This is an exciting position for an exceptional campaigner to take a senior role at one of the UK’s leading rights NGOs.

Post summary

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to devise high-impact campaigns to achieve real change, co-ordinating a multi-disciplinary high-performing team to further privacy, free expression and data protection rights. Ideally, you’ll also be a key Big Brother Watch spokesperson in the media.

You’ll have both people and project management responsibilities, leading our campaigns on key policy issues such as facial recognition, free speech and algorithmic decision making in the welfare system.

You’ll oversee campaigns across all areas of our organisational strategy: data, rights and justice; freedom of expression online; surveillance and power; and rights and democracy post-covid - as well as explore new organisational priorities, over time.

About you

We’re looking for highly skilled professional with a track record of delivering impactful change and a demonstrable passion for protecting civil liberties, especially privacy and freedom of expression. 

You’ll have significant experience working in a campaigns capacity, and experience managing people and/or projects in a comparable environment. You’ll be familiar with key issues in the area.

You’ll also have excellent knowledge of British politics and UK parliamentary procedures, a strong network of contacts in Westminster and significant experience campaigning for change in parliament in order to maximise our political impact.

You’ll be at ease working on a strictly non-partisan, cross-party basis and grounding our campaign strategies in human rights and liberal principles. You’ll embody our principles of equality, respect and accountability.

If you’re committed to Big Brother Watch’s mission, we’d like to hear from you.

Big Brother Watch

Big Brother Watch is a UK civil liberties campaign group fighting for a free future. We’re determined to reclaim our privacy and defend freedoms at this time of enormous technological change. And we fight to win.

For further information and the job description, please visit our website to download the Job Information Pack.