Key takeaways
An understanding of the role of a lobbyist, particularly a lobbyist working for a charity.
An insight into being a lobbyist, the main things that the job involves and what an average week looks like.
An understanding of the key skills required to get into this sort of role and how to get them.
Host: Rachel is a Senior Parliamentary Advisor at the RSPCA. She works on a wide range of campaigns to improve animal welfare. Rachel works on issues as varied as banning the keeping of primates as pets to introducing clearer labelling on food products that come from animals. Are you good at communication and building relationships? Maybe you love researching and mastering a topic? Rachel may have a career for you! In this class, Rachel will talk about the role of a lobbyist, especially in the charity sector, and how she arrived in the role after starting her career working for a political party. Rachel will also discuss the key skills she utilises every day in the job and that every budding lobbyist needs to have.
Join Rachel today to dive into her career as a lobbyist and how her love of animals drove her to this role.
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Safeguarding reminder:The safety of your child is of the utmost importance. All of our classes are pre-recorded to remove any concerns around live participation. For reruns of our past live classes, students' webcams and microphones were disabled and only the chat history, if participation was requested, is visible.
Suitable for:
This class is suitable for all students who want to find out exactly what a Lobbyist does and how the role changes when working for a charity.
Class requirements:
You will need a laptop or device with internet connection to watch the class, as well as a pen and notepad for taking notes.
What to expect:
- This class will take place online via a Zoom webinar.
- For live classes, please arrive promptly. Students' cameras and microphones are disabled by default.
- For on demand classes, students will be watching a recording of a previous live class.
- Once you have signed up, you will be taken to your dashboard where you can view details of the class, and re-watch it in the future.
- Students will be sent confirmation of the class to their email address if provided.