Human Rights Jobs

About the Head of Advocacy & Support role

We are looking for maternity cover for the Head of Advocacy & Support to lead Galop’s specialist advocacy services, providing support to LGBT+ victims and survivors of abuse and violence in the UK. You will work alongside our other Heads of Services to deliver advice, support, and advocacy to thousands of LGBT+ victims and survivors of interpersonal abuse and violence each year. 

You will lead a large, dispersed team of specialist advocates, including IDVAs, ISVAs, CHISVAs, CHIDVAs, specialist hate crime advocates, and multi-disciplinary caseworkers and support workers. Managing a team of advocacy managers and senior advocates, you will ensure that survivors have access to needs-led, timely support that is right for them, maintaining high quality, consistent support across its advocacy and one-to-one support, whether that is in-person or remote. You will ensure that advocacy and casework services are delivered effectively, and that clients receive a consistent and high-quality service across the team.

You will have expertise in leading complex, needs-led specialist support services. You will need to be solutions-focussed and enjoy working collaboratively across a diverse and committed team. You’ll need to have good resilience and self-care and be prepared to work in an environment where abuse and violence are regularly talked about. You’ll need to understand the impact of trauma and how that affects our team.

For more information on this role please download the attached job description. 

Location: Galop’s offices are located in London. This role will have the option of hybrid working but presence in the office will be required at least 2 days a week.
Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week) 
Contract: Maternity cover (12 months)
Line manages: Advocacy & Support Managers
Reports to: Director of Services
Salary: Grade B: £47,369.25 - £54,010.33 (including London weighting of £4,129.42)

Closing Date

Applications should be submitted by 10am 9th April 2025
First round interviews will be held on 16th April 2025

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South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice are a grassroots legal charity providing legal services to people seeking sanctuary in South Yorkshire. We are looking for a hard-working and highly organised person to join our team and support the vital work we do providing legal services to people seeking sanctuary.

As a small charity with limited resources and a huge need for our service, it is vital that we work efficiently and effectively to enable us to support as many people as possible. As an Administrator you will work with the Director and the legal team to facilitate the smooth running of the organisation and the efficient and effective delivery of our legal services.  

We are looking for candidates with the following attributes:

• Highly organised with the ability to take initiative and identify and solve obstacles to efficient working.

• A talent for supporting and facilitating colleagues in a busy, and at times stressful service delivery setting.

• A commitment to our vision that all those seeking sanctuary in South Yorkshire should have access to justice and be treated with respect and fairness.

• Some experience of office work and administration and an aptitude for technology.

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Salary: £26,019 (pro rata – Actual: £20,815)

Hours: 4 days (28 hours) per week (3 or 3.5 days per week will be considered)

Holidays: 28 days plus 8 English Bank Holidays (pro rata)

Contract: Permanent (subject to 6 month probationary period)

Pension: 6% Employer contributions

Location: St James Street, Sheffield City Centre

For details on how to apply please visit our website and download an application pack.

Unseen is working towards a world without slavery. We provide safehouses and support in the community for survivors of trafficking and modern slavery. We also run the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline and work with individuals, communities, businesses, governments, other charities, and statutory agencies to stamp out slavery for good.

Purpose of the role:

The Helpline Senior Data Officer will work with the Data Manager to help oversee reporting and utilisation of Helpline data. This includes:

• Contributing to maintaining data quality, standards and training to ensure that Helpline data is effectively utilised.
• Supporting the Data Manager to lead and grow the data programme and ensure effective publications and outputs of Helpline data and provide occasional reporting and Salesforce support to frontline services.
• Providing support to Data Officers, including overseeing day to day activities and creating action plans as appropriate.
• Engaging in team and personal development, working alongside the Data Manager and Head of Helpline Services to lead on reviewing reports.

To apply:

• Please complete Unseen’s application form for the role which includes a personal statement of 500 words outlining your suitability for the role, some personal details and equal opportunities questions, and;
• Please send a copy of your CV to jobs @ unseenuk. org with reference to the job title.

Job specifics:

• Salary: £29,174.00 per annum (pro-rated for part time hours)
• Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
• Location: Unseen’s head office in Bristol or home based with periodic travel to Bristol and other locations as required for meetings and training.

The deadline for applications is midnight on 20 April 2025.

Kindly note, we reserve the right to close applications early if we receive a high number of applications. As such, we recommend interested applicants to apply early.

We endeavour to hold interviews during the week starting 28 April 2025, but this will be subject to the closing date and hiring manager capacity.

As an organisation focused on equality and diversity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and all backgrounds, including those with a lived experience of modern slavery, those from ethnic minority groups, those with disabilities and those from the LGBTQ+ community.

Any questions, please contact jobs @ unseenuk. org.

