Jobs for the Human Rights sector

We’re looking for a Bid Writer to help secure funding for Himmah and our partners. This role is about identifying opportunities, coordinating bids and writing strong applications that support our work on poverty, race and community power. You’ll work across the organisation to make sure we’re putting forward clear, well-evidenced proposals that align with what we’re trying to build.

You’ll also support organisations based in our Hub to access funding, helping to strengthen a wider network of community-led work. This isn’t about chasing every opportunity, it’s about being organised, focused and making sure we’re going after the right funding in a way that’s clear, consistent and effective.

In this role, you will:

• Identify and track relevant funding opportunities
• Write and coordinate funding applications and proposals
• Support partners to apply for funding
• Manage a clear and organised pipeline of bids
• Work with teams to gather information and develop strong applications
• Support reporting and compliance requirements

The Business Analyst sits within the Member Association Development and Impact Division as a central operator in the divisional data management and analytics. The role works across teams and is a connector and collaborator with regional offices. This position bridges data analysis, project management, and stakeholder communication - translating complex data into clear visualisations and insights that help support strategic decision-making within the Secretariat. 

The role works most closely with the Strategy Director and the Head of Portfolio Management, and collaborates regularly with the Research & Partnerships Senior Advisor and the Performance Senior Advisor. It also involves sustained engagement with Architects of Cooperation (AOCs), Business Analysts across the network, and external consultants, and the overall Division Director.  

This is a varied and evolving role suited to someone who copes well with ambiguity and complexity, and who enjoys working with people of all different cultures and backgrounds; someone who is proactive in problem solving, and confident working across data, project management, and communication functions.

Salary: £30,139.86 per annum. We are an accredited member of the Living Wage Foundation.

Location: Unseen’s head office in Bristol (Hybrid approach with some working from home days. This role will require you to attend the office on an ad hoc basis and a degree of flexibility will be required.)

Contract type: Permanent, full-time – 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday).

Unseen is working towards a world without slavery. We provide safehouses and support in the community for survivors of trafficking and modern slavery. We also run the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline and work with individuals, communities, businesses, governments, other charities, and statutory agencies to stamp out slavery for good.

Purpose of the role:

The Senior Policy & Partnerships Officer will deliver policy and research projects and facilitate lived experience voice into Unseen’s policy, research and practice. You will work closely with the Head of Policy & Research, the Survivor Involvement Coordinator and Unseen’s Survivor Consultants and be responsible for the Survivor Consultant groups.

You will also support the Head of Policy & Research in the coordination of the Southwest Anti-Slavery Partnership. Unseen facilitates the Avon & Somerset Anti-Slavery Partnership board, the Regional Anti-Slavery Partnership board and Bristol Modern Slavery Operational Partnership. We support the chairs of other force area partnerships in the region and act as a point of contact in the Southwest, driving forward responses to modern slavery in the region and providing advice and guidance to partners to improve their practice.

You will work closely with Unseen’s Policy & Research team and have regular interactions with staff across Unseen’s wider teams including Business Services, Helpline Services, Support Services, Fundraising, Communications, and Operations.

To apply:

• Please complete the application form on our website. This includes a personal statement of 500 words outlining your suitability for the role, and;
• Please send a copy of your CV to jobs @ unseenuk. org with reference to the job title.

The deadline for applications is midnight on 31st May.

Interviews will likely be held around the week of 8th June.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive the requisite number of applications. For this reason, we encourage interested candidates to apply early.

As an organisation focused on equality and diversity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and all backgrounds, including those with a lived experience of modern slavery, those from ethnic minority groups, those with disabilities and those from the LGBTQ+ community.

Any questions, please contact jobs @ unseenuk. org​

The Collaborative Arts Organiser will sit at the heart of Himmah's cultural work, working onthe design, oversight and delivery of collaborative and participatory arts, narrative and heritage projects that bring communities together across race and class. The post-holder will be primarily based with the Race and Class Arts Lab, while contributing across all three Hubs of
the Race, Arts and Heritage strategy.

This is a role for someone who believes that art, culture and heritage are essential tools for organising and liberation, that creative practice can build solidarity across difference, surface community histories, and challenge the dominant narratives that uphold racial and class injustice.

