Local Groups Administrator

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Community Organising team to work across the Local Activism team to support Activism Representatives, Local Groups, and Regional Networks across the UK.

Local groups are a vital part of Amnesty International UK's movement. Made up of dedicated members and individuals, they volunteer to promote Amnesty's work in their local areas. These groups have formal structures with appointed roles such as Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, and undertake a broad range of activities, including raising awareness about human rights issues, advocating for individual cases, and fundraising. Currently, there are 120 affiliated local groups across the UK, each operating in its local town or city. Recently, some local groups have formed regional networks which cover wider areas. These groups function across the 13 Amnesty regions, each represented by an Activism Representative elected by local groups to support their activities. While local groups primarily work within their areas, they also participate in regional and national events, such as the Annual General Meeting and National Conference (Human Rights Festival).

About the role

This role is in the Local Activism Team which is responsible for enabling and empowering more people and partners in communities throughout the UK to use their skills, connections, knowledge and passion to campaign together for positive human rights change. The role report to a Senior Community Organiser.

The Local Groups Administrator is accountable for:

• Monitoring & Evaluating local group and network campaign activities, analysing impact, and reporting progress, including through yearly surveys.
• Coordinating Check-ins via phone or in-person with local groups and regional networks.
• System Updates: Reviewing and updating internal systems to ensure local groups and regional networks have resources to campaign effectively.
• Training & Guides: Developing and delivering training sessions, guides, and planning packs to equip activists.

It also supports regional and local activist teams to build and diversify the Amnesty movement in and with their 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 networking, building and maintaining relationships internally and externally and understand the role of activism in Amnesty International UK
• You have excellent communication and data management skills
• You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture
• You also have good knowledge of maintaining clear, professional, and empathetic communication with activists, ensuring a positive activist experience with every interaction.

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) and 3 wellbeing days. 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

This vacancy advert may be taken down from job boards earlier than the stated deadline if a high standard of applications is received (if you have started an application in our portal, you will still have opportunity to complete it by the original deadline).

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. To support all candidates to perform their best at interview, we send questions 24 hours in advance. We are a disability confident organisation.

Please note that due to the nature of the work, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including a criminal record check.

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