Community Campaigns Manager

Community Development (Community Services & Development)

Full time

$119,220 + super + NFP salary packaging.

• Drive Community Campaigns to increase impact for human rights
• Join a global, not for profit organisation campaigning courageously for human rights for all
• Flexible permanent full time opportunity (75 hours per fortnight) based in any of our Action Centres (hybrid WFH arrangements available).

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the community campaign team in this management role at Amnesty International Australia (AIA). 

The Community Campaigning Team drives strategic community initiatives focusing on building community and sector partnerships, relationships and networks of change. 

They will inspire people to become agents of change working to raise the profile of our campaigns within communities and within the public domain. Ensuring meaningful holistic journeys with meaningful actions and tactics. 

The team will work with communities of lived experience to bolster and amplify their initiatives and plans and support their actions for change. 

The team is skilled in mapping communities and mapping to targets–driving deep connections to and visible demonstrations of support for our core campaigns and for human rights.

The role will champion people power and provide oversight across the breadth of campaigns to ensure that organising and mobilising is mapped within campaigns and communicated to staff and activists.

The role is responsible for ensuring that campaigns centre and amplify the voice of lived-in experience and drives the team to build partnerships, coalitions and networks with communities, institutions, movements and the social justice sector, working towards a thriving human rights community in Australia.

AS PART OF THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: 

• Manage and lead a high performing team to develop, execute and monitor cohesive community change strategies (depth + scale) in line with the people powered strategy 
• Work in collaboration with the campaign strategy and advocacy manager and the community engagement manager to ensure that campaign strategy delivers on its goals 
• Ensure that communities of lived-in experience are centred in our campaigning efforts 
• Lead the team to develop processes and practices to support autonomous campaigning and to support and amplify the calls and asks of communities and movements 
• Drive the team to grow the human rights community in Australia and work towards building a rights respecting society 
• Support the need for growth by capitalising on individual at risk cases with mobilisation and participating in global solidarity actions and moments 
• Drive integration within the team and across the unit 
• Develop a focused data driven team who are developing strategies on the basis of solid community mapping and audience insights 

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE:

• Proven experience with demonstrated results in designing, developing and overseeing cohesive community change strategies (depth + scale); 
• Solid experience of building networks and partnerships;
• Understanding of the Australian political system and the ability to drive data driven mapping to targets; 
• Solid project management skills and ability to lead a high performing team;
• Proven ability to collaborate and drive integration of work;
• Demonstrated experience in or commitment to working with rights holders; and 
• Demonstrated experience in designing and managing projects towards achievement of agreed outcomes, including co design practices and stakeholder consultation.

DESIRABLE QUALIFIACTIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Experience in a similar, senior role in a not-for-profit organisation in Australia;
• Relevant higher education degree in marketing or community engagement; 
• Additional training, knowledge and experience in designing contemporary community campaigns for impact; 
• Familiarity with human rights issues and social change methods;
• Experience of developing co-designed strategies for community change in the social justice sector;
• Demonstrated experience in or commitment to working with rights holders; and 
• Solid understanding of not for profit, and values based organisations. 

This role is ideally suited to a senior community campaign professional, who has sound experience in championing people power and mobilising campaigns for high impact. 

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate previous experience in building and sustaining high performing teams, leading transformational change and strong communication and stakeholder management skills to with a collaborative approach.

To learn more about this role, please view the position description attached. The salary for this position is $119,220 + super + not for profit salary packaging.

If this role sounds like you please apply below, addressing the following selection criteria in your cover letter. Applications have been extended and close 28 June 2024.

People from cultural and linguistic diverse backgrounds and First Nation Australians are strongly encouraged to apply.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

• Please provide an example of a successful community campaign you designed and implemented. 
• Please describe your approach to understanding community mapping and audience insights to develop effective campaign strategies. 
• How would others describe your collaboration and stakeholder management skills? 
• Please list what you think the top three human rights issues in Australia and around the World are.

DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION

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: Community Campaigns Manager enquiry.

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.

We are 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 are a movement of people from all walks of life around the world. We intend to actively contribute to building a more diverse and inclusive team.

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.

We stand for equality, justice, freedom, and human dignity and uphold these values:

• Empowerment - we build people power
• Persistence - we are resolute in pursuit of our goals
• Integrity - we hold ourselves to the highest standards
• Courage - we are fearless in upholding human rights

Amnesty works closely with Indigenous communities and with people seeking asylum to fight discrimination, unfair detention and to demand safety and a fair justice system for all.

We put pressure on the Australian government to adopt laws that respect the human rights of all our citizens and to meet our international human rights obligations.

Amnesty works tirelessly to protect the safety of the millions of people who are forced to flee their homes to escape war, genocide, torture and persecution.

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website

Amnesty works closely with Indigenous communities and with people seeking asylum to fight discrimination, unfair detention and to demand safety and a fair justice system for all.

We put pressure on the Australian government to adopt laws that respect the human rights of all our citizens and to meet our international human rights obligations.

Amnesty works tirelessly to protect the safety of the millions of people who are forced to flee their homes to escape war, genocide, torture and persecution.

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website

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