In this role, you will:

• Design and deliver participatory arts and heritage projects rooted in communities
• Bring people together across race and class to build relationships and shared work
• Work with artists, facilitators and participants to co-create projects
• Organise workshops, exhibitions, performances and public activity
• Build relationships with community groups and cultural partners
• Support work that surfaces histories of racism, migration and class
• Contribute to wider organising, narrative and political education activity
• Help ensure the work is grounded, ethical and shaped by the communities involved

Fundraising Officer

Hours of Work: 3 days a week, 21 hours a week

Salary: £42,839 (pro-rata)

Duration of Contract: 1 years - renewable subject to funding

Accountable to: Executive Director

About IKWRO

IKWRO –Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) is an award-winning charity founded (as the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation) in 2002. IKWRO is a registered charity which provides advice and support to Middle Eastern, North African and Afghan women and girls living in the UK, who have experienced, or are at risk of all forms of “honour” based abuse, including; forced marriage, child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), or domestic abuse.

We work with women and girls of all ages, including lesbian women, bisexual women and trans women. We offer services in Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Turkish and English. IKWRO offers free advice, advocacy and counselling services and operates a refuge which provides safe accommodation and specialist support to single women at risk of “honour” based abuse, forced marriage and domestic abuse.

IKWRO also provides training for women and girls to help them understand their rights in the UK. In partnership with other organisations, we assist survivors of abuse with accessing English language classes and education, training and employment opportunities.

As well as supporting women and girls directly, we offer advice and training for professionals from the statutory and voluntary sectors, to better understand the needs of the women and girls we represent, the types of abuse they experience and to provide best practice prevention and support services.

We campaign to increase awareness and improve laws and policies to tackle all forms of “honour” based abuse and harmful practices including; forced marriage, child marriage, marital captivity, female genital mutilation, virginity testing and hymenoplasty, discrimination by sharia courts and to push for better laws and policies to protect women’s and girl’s rights.

Purpose of Job

The Fundraising Officer will work as part of the Fundraising and Marketing team and will be responsible for:

• Nurturing relationships with existing and prospective donors

• Sustaining and developing our group of individual and community-based supporters.

• Growing income, including regular giving, donations, appeals, legacy giving, community groups and other fundraising activities.

We are looking for a strong communicator with some experience of fundraising who is keen to develop their career in this area.

This post can be undertaken on a hybrid working basis with some days home-working and some days working in IKWRO’s offices.

Deadline: 14th June 2026

Interview: Week commencing 15th June 2026

Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?

Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge?

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.

We are looking for an Advocate to join our team in the Lambeth, (Greater London) area. We are seeking applicants who have transferable skills, a willingness to learn and a desire to help those in need of support.

About us

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most.  For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for Advocates to join and shape this service covering the Lambeth- Greater London area. Your role will require you to travel to locations such as clients’ homes, hospitals, care homes and within community settings across the area to meet with clients and professionals. You will be home based for administration; therefore the ability to confidently use public transport or drive and a suitable home internet connection is essential. 

About you

Desirably you will have some experience of working in advocacy, or providing welfare, supporting, or caring for Adults who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing support.

You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance. 

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.

You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.

You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support.  You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them.  You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard. 

Benefits 

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time colleagues) rising to 30 days upon 5 years’ service 

5% employer pension & minimum 3% employee contribution 

Salary sacrifices pension scheme 

Separate Life Assurance Cover (equivalent of two times your annual salary) 

Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays, gym membership etc 

24/7 Employee Assistance programme 

Access to remote counselling service 

Paid Disability Leave 

Paid compassionate Leave 

Home Working Allowance  

Support with continuous professional development 

Personal Development Plans 

How are staff supported to work remotely? 

VoiceAbility has a small number of offices. Employees including Team Leaders are homebased for Administration and meetings will be held online as well as in person in the relevant community. 

When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs).  

VoiceAbility offers the usual regular manager one to ones, Staff forums and communities of practice depending on role. Team meetings with a mix of virtual and in person approach. 

Equality and Diversity

VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.

VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact HR for further options.

How to apply

Please follow the link to the vacancy on our website for more details on how to apply. 

Important Dates:

Closing date for applications; Midnight on 26th of May 2026, however, VoiceAbility reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date.

Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification.

Hint: you can use work, personal and/or voluntary experiences, and examples to tell us why you should be our next Advocate.

Want to know more about VoiceAbility and the role?

Please follow the link to the vacancy on our website for more details

We look forward to hearing from you.

