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Reference: 100559

Date Added: 22 October 2026
Closing Date: 9 November 2026

Job Title: Digital Sovereignty Policy Assistant

Working For: Open Rights Group

Location: Internet

Salary: £25,507 for 4 days per week (equivalent to £31,883 for 5 days a week)

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

Open Rights Group (ORG) is a digital rights campaigning organisation. We want to tackle the power of Big Tech and ensure that the UK can reduce its dependence on tech giants, through competition measures such as requiring Open Source and open standards. A Policy Assistant will help us research and develop our policy positions, on this and other topics, such as platform regulation, Pre-Crime and Migrant Digital Justice.

Job Title: Digital Sovereignty Policy Assistant
Salary: £25,507 (4 days per week, equivalent to £31,883 full time). Salary band allows annual increases based on performance to £29,574.
Benefits: Flexible working; parental leave; 9% pension contribution; generous training and development budget; 26.5 days paid annual leave (including any public holidays) and additional time off in December when office is closed; company-provided laptop.
Location: Nationwide (home-based/remote). Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.

Closing Date: 9 November 2026

Interview/Start Dates

  • Deadline for Applications: Monday 9 November 2026, 9am
  • Interview Dates: W/C 23 and 30 November 2026
  • Start Date: From 8 December 2026

Application Details

You can find the full details about the role and how to apply on our website: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/digital-sovereignty-policy-assistant/ 

Website: https://www.openrightsgroup.org

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