CAMPAIGN AND ENGAGEMENT LEAD VACANCY

Campaign & Engagement Lead – 2026 Men’s World Cup

World Cup Climate Adaptation Fund
Football For Future (FFF)
Remote | Freelance | 4–5 days/week | 6 months

About Football For Future

Football For Future is a UK-based non-profit driving global climate action through football culture.

Our work spans campaigns, research, analysis, education, and player engagement — using the world’s most popular sport to make climate change visible, relatable, and actionable.

About the Role

We are developing and launching the World Cup Climate Adaptation Fund, a flagship initiative linking football culture with climate resilience ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

This work forms part of a wider global campaign to protect grassroots football from the growing impacts of extreme weather.

We are looking for a Campaign & Engagement Lead to drive the execution and public activation of this initiative.

This is a high-impact role at the centre of the campaign — responsible for building visibility, mobilising partners and players, and ensuring the work reaches the audiences and decision-makers needed to create lasting change.

You will act as the campaign engine and connective tissue, turning strategy into momentum.

What You’ll Do

Campaign & Fundraising Activation

  • Develop and deliver the campaign rollout aligned to key moments in the lead-up to the 2026 World Cup

  • Lead day-to-day campaign execution to drive visibility and engagement

  • Plan and deliver social and digital content in collaboration with FFF’s communications and design team

  • Coordinate and release a series of short documentary films highlighting climate impacts on grassroots football across the United States, Mexico, and Canada

  • Manage press outreach, build relationships with journalists, and secure media coverage

  • Coordinate player storytelling, interviews, and campaign moments

  • Support fundraising communications and donor engagement

  • Monitor campaign performance and adapt strategy based on results

  • Identify and leverage timely football, cultural, and climate moments to amplify campaign reach

Partner & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Maintain strong relationships with partners, collaborators, and consortium members

  • Ensure partners are equipped with messaging and assets to amplify the campaign

  • Prepare briefing materials to support engagement with key stakeholders

  • Translate strategic conversations into clear follow-up actions

  • Ensure stakeholders remain informed, engaged, and activated throughout

Programme Delivery & Coordination

  • Maintain the overall programme timeline and track delivery across workstreams

  • Coordinate across campaign, research, storytelling, player mobilisation, and toolkit outputs

  • Support coordination of advisory board engagement

  • Maintain visibility over campaign activity and flag risks early

  • Ensure readiness for key campaign milestones including report launch, film releases, and major communications moments

What Success Looks Like

  • The campaign achieves strong visibility across football, media, and climate spaces

  • Documentary storytelling reaches wide audiences and drives engagement

  • Player mobilisation is delivered at meaningful scale across men’s and women’s football

  • Fundraising momentum is established

  • Partners remain active, aligned, and supportive

  • The Adaptation Fund Blueprint launches with impact and credibility

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who is:

  • An experienced campaign operator, communicator, or engagement lead

  • Comfortable working across media, partnerships, and multi-stakeholder environments

  • Able to translate complex ideas into compelling public-facing content

  • Proactive, organised, and able to keep momentum in a fast-moving project

  • Passionate about football and climate action

Experience in sport, sustainability, media, or advocacy is highly valuable.

Practical Details

  • Contract: Freelance / Fixed-term

  • Duration: 6 months

  • Time commitment: 4–5 days per week

  • Location: Remote (with some travel possible)

  • Start date: ASAP

Compensation:
Freelance day rate of £150–£180/day depending on experience (equivalent to approximately £39k–£47k annualised).

How to Apply

Please send:

  • A short introduction outlining your interest in the role

  • Relevant experience (CV or portfolio)

  • Examples of campaigns, communications, or projects you’ve led or contributed to

to: info@footballforfuture.org

Final Note

This is a unique opportunity to help shape a global campaign at the intersection of football and climate — and to contribute to a model that could influence how major sporting events respond to climate risk in the future.