Himmah’s food bank and social supermarket are part of how we respond to immediate need while building longer term change. They are not just services, but spaces where people are treated with dignity, supported to access what they need and connected into wider opportunities, relationships and support.

We’re looking for an Operations Assistant to support the day to day running of these services. This role is about keeping things organised, well stocked and running smoothly, while making sure people have a positive and respectful experience. You’ll work closely with staff and volunteers, support customers and clients, and help ensure the space is clean, safe and welcoming. You’ll also play a role in connecting people into wider support and making sure the service continues to meet the needs of the community.

We’re looking for a Community Centre Manager to run the Himmah Hub as a welcoming, well organised and sustainable community space. This isn’t just about managing a building. It’s about managing a space where people come together through food, culture and organising, and where activity builds relationships and collective power.

You’ll manage bookings, grow income, keep the building running smoothly and work closely with partners and community groups to make sure the space is active, inclusive and well used. You’ll be the main point of contact for the Hub, making sure it feels open, accessible and reflective of the communities it serves.

If you’re practical, organised and good with people, and you care about building spaces that bring communities together and create change, we’d like to hear from you.

At Humanists UK, our dream is of a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail. Our dedicated staff of 35 and hundreds of volunteers work hard to achieve this aim and we now have a vacancy for a Local Groups Development Officer.

Is this position right for you?

We’re looking for a Local Groups Development Officer to support the growth of our community programmes that look to foster humanist community at the local level. You'll help develop aspects of this service delivery within Humanists UK. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in a significant program, expanding the reach of the organisation within local communities.

If you are a skilled communicator, great at organising details, and building collaborative and productive relationships, then this role might be right for you.

What you'll be doing

You'll be part of the Community Services directorate. You'll work with our Head of Groups and Communities, Karen, as well as working closely with other members of the Community Services and People teams.

Our network of Local Groups is central to our work to ensure that people can connect with others, support each other, and contribute to our wider work for a kinder and fairer society.

In your role as the Local Groups Development Officer, you'll support the set-up and development of Humanists UK Local Groups. This includes the recruitment and support of volunteer teams, equipping them with the confidence, skills, knowledge, and resources to sustain their group. You'll also advocate for group needs and concerns, and ensure our volunteers feel valued and recognised, and that the impact of their work is acknowledged across the organisation and community.

Key Tasks & Activities

• Supporting the recruitment, induction, and ongoing support of Local Group volunteer committees

• Working with the Head of Groups and Communities to identify opportunities and locations for new Local Groups

• Contributing to the ongoing development and support of established Local Groups

• Acting as a point of contact for Local Group volunteers

• Supporting Local Groups with internal processes, including setting up events, mailings, social media accounts, and other communications using our CRM system

• Contributing to the creation, development, and review of Local Group volunteer resources

• Recording, monitoring, and reporting on engagement across the network of Local Groups

Some evening work and travel is required for the role.

As a successful candidate

You will have strong organisational skills and attention to detail, and be able to manage a varied workload, balancing volunteer queries and support while ensuring internal processes are followed and systems are used in the most effective way possible.

You will also be a proactive and supportive team player and a self-starter. We are a small team who manage our own work, but value coming together to share ideas, support one another, and support our volunteers.

Salary will be in a range up to £18,000 pa. (£30,000 full time equivalent)

If this sounds like you

Download the full Local Groups Development Officer role description and person specification (PDF) or (DOCX), click 'Apply now', attach your CV, answer a couple of questions, and then tell us how you match the person specification of the role.

Applications should be submitted by 23:59 Sunday, 7 June 2026.

Shortlisting and interviews

Candidates shortlisted for an interview will be notified by week ending 12 June 2026.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on 17 June 2026 at our offices at 3 Waterhouse Square, London EC1N 2SW.

If you have any questions about the post, please feel free to contact the Head of Groups and Communities, Karen Hamilton, she will be very happy to talk more about the role with you.

We Belong is a migrant youth-led charity fighting for equal and fair treatment of young migrants in the UK. Candidates with lived experience are welcome, as are those with a passion for social justice. You'll be joining an award-winning team dedicated to creating change for young migrants aged 16–25. 

The People and Culture Manager is responsible for overseeing and strengthening the organisation's people function, ensuring that staff are well-supported, processes are legally compliant, and that workplace culture reflects We Belong's values of lived experience, empowerment and inclusivity. The role requires both professional HR expertise and an understanding of how trauma, lived experience, and care considerations should inform organisational policies and staff management. 

