligations
Study leave
*These benefits are available to all full-time staff but may have eligibility thresholds for very part-time staff, for example, our student staff working 7 hours per week.
Maternity and childcare pay:
We offer:
Diversity and equal opportunities
We’re totally committed to equality of opportunity for all. We are striving to be an organisation where all staff are able to thrive and be their whole-selves. As part of our action on inclusion, diversity and equality, we encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and groups, including but not limited to, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation.
At SOS-UK, our staff team is currently under-representative of people of colour, LGBTQIA+ people and disabled people. We are committed to ensuring we are representative and inclusive, so we particularly encourage you to apply if you represent these characteristics. We have an opt-in guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who declare a disability and/or are a person of colour and meet the essential criteria of the role profile.
We are always happy to speak to candidates informally about the role before applying and encourage you to do so.
We run liberation learning sessions for all staff and there are staff networks for individuals with shared protected characteristics.
On our job applications, we do not ask as standard whether applicants have any spot or unspent convictions (under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974). Applicants will still be requested to complete a DBS check if the role requires one.
Wellbeing and work-life balance
SOS-UK adopts an open and flexible approach to working arrangements, with many of the current team opting to be home-based, with those that prefer the location and environment of an office space able to work in one of NUS' offices around the UK.
To further support positive work-life balance, all staff are offered a generous holiday and leave allowance as described above. Additionally, whilst working overtime is not encouraged for staff wellbeing, in cases where this is necessary a time-off-in-lieu (TOIL) policy is in place.
SOS-UK has a mental health working group and designated mental health first aiders who act as the first point of contact for staff who need support with their mental health.
Should you have family/caring responsibilities, we have a whole package of family-friendly policies that provide for flexible working; additional paid maternity and paternity leave; childcare pay; and leave for family emergencies.
Commitment to sustainable practices
As an organisation devoted to furthering sustainable development, it's important we practice what we preach:
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