• Want to empower communities and make a real impact in the fight for justice, equality and freedom?

• Use your skills to activate and support activist leaders, partners and affected communities to effectively campaign for human rights

• Permanent opportunity (60-75 hours per fortnight) based out of any of our action centres (hybrid working from home/office arrangements available)

We are looking for a passionate and driven Community Organiser to join our team in supporting activists, groups, partners and people with lived experience to challenge injustice and protect their rights. Our campaigns include advocating for a human rights act that ensures that the basic rights and freedoms of all individuals are protected and upheld by the government and society. Together with our movement, you will achieve human rights impact by activating and enhancing the potential of individuals and communities to create real change. Our team's purpose is to cultivate meaningful relationships, create clear pathways, and embrace diverse ways of working to enable the growth and impact of a values-driven, agile movement. As an Organiser, you will provide training, coaching and strategic guidance to activate our network of persistent and courageous agents of change to achieve meaningful outcomes in genuine partnership with community organisations and those with lived experience. You will have experience working with activist leaders and rights holder communities to develop and deliver organising outcomes.

If you’re passionate about defending human rights and looking for a role where you can build a powerful movement, this is an exciting opportunity to join Amnesty International Australia’s Organising team. Reporting to the Organising Lead, the Organiser is responsible for building a cohort of highly skilled and empowered activists in Australia who effectively campaign for human rights in their communities. This role can be based out of any of our action centres across Australia.

At Amnesty International Australia we value flexible working, and have a range of flexible work options including hybrid working from home arrangements. The salary for this position is $87,909 plus super with salary packaging available to maximise your take-home pay.

This role will be responsible for:

• Build and Strengthen a Movement for Human Rights: By working closely with Activism Leadership Committees and existing activists, you'll help create strategies to grow activism and mobilisation in each region. You'll mentor and train these leaders, ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to effectively defend human rights and ensure their activism is inclusive, sustainable and strategic.
• Drive Campaigns and Activism: You'll provide advice and support to lead activists as they organise campaign activities and events to achieve human rights outcomes.
• Enable Relationships with Partners, Stakeholders and Communities of Lived Experience: Building distributed relationships is at the heart of Amnesty International Australia’s organising goals, and you'll play an important role in this effort. You'll cultivate your own relationships as well as advise colleagues and activists to develop inclusive strategies to genuinely engage with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate Organising Activities Across Australia: You'll collaborate with other Organisers to support the effective planning and coordination of organising activities and projects across the country. This includes training and coaching programs, improving communications and enabling reflection and learning.
• Evaluate and Improve Strategies: To ensure the ongoing success of AI's work, you'll be responsible for evaluating and improving the strategies and activities you implement. This includes providing advice and support to activists and colleagues as they evaluate and refine their own efforts.

To learn more about this role, please view the detailed position description attached.

If this role sounds like you please apply below. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse working environment and strongly encourage applicants with lived experience of human rights issues to apply. You must answer the following selection criteria and attach your CV/Cover Letter as part of your application.

Selection Criteria:

1. Please share an example of a campaign, program, or initiative you led or were an integral part of, that showcases your motivation for this work and demonstrates your ability to achieve outcomes and/or learn from challenges.
2. Please demonstrate your experience working with activists, partners and/or communities of lived experience to develop plans and monitor impact
3. Please demonstrate your experience and skills in coaching, training or supporting individuals towards successful outcomes
4. Please comment and provide examples of your ability to identify opportunities and offer creative and innovative solutions
5. Please describe how you would prioritise diversity, inclusion and wellbeing in an activism context

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

AI Australia is committed to equal opportunities in all areas of our work, community and partner relationships. We want people to achieve their full potential, which will positively impact on our work and the communities in which we operate. At AI Australia, our values empower people to be themselves within an inclusive and supportive environment. We have a global, multicultural following and want to actively contribute to building a more diverse and inclusive team at AI Australia.

AIA is committed to making reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability or other access needs during the recruitment and selection process. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment and interview process, please email us at [email protected] using the subject line: Organiser enquiry via EthicalJobs.

About Us:

Amnesty International Australia is one of Australia’s largest not for profit organisations. We are an independent, global movement that campaigns courageously for human rights for everyone.

We’re ordinary people from all walks of life, standing together for justice, freedom, human dignity and equality. We use our passion and commitment to bring torturers to justice, change oppressive laws and free people imprisoned just for voicing their opinion.

We’re independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion to ensure we can speak out on human rights abuses wherever they occur.

Every day we move closer to a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.