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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 and experience to help change the world? You could be our new Campaigner - Racial Justice.

About the role

In this role you will be working on the priority area of Racial Justice at AI UK, which is one of six priority areas for the organisation. AI UK aims to identify and create opportunities to learn, develop and act externally so that we can meaningfully apply our weight as a movement to help end the destructive ways in which systemic racism impacts the human rights of Black and minoritised ethnic people.

The Racial Justice Campaigners will support the delivery of our Racial Justice strategy 2022-2030, working with the Racial Justice Lead to support efforts inside and outside the organisation to share our human rights analysis, advocate and campaign to win for racialised communities. 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 you understand how to deal with tricky situations with tact and intent.
• You can communicate complex ideas to different audiences.
• You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
• You also have a good knowledge of racial justice and coalition building.

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. See more details of our benefits here.

Apply for this role

The vacancy may be closed earlier than advertised if a high standard of applications is received. If you wish to be considered for the role, avoid delay in submitting an application.

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. More details of inclusion in the AIUK recruitment process can be found here.