Senior Campaigner – Tactical & Individuals at Risk

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Campaigner – Tactical & Individuals at Risk will be responsible for leading campaigns and managing and coordinating actions and projects that respond to crisis or tactical opportunities to affect human rights change across Europe. The role will also oversee and coordinate our individuals at risk work in Europe, provide advice and support to colleagues in the International Secretariat’s regional office and AI’s national offices.

The role sits in the Europe Regional Office. As we face one of the most challenging and uncertain periods in our region’s recent history we stand with people facing a rolling back of their rights, demonising politics and growing authoritarianism. We have an ambitious plan for the region to achieve Amnesty’s vision for a more equitable and sustainable world, where all people enjoy the protection and promotion of their human rights. We are investing in growing our work on gender, racial and intersectional justice and we are also committed to working collaboratively within our movement and with others to campaign and build people power and boldly fight for human rights on a mass scale.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a confident, experienced campaigner who is strategic, agile and able to respond to fast changing external events; able to identify opportunities for impact; make strategic decisions and mobilize support and action and work effectively with partners and allies. Working with individuals at risk is also a crucial dimension of the role and we are looking for someone who understands and has experience of the ethical considerations and needs of working with individuals at risk and can drive this work strategically and with sensitivity and determination.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience leading, developing and delivering impactful campaign strategies and campaign objectives at national, regional and international level; Excellent understanding of strategic campaign methodologies, power analysis methodologies and other campaign development and evaluation tools.
• Knowledge of the region and the human rights framework and experience working on human rights or social justice campaigns; ability to identify and understand relevant information about human rights or country situations quickly in order to undertake campaign strategy development.
• Experience working with human rights defenders or individuals at risk and an understanding of key principles and approaches and the ethical considerations involved in working with people impacted by the organisation’s work.
• Proven ability to lead innovation and creative approaches to effective campaigning; experience of using online and offline activism techniques to achieve campaign objectives.

ABOUT US:

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We reach almost every country in the world.

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they’re denied. And whether we’re applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we’re all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected by everyone, everywhere.

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the critical work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits include 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days), pension scheme, employee assistance programme, life assurance and many more benefits designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this, in a professional, engaging environment.

For further information on our benefits, please visit https://www.amnesty.org/en/careers/benefits/

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click ‘Apply for this Role’ below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let’s get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.