British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), a UK-wide charity, is inviting applications for the post of Senior Human Rights Officer.
About BIHR
BIHR is a UK-wide charity whose mission is to support people and organizations to use human rights advocacy and approaches to achieve positive social change.
About the Job
BIHR’s Senior Human Rights Officers are an integral part of the team, providing senior support in enabling change through human rights by working with People, Communities, and Systems, and taking what we learn from this to influence Policy.
The Senior Human Rights Officer position is not an entry-level role. It combines higher level knowledge and experience of the Human Rights Act and of working directly with people using public services and/or community and advocacy groups and/or public authorities.
The SHRO role combines:
- The management, development, and delivery of programs and policy work, which can include tasks (but not line management) of members of the Delivery Team (Human Rights Officers, Research & Communications Associate, Policy & Parliamentary Assistants), including first-level sign-off for a range of outputs.
- Peer support to the Delivery Team, using more senior experience and expertise to help colleagues learn and develop, and to assist with finding and implementing solutions to programs and policy work.
- A leading role supporting the Senior Management Team (Head of Programmes and Policy, Operations Manager, and CEO) to ensure the implementation of our Strategic Framework across the organization, capture impact, and identify and pursue relevant funding opportunities.
The main aspects of the SHRO role are:
- Human rights training and resources;
- Human rights programs;
- Human rights policy, research, and communication;
- External relationships and networking; and
- Internal aspects of the role, including peer support, income generation support, and helping ensure the smooth running of BIHR.
Responsibilities
- Provide a range of internal peer support sharing expertise and experience with the Delivery Team.
- Provide peer leadership in ensuring BIHR’s positive and proactive culture amongst the team.
- Provide peer leadership on ensuring BIHR’s Strategic Framework is adhered to as a living guide running across all the Delivery Team’s work.
- Leading role working with the Head of Policy and Programmes in identifying and securing income-generating or fundraising opportunities to support BIHR’s growth and development.
- Leading role in developing narratives and data to ensure effective funder reporting with the Head of Policy and Programmes and the CEO.
- Support colleagues with research and communications, including on social media and website development, with senior expertise on BIHR’s knowledge areas and potential risks.
- Actively participate in internal meetings, reviews, and development processes, supporting colleagues to be actively engaged as well.
- Any other relevant duties as required by the CEO and/or Head of Policy & Programs or Operations Manager.
Eligibility
Please go through the brochure attached at the end of this post.
Salary
Salary Band £34,882 – £38,092. BIHR usually appoints at the start of the band, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
How to Apply
- You can find all the documents to apply for this role on their website.
- Please read the Job Description and Person Specification carefully as showing how you meet the person specification is a vital part of the application.
- Please download the Application Form. Please read the application form carefully and complete it according to the instructions.
- Please send your completed application form to vacancy@bihr.org.uk.
- Please do not submit a CV and cover letter instead of using the application form; such applications will not be considered.
- Incomplete application forms will also not be considered.
- If you wish to, you may also submit the optional Equality and Diversity Form with your application form. As the form states, this will be separated from your application and remain anonymous. They ask applicants to complete this, if they choose, to help them understand who they are reaching, this is part of their legal duties under the Equality Act.
- The deadline for applications is 10.00 am on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Late applications will not be considered.
Contact Details
In case of any queries, please contact: vacancy@bihr.org.uk
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