The Role
The Events Coordinator will be responsible for providing support to the Event Managers and Senior Event Officers in the delivery of commercial conferences and other commercial activity. This includes all aspects of administering events while also providing a high level of customer service to internal and external stakeholders. You will also be solely responsible for organising and delivering online events of your own.

What we're looking for

• Managing the day to day administration of up to 30 events (in-person, online and hybrid) at one time including data entry, delegate bookings, tracking, correspondence, debt chasing, etc.
  
• Dealing with delegate and speaker queries by phone and email.
  
• Working as part of a busy event team to support the overall objective of providing quality events for the membership.
  
• Providing on-site support at in-person events
  
• Managing a portfolio of online events. This includes scheduling, liaising with speakers and all event logistics.

What's in it for you
This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence and respect.

We offer hybrid working, a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.

Please note: if you are an internal applicant, Pay Policy will apply.

The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and other decision makers, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect and promote solicitors.

Contracted Weekly Hours:37.5. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.

Contract type:12 months

Salary:                                  £24,258 per year

Annual Leave:                      25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays per annum

Location:                                Based in Bournemouth, for regular travel across BCP with travel across Dorset likely. Hybrid working option when not on visits.

International Care Network (ICN) is a Christian charity whose aim is to help to rebuild the lives of asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants. The resettlement team work closely with local authorities and other organisations to support families on government resettlement schemes to find their feet, build healthy relationships, and successfully integrate into our community. We are looking for an experienced support worker (ideally one to be a male, but open to all applicants) to support individuals and families under all relevant government resettlement schemes (predominantly Afghan, but not limited to), who have been resettled in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) and Dorset. ICN provides benefits to staff including:

• Company pension scheme.
• Travel costs paid for at 45p per mile, not including travel to and from work.
• Staff welfare opportunities including socials and access to external clinical supervision.
• Training opportunities relevant to role.

ICN will seek to ensure that all existing and potential employees are given equal opportunities. We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in our employment policies and practices. Our aim is to promote diversity so that no employee or potential employee will be subject to unlawful or unfair discrimination because of gender, age, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality or other ethnic or national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity or membership or non-membership of a trade union or political beliefs. We will seek to ensure that no applicant for employment is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified.

ICN take the safeguarding of service users, staff and volunteers very seriously, with a robust safeguarding policy and process in place. As part of this ICN are committed to developing a safe culture ensuring that all steps are taken to recruit staff and volunteers who are safe to work with our service users and staff, including requiring relevant DBS checks to be taken for roles working with children and/or vulnerable adults.

About Reprieve

Reprieve works with people whose circumstances have made them extremely vulnerable. Our aim is simple: to consign the death penalty and abuses carried out in the name of “counter-terrorism” or “national security” to history, drawing public and political attention to these past harms with a view to preventing them from occurring again.

In our view, you can best judge a society by how it treats prisoners, criminal defendants, and the far-flung targets of an ever-changing counter-terror policy. To us, the rule of law means little if we selectively apply it to people we agree with. It is for all of us. Liberty is always eroded at the margins.

Reprieve’s staff is made up of courageous and committed human rights defenders. Founded in 1999, we provide free legal and investigative support to people facing the death penalty and those victimised by states’ abusive counter-terror policies – rendition, torture, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killing.

We fight our clients’ cases in courts around the world; investigate their mistreatment; and advocate on their behalf, encouraging public and political debate of human rights issues.

Reprieve’s main office is in Aldgate, London, UK. Reprieve also supports full-time Fellows, who work as lawyers, investigators and campaigners in the countries in which we work. We work closely with a number of partner organisations in jurisdictions all over the world, who provide access to clients, expertise, knowledge and guidance on specific issues or regions. We work in cooperation with relevant government officials, individual lawyers and human rights defenders, as well as individual, corporate and foundation funders to further the cause of our shared goals.

About this role

The Deputy Director, Legal and Governance is responsible for providing independent, strategic and proactive legal advice to Reprieve and is a critical member of the Senior Management Team. This is an exciting and varied role in which no two days are the same. You will have the opportunity to interact with inspiring people throughout Reprieve as well as those outside of Reprieve who are integral partners in our work. 

The Deputy Director, Legal and Governance will be a UK-based qualified solicitor or barrister, or have an equivalent qualification from another jurisdiction with sufficient experience working within the UK in a legal capacity either in private practice or in-house environment.

The Deputy Director, Legal and Governance will report to Reprieve’s Board and its Risk Committee; and attend, observe and minute meetings of our Finance Committee and Nominations Committee. They will be expected to play a key role in any special ad-hoc committees established by the Board from time to time, for instance, in the event of a serious incident occurring.

All staff will feel confident to approach the Deputy Director, Legal and Governance with challenging legal questions that cut across Reprieve cases, fundraising and operations. Trustees will feel confident to entrust you to support the SMT in managing risks at Reprieve, and third parties such as suppliers and external counsel will feel comfortable liaising with you, even when the issues being discussed are complex and confidential.

Collaboration is at the heart of Reprieve’s strategy. The Deputy Director, Legal and Governance will have a proven ability to think pragmatically and laterally, to provide sound judgement, to work and collaborate well with teams, and to communicate effectively. They will be wholly committed to the clients Reprieve serves and the issues that Reprieve seeks to address.

Location, contract and salary

The role is a part-time (four days per week) permanent position with an annual salary of £53,620.80 FTE (pro-rated to £53,621 for a four-day week) per annum less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. 

This role is based in Reprieve’s London office. Reprieve operates a hybrid working model and we require staff to work 40% of their working hours from the London office and the rest of the week from home. Applicants must have the current right to work in the UK, which will be checked prior to interview.

Full details and how to apply

Please see the job description for full details on this role. The deadline for applications is 23:59 on 13 April 2025. 

About Reprieve

 Reprieve works with the most disenfranchised people in society. Our aim is simple: to consign the death penalty and abuses carried out in the name of “counter-terrorism” or “national security” to history, drawing public and political attention to these past harms with a view to preventing them from occurring again.

In our view, you can best judge a society by how it treats prisoners, criminal defendants, and the far-flung targets of an ever-changing counter-terror policy. To us, the rule of law means little if we selectively apply it to people we agree with. It is for all of us. Liberty is always eroded at the margins.

Reprieve’s staff is made up of courageous and committed human rights defenders. Founded in 1999, we provide free legal and investigative support to people facing the death penalty and those victimised by states’ abusive counter-terror policies – rendition, torture, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killing.

We fight our clients’ cases in courts around the world; investigate their mistreatment; and advocate on their behalf, encouraging public and political debate of human rights issues.

Reprieve’s main office is in Aldgate, London, UK. Reprieve also supports full-time Fellows, who work as lawyers, investigators and campaigners in the countries in which we work. We work closely with a number of partner organisations in jurisdictions all over the world, who provide access to clients, expertise, knowledge and guidance on specific issues or regions. We work in cooperation with relevant government officials, individual lawyers and human rights defenders, as well as individual, corporate and foundation funders to further the cause of our shared goals.

About the Role

As HR Operations Manager, you will be a key player in the Operations team to support Reprieve and its employees with all HR related matters. Your role will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day delivery of HR. You will be the first point of contact for all staff relating to HR queries, policies, processes, pension, probation and development.

You will lead the recruitment process, providing a positive experience to all candidates. You will update recruitment processes as and when required, ensuring good practice is being followed.

Location, contract and salary

This role is available on a full or part-time (four days per week) basis. It is a one-year fixed term contract, with the possibility to extend, subject to funding. The annual salary is £52,088 FTE (pro-rated to £41,670.40 for a four-day week) per annum, less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. 

This role is based in Reprieve’s London office. Reprieve operates a hybrid working model and we require staff to work 40% of their working hours from the London office and the rest of the week from home. Applicants must have the current right to work in the UK, which will be checked prior to interview.

Full details and how to apply

Please review the job description and person specification for full details.To apply, please submit the application form at the web address provided. Please note that CVs and cover letters cannot be accepted for this role. 

The deadline for applications is 23:58 BST on 06 April 2025. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK currently and for the duration of the contract. 

Unseen is working towards a world without slavery. We provide safehouses and support in the community for survivors of trafficking and modern slavery. We also run the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline and work with individuals, communities, businesses, governments, other charities, and statutory agencies to stamp out slavery for good.

Purpose of the role:

We require a fundraising professional to join Unseen to secure funding from trust and grant-making organisations. The Fundraising Officer will help to deliver multi-year funding for our important work fighting modern slavery.

The successful candidate will be an important contributor to the success of fundraising. You will leverage our reputation for delivering specialist support for survivors of modern slavery and exploitation, along with our unique data and national policy work, to generate new sources of funding.

Job details:

• Salary: £27,583.40 per annum. We are an accredited member of the Living Wage Foundation.
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Unseen’s head office in Bristol, with some flexibility for home/ remote working.

To apply:

• Please complete Unseen’s application form for the role which includes a personal statement of 500 words outlining your suitability for the role, some personal details and equal opportunities questions, and;
• Please send a copy of your CV to jobs @ unseenuk. org with reference to the job title.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 6th April at midnight.

Interviews will be held in person and will likely take place on week starting Monday 14th April 2025.

As an organisation focused on equality and diversity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and all backgrounds, including those with a lived experience of modern slavery, those from ethnic minority groups, those with disabilities and those from the LGBTQ+ community.

Any questions, please contact jobs @ unseenuk. org.

Are you passionate about public law and eager to make a meaningful impact? Join the Deighton Pierce Glynn (DPG) team as a Paralegal in our London office!

About the Role: 

We are seeking a dedicated full time Paralegal to work in our London Public Law Department.  

This is a great opportunity to work on groundbreaking cases that challenge unlawful government policies, defend migrants’ rights, address human trafficking, and confront unlawful detention. You will also assist in cases of public and private law discrimination and collaborate with campaigning groups to fight against unjust decisions made by public bodies.

For the right person this job will progress to a training contract.

Why Join DPG? DPG is one of the best Civil Liberties / Administrative Law / Human Rights firms in the UK and top rated in Chambers, the Legal 500 directories and the Times. DPG is widely recognised and admired for our client focused approach, as well as our commitment to creating a great place to work.

Our Values:  In our pursuit of aim to employ the best people we can, we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We particularly welcome applicants from a minoritised background to apply for these roles.

If you’re ready to take on this challenging and rewarding role then please complete all parts of the relevant  application form and return to us by email:

The job ref is:

For the London Public Law Team:  2025/04/LON PL

Purpose: To advance Ceasefire’s new strategy by developing donor support for civilian rights programmes based in conflict-affected countries, including in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine.

 Responsibilities:

1.  Donor research and development

To research, identify and nurture potential donors, including in the human rights, development and humanitarian sectors by:

· Monitoring open calls for proposals

· Identifying and developing potential donors, including outside of formal calls for proposals

· Expanding Ceasefire’s pool of existing project donors.

2.  Programme design and proposal writing

In consultation with Ceasefire colleagues and new and existing civil society partners, to design new programmes to advance Ceasefire’s strategy and to prepare concept notes, full proposals and budgets for submission to donors.

3.  Donor and supporter relations

To manage regular communications with donors and supporters, including communications on programme outputs, achievements and impact.

4.  Oversight/management of specific programmes

To manage or oversee the implementation of specific projects or programmes as required.

5. To undertake any other tasks as may from time to time be requested by your line manager.

6. To maintain high standards of personal and organisational integrity, including confidentiality, and commitment to the safety and security of Ceasefire’s partner organisations.  

Occasional foreign travel may be required.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Education:

First degree in a relevant subject, such as international relations, development, law, politics/sociology.

Desirable: knowledge of international humanitarian law (law of armed conflict) and/or international human rights law.

Experience:

Essential: Three years of professional experience working with or for donors in the international development, humanitarian or human rights sectors.

Desirable: Professional experience working in an international environment. Experience/understanding of working with civil society in challenging environments.

Skills:

Programme design: practical understanding of the programme life cycle and demonstrated experience in designing projects according to logical framework or other planning tool(s).

Proposal writing: ability to write clear and persuasive programme proposals, based on logical programme designs and Ceasefire’s existing policies.

Budgeting and finance: Ability to create, amend and monitor multi-year programme budgets. High level of numeracy and financial accuracy.

Communications: a) Excellent social media skills for a professional environment, including
Twitter/Facebook, and general IT skills, including Microsoft Office suite (incl. Word/Excel).

b) Very high level of professional presentation, both in writing and in person. Ability to interact with senior individuals from a wide range of professional and international backgrounds and inspire confidence. 

Languages: English – to first language standard.  Arabic, French or other UN language an advantage but not essential.

Motivation and status:

Commitment to human rights and equality, ability to work for an impartial and neutral organisation, willingness to be self-servicing and to work with minimum supervision.

Ability (including existing permission if necessary) to work in the UK and to travel as required.

The Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) is a human rights, feminist organisation led by and for Latin American migrant women in the UK. Our work is dedicated to supporting the immediate and long-term needs of Latin American migrant women exposed to violations of their fundamental human rights; facing violence against women and girls, exploitation or trafficking; enduring difficult living and working conditions in low paid jobs, and facing barriers to social protection. Around 2,000 women use our services every year, benefitting from practical and emotional support, learning new skills and improving their own opportunities. We strive to provide essential tools for women to empower themselves in their pursuit of personal and social change.

LAWRS’ Generalist Advice service provides information, advice, casework, advocacy and support to Latin American migrant women in the areas of housing, welfare benefits, money, employment rights and immigration.

The Generalist Advice Caseworker will have an excellent command of English and Portuguese and will join the Generalist Advice Team and be responsible for undertaking a caseload of service users, providing free, confidential, one-to-one information, advice, casework and advocacy for Latin American women in the areas of housing, welfare benefits, money, employment rights and immigration, according to their expertise. 

The post holder is responsible for ensuring adherence to the Advice Quality Standards

This post is open to Latin American women only* in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and LGBTQ+ candidates as they are currently underrepresented within the team.

*women who identify as Latin Americans (1st and 2nd generation) and speak Spanish and/or Brazilian Portuguese.

Please note that only applicants with the right to work in the UK covering the duration of the contract will be considered for this position.