13 Jun 24 | News and features, United Kingdom
Index on Censorship is looking for a passionate and dynamic individual to join our team as a Communications and Events Manager. The role will sit at the heart of the organisation and will be instrumental in running external communications across our social media channels, liaising with media to secure coverage and organising our events.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate will be confident in their ability to foster partnerships and will have strong writing skills, with a keen eye for detail. They’ll buzz with enthusiasm and will be passionate about world news and the global rights landscape.
Ideally they’ll have done a marketing, communications, journalism or events role in a mission-driven organisation or in publishing/the media. They will have strong planning and organisational skills, the ability to work effectively with people at different levels of seniority and from different backgrounds and will have a passion for free expression. A non-tribal outlook is essential: Index is non-partisan and its only “cause” is that of promoting free expression.
Key Responsibilities:
- Social media management: Coordinate and execute our social media strategy to position Index as the go-to for information and analysis on the global free speech landscape
- Event organisation: Curate and coordinate events, including venue and speaker bookings. Lead on our annual Freedom of Expression awards as part of this
- PR and communication: Develop and implement strategies to promote Index to existing and new audiences and manage media relationships
- Content development: Produce and promote content in line with the organisation’s main work streams and priorities
Qualifications / Experience:
- A track record of managing social media in a professional setting
- Experience of liaising with media to secure coverage
- Demonstrated experience in event planning
- Ability to work independently and take initiative in identifying and pursuing opportunities
- Experience of writing across multi-platforms
- Knowledge of website backends, SEO and other digital tools is not essential but preferred
- Knowledge of a second language and/or expertise on another area of the world is a bonus
This is a full time role. The starting salary is £35,000-38,000 dependent on experience. The role is remote but regular travel to London will be expected.
Please send a cover letter and CV to [email protected] by Monday 8 July. Interviews will take place in early to mid July.
About Index:
Index on Censorship is Britain’s leading organisation that reports on and campaigns for free expression worldwide. We publish work by censored writers and artists, promote debate and monitor threats to free speech. At the organisation’s heart and in circulation since 1972 is an award-winning quarterly magazine that has featured some of the world’s best-known writers. In addition to the magazine is a website, a weekly newsletter and a campaigning and events programme. Together they make Index what it is today – the go-to for information on the global free speech landscape.
Index is a small and ambitious organisation that values diversity. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all applicants regardless of ethnic origin, national origin, gender, gender identity, race, colour, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation, age or marital status.
08 Feb 22 | News and features
Index on Censorship is on the hunt for a passionate, driven journalist to join our editorial team in the role of assistant editor.
For 50 years, Index on Censorship’s stories, dispatches, interviews and investigations have informed the world of abuses to freedom of expression. They have sparked debate, set agendas and won awards.
Our vision, with quality journalism at the heart, is to hold power to account and to be a voice for the persecuted. We wouldn’t be where we are today without the determination and creative spirit of those who have worked for us in the past and work with us today. To that end we are looking for someone to join our small, but enthusiastic team.
The assistant editor will work alongside the editor, as well as the other members of the team and our large network of contributors, to generate journalistic content across multi platforms. The ideal candidate will have several years’ experience in a writing and/or editing role. They will have an interest in human rights and a thirst for unusual and under-reported stories from across the globe.
Key responsibilities:
– Support the editor-in-chief with commissioning plans
– Write for both the magazine and for the website
– Assist with proofing and editing as required
– Be a spokesperson for the organisation where appropriate
– Develop analysis for in depth thought pieces
– Management of our Annual Freedom of Expression Award Winners post ceremony (ensuring their stories are told)
Additional aims of the role:
– To increase Index’s journalistic impact
– To build on Index’s reputation for thought-provoking content
Key skills:
– Keen instinct for a good story and how to tell it
– An interest in and understanding of global events and their ramifications on free expression and human rights
– Demonstrates self-motivation and initiative
– Able to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines
– Proven track record of editing and/or writing in English
– A second language or experience of living abroad would be beneficial, but is not essential
Please note this role is part-time for 2.5 days per week. It is remote working, although travel to London will be expected on a regular basis.
Benefits:
– 25 days holiday per annum FTE
– pension
Salary:
£30K Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Application:
Please apply with a CV and cover letter to [email protected]
Closing date:
2nd March
Interviews will be held w/c 14th March
29 Jun 12 | Uncategorized
We are looking to recruit correspondents with excellent local contacts, expertise and language skills in Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, East Africa, India, Thailand (covering East Asia)
To widen our reach and impact both at home and abroad, in 2010 Index on Censorship launched a worldwide regional editors programme. Each year we have established new correspondents in different priority regions for freedom of expression, each one led by a regional expert with local contacts and language skills.
These part-time positions are offered on a 12-month basis, with the intention and possibility that editors will continue to contribute to Index at the end of this period.
Correspondents play an essential role in Index’s plans for website expansion. Their role is to contribute original copy to the Index website on freedom of expression in their country and some of the other countries in the region. This will support Index’s website – which is currently undergoing a redesign – in becoming one of the foremost portals for discussing free speech around the world, to develop original content and new audiences, break news, publish insightful analysis, interviews and opinion, and share ideas through social media. Editors may also be asked to contribute to Index’s quarterly award-winning magazine, suggest contributors and help to research / commission pieces.
As well as writing for the site we want correspondents to help connect us to a wider group of contributors and bloggers – advising us on emerging artists, musicians, free speech advocates, lawyers and writers directly engaging with censorship and other challenging political issues. Index correspondents will also communicate with Index colleagues based in London giving short updates on the wider political context and developments within which freedom of expression challenges sit.
Index correspondents must have excellent writing skills and proven writing experience and be able to contribute blogposts and longer articles to Index’s website both at short notice, for breaking news, and through planned features and interviews. They will also be expected to submit original ideas for articles and features. Ideally correspondents should have multimedia skills and the ability to submit video / audio interviews for our site. Correspondents should also be adept at using social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc)
Applicants should also have proven expertise in writing about and/or commenting on freedom expression.
The experts will coordinate closely with Index’s web team, and also where relevant our advocacy team, under the direction of online editor Emily Butselaar.
Index correspondents will situate their writing and other work for Index mostly within our five overarching themes: free expression in the digital world; religion and culture; totalitarian and authoritarian regimes; the use of national security, public order and defamation as excuses for censorship in democracies; and access to free expression (eg issues of illiteracy or discrimination as they impact directly on free expression). They will work to a discrete programme of activities in each region, to enhance and extend Index on Censorship’s publishing activities, advocacy initiatives and arts programming, including a special focus on free expression in the world of literature.
In-country correspondents will also be expected to cover wider issues in the region in which they are based – for instance our Turkey correspondent will also need to look at issues in Iran and Syria.
If you are interested in applying for one of these positions please write to Emily Butselaar via jobs[at]indexoncensorship.org
