Campaign chiefs 'hard to come by'

By Rosie Walker, Third Sector, 4 June 2008

Development charities are finding it increasingly hard to recruit suitable campaigning directors, according to sector experts.

Of 17 campaigns director or coordinator posts advertised through the British Overseas Network for Development in the past six months, three have been advertised again within two months, one has been restructured and two remain open. "Campaigning doesn't have well-trodden career pathways," said Charlotte Imbert, acting general secretary of Bond....