Communications and Fundraising Assistant (30 hours)

Open Rights Group; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 43,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Pension

Development support

Paid leave

Christmas closure

Birthday leave

Laptop

Home-working allowance

Job summary

Open Rights Group is seeking a Communications Assistant to publish social content across major platforms, draft materials, and support donor communications from a home-based role in the UK. You will help create accessible content aligned with the organisation’s voice and brand guidelines, collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders.

The role offers 30 hours per week, with a probation period and a salary in the £25k–£32k range, plus a range of benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience publishing social content across multiple platforms.
• Clear writing, proofreading and ability to work with colleagues.
• Interest in technology, society and digital rights; commitment to inclusion and social justice.

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit and schedule social content across Mastodon, Reddit, Bluesky, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram; create simple graphics.
• Respond to online enquiries and maintain accessible content in the organisation’s voice.
• Prepare newsletters, petitions, email actions, donor reports with team input and impact statistics.
• Monitor press enquiries, pass opportunities to colleagues and assist with media materials; escalate sensitive matters.

Skills

Social content publishing

Writing & editing

Stakeholder collaboration

Digital rights interest

Tools

Basic design tools

Editing basics

Job description

About Open Rights Group and the role

Open Rights Group campaigns for privacy, free expression and human rights in the digital age. Reporting to the Acting Brand and Creative Manager, this assistant supports communications, public engagement and fundraising, working within approved messages, brand guidance and review processes.

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit and schedule social content across Mastodon, Reddit, Bluesky, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram; create simple graphics and track engagement.
• Help respond to online enquiries and maintain accurate, accessible content consistent with the organisation’s voice.
• Prepare newsletters, petitions, email actions, annual-report material and donor reports, bringing together team input and impact statistics.
• Monitor and record press enquiries, pass opportunities to colleagues and assist with media materials.Support corporate-supporter communications, campaigns and events, organise competing requests and propose improvements. Escalate unfamiliar, sensitive or reputationally significant matters.

About you

You need experience publishing social content, writing clearly, developing material with colleagues or stakeholders, and using basic design or editing tools. Strong proofreading, audience awareness, organisation, communication and sound judgement are essential, alongside an interest in technology and society and commitment to digital rights, inclusion and social justice.

Desirable experience includes communications or marketing, campaign and donor materials, video editing, email or social scheduling systems, contact management, fundraising support and accessible communication. Experience with, or commitment to, communities affected by surveillance, discrimination or digital exclusion is valued.

Hours, location, salary and benefits

30 hours weekly, permanent following a six-month probation period. Starting actual annual salary is £25,507; the advertised FTE headline is £31,884. Performance-related progression within the band may reach £29,574, subject to policy and available budget. Expected start: from 8 December 2026.

Home-based with UK work eligibility. The job description requires residence within two hours’ commute of London or Manchester. Travel to London and other UK events is required; monthly London coworking is optional.

The employer offers contracted hours across four days or five shorter days, with Mondays and Tuesdays required and core hours of 09:30 to 16:30. Benefits include parental leave, pension, development support, paid leave, Christmas closure, birthday leave, a laptop and a home-working allowance.