Key Responsibilities 

• HR Strategy & Compliance develop policies, ensure legal compliance, reports to CEO and Board 

• Recruitment & Development lead inclusive hiring, onboarding, appraisals and workforce planning 

• Staff Welfare champion wellbeing through a trauma-informed, lived-experience approach 

• Employee Relations supports managers on performance, disciplinary and conflict resolution 

• HR Systems maintain accurate staff records, ensure data protection and streamline reporting 

Essential CIPD Level 5+, proven HR management experience (charity or lived-experience-led organisation preferred), strong employment law knowledge, trauma-informed practice understanding, and excellent communication skills. 

Desirable Experience in health, social care or community settings; knowledge of safeguarding frameworks; organisational change experience. Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with discretion. 

Inclusive: Enhanced training and development package 

Staff benefits: We Belong supports the holistic development of staff, which includes subsidised wellbeing provision. Employees also have access to a community of changemakers. 

Plus 3% auto enrolment pension contribution, in line with government criteria. 

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a thriving trusts, foundations and statutory portfolio – and help shape its growing future. You’ll join a small, dedicated team at a pivotal moment, as we build our 2026–2028 income strategy.

Reprieve has longstanding, committed donors, a newly established prospecting programme and a healthy unrestricted-to-restricted income mix – meaning genuine scope to package existing programmes into new applications and grow income meaningfully. Working closely with the Head of Development, you’ll help steward key donor relationships, secure new grants, and lead reporting and donor communications.

You’ll work alongside brilliant human rights lawyers, investigators and campaigners on some of the most urgent human rights cases in the world – translating complex casework into compelling propositions for donors. Expect strategic work, variety, and the chance to build a pipeline that genuinely matters.

We’re looking for a thoughtful relationship-builder and a strong writer who can turn technical material into engaging donor narratives, work closely with casework, finance and senior leadership, and bring creativity and curiosity to a fast-moving environment. Whether you’re an experienced grants fundraiser, or earlier in your career with real promise and drive – we’d love to hear from you.

In return, you’ll join a warm, collaborative development team that will invest in your growth – with genuine scope to develop skills, project manage, and work on a range of donor relationships – doing work that has tangible impact on people’s lives.

About Reprieve

Reprieve is a leading international human rights organisation working to end the death penalty and abuses committed under the banner of national security. Founded in 1999, our mission remains critically relevant as governments worldwide increasingly adopt authoritarian tactics, expanding executive power at the expense of civil liberties.

You can best judge a society by how it treats prisoners, criminal defendants, and the far-flung targets of an ever-changing counter-terror policy. To us, the rule of law means little if we selectively apply it to people we agree with. It is for all of us. Liberty is always eroded at the margins.

Reprieve’s staff is made up of courageous and committed human rights defenders. We provide vital legal and investigative support to those facing execution and victims of rendition, torture, arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killing, and citizenship stripping. Our work spans multiple jurisdictions, challenging states' most egregious human rights violations through strategic litigation, investigations, and advocacy.

We support cases in courts worldwide while building the legal and political momentum necessary to consign these practices to history.

Based in London with Fellows and partners globally, Reprieve operates at the intersection of law, policy, and human rights, working alongside governments, senior legal practitioners, and civil society to advance systemic change.

We collaborate closely with our independent partner organisation, Reprieve US.
 

Terms

The role is a full-time (five days per week) on an 18-month fixed-term. The annual salary is £42,193 per annum less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance.

This role is based in Reprieve’s London office. Reprieve operates a hybrid working model and we require staff to work 40% of their working hours from the London office and the rest of the week from home. Applicants must have the current right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract, which will be checked prior to interview.

Further information and how to apply

Please visit our website for the complete job description, including more information about the role and the person specification. To apply for this role please follow the link on our website to download and complete an application form. Please note that CVs, cover letters and other documents cannot be accepted for this role. The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on 7 June 2026.

Contract: Permanent, full time contract.

Hours: 35 Hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. We are open to flexible working options.

Salary: £44,000 - £48,000

Location: Hybrid, anchored to the London Carers Trust office 1 day a week. Flexibility to work from other Carers Trust’s offices around the UK when needed.

