Festival Producer - London, United Kingdom - Amnesty International UK

Amnesty International UK

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Contract Details
Fixed Term April - July 2024

Salary
£39,842 (includes London weighting)

Weekly Hours
35 with flexibility options

Location
London EC2A / Hybrid in the UK

Application Deadline
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Interview Date
Tuesday 2nd April

Job Summary
Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. If you want to use your skills, knowledge, and experience to be successful in this role, you could be our new Festival Producer

About the role
Amnesty International UK is looking for an experienced producer for our new flagship festival of human rights. In this role you will lead operations effectively and be responsible for managing the logistics of sessions and speakers across the event programme The role is key to the smooth running of the event and will lead on comprehensive production planning for the festival

The Festival of Human Rights June 2024) is a new event in the Amnesty International UK calendar, bringing together Amnesty activists and those interested in human rights from across the UK for an inspiring weekend of workshops, meetings, talks, installations and performances.

The festival will be a weekend of celebration:

celebrating the successes of people powered movements and empowering attendees to continue the fight for human rights in the future.

The event will take place across multiple venues in Sheffield City Centre for an audience made up of AIUK activists and general public.

The event will also be livestreamed.

The role can be based anywhere in the UK but will involve travel to the project sites in Sheffield.

More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.

The role may be for you if:

You have experience of working on festivals and/or events in a production role
You are highly organised and able to work across multiple projects and conflicting deadlines
You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
You also have a good knowledge of relevant policies including safeguarding, health and safety, data protection, risk management.
You have an interest in the wider cultural and human rights sectors

Our Commitment to you
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values.

We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation.

This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.

New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time) and 3 wellbeing days.

2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares.