Head of Campaigns and Political Relations

Amnesty International UK; East Ham; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amnesty International UK is seeking a Head of Campaigns and Political Relations to lead our human rights campaigning and political influence work. You will set strategic direction, oversee planning, and coach campaign managers and advocacy experts.

The role requires engaging with partners, donors, parliamentarians and the media, ensuring our work is well-resourced and impactful. Based in London with in-person meetings, you will help connect campaigning to our activist network and board-level

Qualifications

• Experience building and running impactful campaigns in human rights, social justice or related area.
• Ability to manage high-performing campaigners and political relations experts.
• Collaborate and contribute to an inclusive culture.
• Build strong relationships with people inside and outside the organisation.
• Knowledge of the latest approaches to creating positive change and influencing with parliamentarians and government.

Responsibilities

• Lead the work and team responsible for our human rights campaigns and political relations.
• Set strategic direction and support operational planning and delivery.
• Manage and coach Campaign Managers and Advocacy experts.
• Represent Amnesty's campaigning with partners, donors, political figures and the media.
• Ensure work is well-resourced, impactful and connected to activist structures.

Skills

Campaign management

Political relations

People management

Stakeholder engagement

Campaign strategy

Job description

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. If you want to use your skills, knowledge, and experience to help fight for human rights, you could be our new Head of Campaigns and Political Relations.

About the role

This is a hugely important role at AIUK that leads the work and the team responsible for building and delivering our human rights change campaigning and political relations. Working across public campaigning and political influencing, the role holder sets our strategic direction, supports the development and delivery of operational planning, manages and coaches Campaign Managers and Advocacy experts, represents Amnesty's campaigning with partners, donors, political figures and the media. The role holder ensures our work is on track, correctly resourced and impactful, as well as ensuring it is connected to our activist structures and the rest of the organisation. In 2027 AIUK will be focused on our key strategic priorities of Crisis campaigning with a focus on Gaza and Sudan; on Everyday Rights with a focus on the Right to Food; and on our work resisting authoritarianism, tackling racist violence and restrictions on the right to protest. The role holder will also oversee our Individuals at Risk work which focuses on campaigning for individuals around the world having their human rights violated in some of the most serious ways. This role is required to attend the London office at least twice a month for in-person team meetings, as well as on additional occasions when work necessitates it. As Head of Team you may need to join and organise in person events, planning and strategy meetings, partner engagements, board sub committee meetings, and more.

• You have experience building and running impactful campaigns in human rights, social justice or a related area
• You know how to manage high performing campaigners and political relations experts
• You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
• You build powerful relationships with people inside and external to your organisation.
• You also have a good knowledge of the latest approaches to creating positive change in the world, how communications can leverage impact, how to support organising approaches in campaigning and how to influence with parliamentarians and government

We are a disability confident organisation.

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