We are recruiting a Networks Partnerships & Development Manager (Care Equity) to support Carers Trust’s London based networks of local carer organisations and key partners across commissioning, service development, organisational practice, and partnership development

Activity delivered by this post will be focused through an equity lens, taking a place-based approach to supporting Network Partners respond to the practice based implications of developments such as neighbourhood health, digital and workforce changes, alongside the needs of underserved London carer populations.

We are seeking a skilled practitioner with relevant sector experience of delivering effective capacity building and organisational development support, ideally within health, social care or community related sectors

As the postholder you will:

• Lead on partnership development & relationship management for Carers Trust's cross-sector London Networks & strategic partners
• Deliver capacity building activities for local carer organisations
• Provide leadership on equity and inclusion through the convening of communities of practice, staff networks and training sessions in this field
• Develop projects and pilots, with Carers Trust diverse London networks, especially those addressing inequality, access, and wider partnership working

Please download the attached recruitment pack to find out more. 

EHRAC Project Officer - Fixed Term

£37,357 – £41,531 per annum including outer London weighting

Hendon

BAL41

Are you an experienced Project Officer looking for a new challenge? 

The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) supports human rights defenders in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ukraine to challenge serious human rights abuses using international legal mechanisms. Our cases focus on areas including conflict, and security force abuses, democratic accountability and the protection of civic space, violence against women, LGBT+ rights and discrimination more broadly. 

EHRAC is seeking a committed and creative individual to manage EHRAC projects, to ensure that they are delivered to a high standard while keeping the security and wellbeing of our clients and partners at the heart of our approach. Reporting to the Programme and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, the successful candidate will manage projects supporting human rights defenders working in challenging circumstances to uphold human rights. 

We are looking for an individual able to commit to full-time or part-time. Download the full role description and person specification for more information.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service certificate. You are therefore required to disclose details of any criminal record. ALL criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings, even if they would otherwise be regarded as spent under this Act must be disclosed, as well as any other information that may have a bearing on your suitability for the post, including pending prosecutions.

The University will apply for a DBS certificate before your appointment is confirmed.

Closing date: 12th June 2026

Interview date: Week commencing 6th July 2026

Salary: £35,412 starting salary (salary range will increase to max £38,220 via the length of service) per annum.  Plus £4,324 Inner London Weighting if applicable.

Contract: Permanent basis

Hours: Full-Time 35 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks)

Location: Any Refugee Action office (London, Manchester, Bradford). We will consider a UK-based hybrid working option.

About Refugee Action

Refugee Action exists to work with refugees and people seeking asylum who’ve survived some of the world’s worst regimes. We are a national charity with more than 40 years’ experience of empowering people who’ve survived some of the world’s worst regimes to secure the protection and support that they need to live with dignity and respect and build a new life in the UK. We do this by providing expert advice and casework, building the capacity of partner organisations and campaigning on the policies that affect them.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Trusts and Foundations Officer to join our fundraising team and drive income growth from trusts and foundations. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident communicator who is passionate about making a meaningful impact, particularly in supporting refugees and people seeking asylum.

You will play a key role in identifying and securing new funding opportunities, building strong relationships with funders, and developing compelling proposals that secure support for our work.

To succeed in the role, you will need to demonstrate:

• Commitment to removing barriers to power for people with lived experience, and commitment to anti-racist practices.
• Understanding of how the UK’s hostile refugee protection and asylum system impacts those affected by it. 
• Ability to develop new income generating opportunities through effective prospecting skills to build a robust prospect pipeline.
• Demonstrable experience in relationship development and account management of trusts and foundations, with the skills and ability to quickly build rapport with all levels of seniority through articulate and persuasive communication skills.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to write compelling and inspirational funding bids to secure five/ six-figure gifts.
• Target driven with experience of securing new income and meeting KPIs.
• Excellent financial and budgetary skills with proven ability to develop budgets and understand funder finance reports.
• Ability to organise and plan own work, juggle competing demands, and establish clear timelines and priorities to meet deadlines.
• Passion and motivation to raise vital funds to support refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK.
• Commitment to positively contribute to Refugee Action’s work to become a truly anti racist organisation and remove barriers to power.
• Experience and understanding of cultural diversity and the ability to work with people from a range of different cultures.

Those with lived experience as a refugee are particularly encouraged to apply

Closing date: 23:59 on 31st May 2026

Interviews: 16th June 2026 (on Zoom)