Legal and Policy Volunteer
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As a Legal and Policy Volunteer at Big Brother Watch, you'll be volunteering with Advocacy Team to help us analyse a range of current legislation impacting privacy and civil liberties; digest emerging policy and research papers; conduct parliamentary monitoring and research; and supporting advocacy strategies to achieve change and protect rights and liberties in the UK.
Prior experience is not essential; nor do you need to be training as a lawyer; but motivation and a high level of interest in our issues are vital! You'll be given guidance and supervision to help grow your skills in these areas. This role is ideal for people looking to grow skills in policy or legal analysis, research or campaigns.
We have 2 vacancies for Legal and Policy Volunteers - one will focus on free speech and protest, and one will focus on facial recognition and digital IDs. Please indicate in your application which area you are most interested in and why.
We are looking for volunteers with:
- A demonstrable passion for civil liberties and either research, campaigning or policy/law
- Interest in the intersection of technology and human rights
- Courage to hold the powerful to account
- An ability to volunteer for 1 day (Mon-Fri) per week for a minimum of six months
What we can offer:
- We will reimburse your travel costs within London (zones 1-6) and a daily lunch allowance of up to £7
- Experience working as part of a dedicated, dynamic, positive team of campaigners on critical civil liberties issues
- Monthly supervisions and support
About 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.
We’re a fiercely independent, diverse, non-partisan and non-profit group of campaigners and researchers who work to roll back the surveillance state and protect rights in parliament, the media or the courts if we have to. We publish unique investigations and pursue powerful public campaigns to pursue real change. We work relentlessly to inform and empower the public to collectively reclaim privacy, defend our civil liberties and protect freedoms for the future.
We’re a small, dedicated and highly effective team of seven full-time staff and five volunteers.
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