- Drive Community Campaigns to increase impact for human rights
- Join a global, not for profit organisation campaigning courageously for human rights for all
- Flexible permanent full-time opportunity (75 hours per fortnight) based in any of our Action Centres (hybrid WFH arrangements available).
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the community campaigns team, ensuring impactful organising and mobilising strategies are being delivered for our Indigenous youth justice campaign, climate justice campaign and international portfolio.
The role is responsible for ensuring that campaigns centre and amplify the voice of lived experience and drives the team to build partnerships, coalitions and networks with communities, institutions, movements and the social justice sector, working towards a thriving human rights community in Australia.
This role is responsible for championing people power and leading a creative and innovative team who working towards growing the size and visible presence of a human rights movement in Australia
The salary for this position is $123,393 + super + not for profit salary packaging.
People from cultural and linguistic diverse backgrounds and First Nation Australians are strongly encouraged to apply.
THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE:
- Experience in a similar, senior role in a not-for-profit organisation in Australia and of leading a geographically dispersed team
- Proven experience with demonstrated results in designing, developing and overseeing cohesive community change strategies (depth + scale);
- Solid experience of building networks and partnerships;
- Understanding of the Australian political system and the ability to drive data driven mapping to targets;
- Solid project management skills and ability to lead a high performing team;
- Proven ability to collaborate and drive integration of work;
- Demonstrated experience in or commitment to working with and alongside communities of lived experience
- Demonstrated experience in designing and managing projects towards achievement of agreed outcomes, including co design practices and stakeholder consultation.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Relevant higher education degree in marketing or community engagement;
- Additional training, knowledge and experience in designing contemporary community campaigns for impact;
- Familiarity with human rights issues and social change methods;
- Experience of developing co-designed strategies for community change in the social justice sector;
- Solid understanding of not for profit, and values based organisations.
This role is ideally suited to a senior community campaign professional, who has sound experience in championing people power and mobilising campaigns for high impact.
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate previous experience in building and sustaining high performing teams, leading transformational change and strong communication and stakeholder management skills to with a collaborative approach.
To learn more about this role, please view the position description attached. If this role sounds like you please apply below, addressing the following selection criteria in your cover letter.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
- Please outline your experience of leading a geographically dispersed team how do you ensure a healthy, collaborative, productive and high performing team
- Please provide an example of a successful community campaign you designed and implemented what where the results and what did you learn
- How would others describe your collaboration and stakeholder management skills?
DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION
AIA is committed to making reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability or other access needs during the recruitment and selection process.
If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment and interview process, please email us at humanresources@amnesty.org.au.
AI Australia is committed to equal opportunities in all areas of our work, community and partner relationships. We want people to achieve their full potential, which will positively impact on our work and the communities in which we operate. At AI Australia, our values empower people to be themselves within an inclusive and supportive environment. We have a global, multicultural following and want to actively contribute to building a more diverse and inclusive team at AI Australia.
We are committed to equal opportunities in all areas of our work, community and partner relationships. We want people to achieve their full potential, which will positively impact on our work and the communities in which we operate. At AI Australia, our values empower people to be themselves within an inclusive and supportive environment. We are a movement of people from all walks of life around the world. We intend to actively contribute to building a more diverse and inclusive team.
ABOUT US
Amnesty International Australia is one of Australia’s largest not for profit organisations. We are an independent, global movement that campaigns courageously for human rights for everyone.
We’re ordinary people from all walks of life, standing together for justice, freedom, human dignity and equality. We use our passion and commitment to bring torturers to justice, change oppressive laws and free people imprisoned just for voicing their opinion.
We’re independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion to ensure we can speak out on human rights abuses wherever they occur.
Every day we move closer to a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.
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