Work with us

To apply

First, please read the full job information pack here.

Then, please send:

• Your CV

• A covering letter (1 page max.) detailing how you meet the job specification. Please structure your covering letter clearly by telling us, in this order, about:
  1. Your experience working on facial recognition, AI, police surveillance technologies, or other tech and human rights issues
  2. Your experience lobbying, or working with, UK parliament
  3. Your successful campaign experience
  4. Your experience as a spokesperson/doing broadcast media interviews

To [email protected]

Please note: ONLY applications sent directly to this email address, and with the covering letter structured as specified, will be considered. Please do NOT apply via other platforms. If you would like more information or to discuss the opportunity, please contact [email protected].

Due to a high number of applications, unfortunately we cannot provide feedback or inform all candidates whose applications are unsuccessful.

Post summary

We are seeking an exceptional advocate with a policy, legal or related digital rights campaigning background to work with us furthering privacy and civil liberties in the UK (initially, this role will be principally challenging facial recognition surveillance and scrutinising police surveillance/AI powers) at one of the UK’s leading rights NGOs.

The right Senior Advocacy Officer will help us to lobby UK Parliament to further privacy and wider rights at a critical time – when a legal framework on police use of facial recognition is very soon to be introduced, and police are expanding their use of AI and new surveillance technologies. You’ll build on your strong experience to be a credible and proactive lobbyist in Parliament, write expert briefings and be confident meeting parliamentarians, take a leading role liaising with policy stakeholders, advise on strategic litigation, be a leading advocate in the press and the public forum, develop policy positions on key issues, and help drive our public campaigns for change.

About you

You’ll have 3+ years experience in a legal or policy capacity, or in a comparable advocacy environment that relied on your expertise on technology and rights issues – ideally involving facial recognition. You’ll have a strong track record of advocacy success.

You’ll be familiar with key litigation and policy issues in the area. You’ll also have excellent knowledge of British politics and UK parliamentary procedures and strong political contacts to match.

You’ll be at ease working on a strictly non-partisan, cross-party basis and grounding policy analysis in human rights and liberal principles.

You’ll be proactive in pitching policy, litigation and campaign ideas for the organisation to pursue within our work streams.

You’ll be an experienced spokesperson, confident undertaking live and recorded TV and radio interviews, talking to a variety of audiences and representing the organisation and our campaigns.

If you’re committed to Big Brother Watch’s mission, we’d like to hear from you.

Before you apply, please carefully go through the person specification and job description outlined in this document.

To apply

First, please read the full job information pack here.

Then, please send:

• Your CV

• A covering letter detailing how you meet the job specification, your relevant experience and why you want to work with Big Brother Watch in particular. (1 page maximum)

To [email protected]

Please note: ONLY applications sent directly to this email address will be considered. Please do NOT apply via other platforms. If you would like more information or to discuss the opportunity, please contact [email protected]

Due to a high number of applications, unfortunately we cannot provide feedback or inform all candidates whose applications are unsuccessful.

Post summary

We are seeking an experienced, highly organised and proactive Operations Manager to play a central role in keeping our London office running smoothly and supporting our wider team and organisation. The ideal candidate will have strong liberal instincts and support our mission to defend civil liberties in the UK.

This is a varied and hands-on role with responsibility across multiple operational areas, ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. It is a new role to the organisation, initially offered as a 12 month fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension.

Why join Big Brother Watch?

• A genuinely flexible, part-time role designed to support work-life balance
• A dynamic, successful and friendly team in a supportive working environment
• The opportunity to take ownership of an important and varied role
• The chance to contribute to an organisation at the forefront of defending freedom in the UK
• 16 hours per work, with flexibility as to how these are worked
• We’re open to a range of working patterns (e.g. school hours, shorter days across the week, or compressed hours, potentially variations across term times / school holidays)
• Hybrid working, in practice will likely require min. 50% office attendance



The rest of our team works full time in-office. However, for this particular part-time role we aim to agree on a working pattern that provides consistency and predictability while fitting around your other commitments. We particularly welcome applications from experienced candidates returning to work after a career break, including parents and carers.

About you

You’ll have strong experience managing or co-ordinating a busy office or operational environment. You’ll be confident in taking on tasks proactively, looking for ways to plan ahead to ensure smooth operational running and improved efficiency, and independently finding solutions. You’ll have excellent communication skills, liaising with all team members and providing the team with essential operational support as needed. You’ll have good IT office skills

Before you apply, please carefully go through the person specification and job description outlined in this document.