Reference: 100683
Date Added: 9 November 2026
Closing Date: 20 November 2026
Job Title: Executive Director
Working For: Progress
Location: London
Salary: £40,000-£50,000
Length of Contract: Initial fixed term contract
Job Details
The Executive Director leads all aspects of the organisation and manages a small team of staff. Reporting to the Board, the Executive Director will oversee a programme of activity for members; be responsible for fundraising from a diverse range of partners; lead on developing and participating in strategic political and policy discussions both within the Labour movement and externally.
Applicants must be individuals with a significant track record of activism in the Labour Party and a demonstrable commitment to the modernising principles of social democratic revisionism.
They should have a strong interest, and preferably engagement in ‘policy’, from an ideological and political perspective. Progress is not an academic think tank, but it must have strong engagement with the academic, policy and think tank community. A key role for Progress is to promote discussion and debate within the Labour movement around ‘big picture’ policy ideas and key questions for Labour’s political strategy.
Full details can be found at https://www.progressonline.org.uk/recruitment-progress-executive-director/
Closing Date: 20 November 2026
Interview/Start Dates
Applications will close at 12 noon on clossing date, with interviews to be arranged quickly thereafter. If you do not hear from us, you should assume we have decided not to take forward your application.
Application Details
If you are interested in becoming director of Progress, you should send an application letter and CV by email to the Progress chair, Lord (Roger) Liddle.
roger@progressivebritain.org
Website: http://www.progressonline.org.uk