• Are you a passionate and motivated human rights defender?
• Opportunity to use your strong leadership and senior data experience to help challenge injustice
• Full time, permanent opportunity in any of our Action Centres

​​​This is an exciting opportunity to lead our dynamic Data Insights & Analytics team as part of our Supporter Engagement Unit. The Data Insights & Analytics team leads AI Australia’s data management, reporting and insights to ensure Amnesty remains Australia’s leading human rights organisation and attracts, engages and retains supporters to maximise the organisation’s human rights impact.

This key position has overall organisational responsibility for Amnesty's Data Vision and Strategy, governance, management, reporting, analytics and data processes and solutions. In this role, you will use your problem-solving skills and background in technology and data to help achieve Amnesty’s vision. You’ll lead teams to develop new data science solutions to solve complex challenges, upskill staff and set a culture of robust data insights and analysis and effective data processes to enable organisational strategies and operations.

In this position you’ll also be responsible for maintaining a real-time holistic view of the supporter and being a champion for data governance, system maintenance and hygiene practices across the organisation, ensuring all are effectively implemented and maintained. The successful applicant will be a team leader, a strong project manager and a technical expert, with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to key stakeholders.

This role is responsible for:

• Leading the Data, Insights and Analytics (DIA) Team and working in close collaboration with the team leads across our Fundraising, Movement, Operations and Impact teams
• Creating and driving a new data strategy across Amnesty International Australia (AI Australia) and working with Amnesty’s Management Team to achieve investment for enterprise data initiatives
• Developing close working relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation and maintaining clear and timely communication as relevant to the role, using a range of channels and technologies
• Implementing a stronger culture of effective and efficient project management, aligning team structure and resourcing with project needs to ensure work is always delivered on time and to a high quality
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously and working with teams to define project specifications and requirements, leading a process of project validation and prioritisation

Essential skills/experience:

• High level EI, communication and interpersonal skills and a strong collaborator and relationship builder
• A solutions focused strategic thinker with senior data and/or tech experience and direct experience working with CRM data and systems, Blackbaud experience preferred
• Experience leading and managing data and/or technology teams, including project management
• Data governance and data management
• A background in programming, ideally with experience in R
• A passion and curiosity for leading change, including comfort with ambiguity, resisting the status quo, and a commitment to quality that ensures your team is always making progress

For a more comprehensive list of key responsibilities and essential qualifications & experience, please view the position description. If this role sounds like you please apply below. You must attach a resume and address the selection criteria in your Cover Letter as part of your application.

In return, you will be rewarded with generous and flexible working conditions including working from home arrangements, a fantastic environment working alongside committed and dedicated individuals and an opportunity to directly contribute to the long term sustainability of our organisation. To view some of the fantastic benefits that you will be offered as an employee, please visit our website.

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].

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

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 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.

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