Contract Details Permanent Salary £48,028 (includes London weighting) Weekly Hours 35 with flexibility options Location London EC2A, hybrid in the UK with regional travel Application Deadline Monday, July 4, 2022 Interview Date 13 July 2022 Job Summary
Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. Do you want to use your skills, knowledge, connections and experience to help change the world? You could be our new Senior Community Organiser for Local Activism leading a small team responsible for building and strengthening our impact through local and regional activism, partnerships and building influence in communities throughout UK.
About the role
The Senior Community Organiser for Local Activism will work alongside two other Senior Community Organisers to help us achieve our goal of connecting with communities and building a powerful, inclusive human rights movement in the UK. The Senior Community Organiser for Local Activism is accountable for the development and growth of activist groups and teams in communities, regions and nations across the UK and for recruiting, developing and supporting a diverse group of activist leaders.
They will also seek opportunities and partnerships to innovate, positively change the understanding of and attitudes towards human rights in communities across the UK including through project-managing Amnesty’s Football Welcomes programme – partnering with football clubs and foundations in communities across the UK. They will be part of a team developing our overall approach to building and supporting diverse, inclusive and powerful campaigning groups and networks.
More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.
The role may be for you if:
- You’re skilled in building relationships, particularly working with diverse groups of people.
- You are experienced in community organising and developing partnerships and activism.
- You can manage complex relationships and bring people together on issues that they can all work on.
- You are highly organised and can implement effective systems and processes
- You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
Our Commitment to you
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.
New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time). 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares.
Apply for this role
We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.
To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. We are a disability confident organisation.
The vacancy may be closed early if it receives an overwhelming amount of applications.
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