We are offering three separate UK placements at the moment: Office, Data specific and Social Media specific placements. Find further details on each below, noting their different criteria and time requirements.

We are looking for individuals over the age of 18 who are responsible, motivated and able to work on their own initiative. The ideal candidates will also be flexible, able to work as part of a small team and keen to gain experience in the legal/human rights/criminal law fields. 

Please note: For all placements, membership of Amicus is required.

Office Volunteer

Job Description

We offer volunteer placements with our UK office, which requires a minimum time commitment of 14 hours per week (across two days, Monday-Friday) for 3 months. Placements are largely remote, with the option to attend our in person office once a week (this is not compulsory). Those shortlisted at the paper stage will be invited to a test and, if shortlisted at test stage, to an interview. Successful applicants will be offered placements which cover both office and casework tasks.

Key Tasks:

• Sending out correspondence, communicating with members and handling general queries
• Assisting with the administration and completion of casework on death penalty and juvenile cases, and our three major empirical studies
• Organising online files for US and UK-based casework teams
• General death penalty research and tracking upcoming executions 
• Editing and writing articles for the newsletter and journal 
• Helping to prepare content for our social media accounts and keeping the website updated
• Assisting with the planning and preparation of events, including biannual death penalty training
• Additional ad hoc tasks as required

Please note that as we are a small office, with a great need for support, we give this description as a guide only; placements will be comprised of the work most needed at the time.

Essential Requirements:

1. Must be over the age of 18
2. Membership of Amicus
3. Available for required time period
4. Excellent written and spoken English
5. Ability to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines
6. Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office packages
7. Good attention to detail
8. An interest in charities, human rights and law preferred 
9. Previous social media/design experience in a professional capacity preferred 

Time commitment:

Volunteers are required to commit to 14 hours per week (across 2 days, Mon-Friday, 10am-6pm) for 3 months. At the moment this is from mid-May 2024 to mid-August 2024.

How to apply:

To apply to any of the above roles, please send your CV and cover letter to admin@amicus-alj.org. Please make it clear in your covering letter and cover email which role you are applying for. Your cover letter should outline how you meet the essential requirements and confirm that you are available for the specified period.

Deadline:

The deadline for this particular role is 1st May 2024 17:00BST

Social Media Volunteer

Job Description

Your role will be to assist our Social Media Manager to fulfil human rights and death penalty research tasks and design social media content for Amicus. 

Key Tasks:

• Preparing social media posts for all of our platforms: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn
• Research death penalty topics to create posts about
• Keeping up to date with scheduled executions in the US and outcomes of upcoming court hearings in death penalty cases
• Assistance with preparation of content for our monthly newsletter
• Helping to keep our social media accounts and our website updated
• Preparing promotional content for our events
• Additional ad hoc tasks as required

Please note that as we are a small office, with a great need for support, we give this description as a guide only; placements will be comprised of the work most needed at the time.

Essential Requirements:

1. Must be over the age of 18
2. Membership of Amicus
3. Available for required time period
4. Excellent written and spoken English
5. Ability to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines
6. Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office packages
7. Good attention to detail
8. An interest in charities, human rights and law preferred 
9. Previous social media/design experience in a professional capacity preferred 

Time commitment:

Volunteers are required to commit to 14 hours per week (across 2 days, Mon-Friday, 10am-6pm) for 3 months. 

How to apply:

To apply to any of the above roles, please send your CV and cover letter to admin@amicus-alj.org. Please make it clear in your covering letter and cover email which role you are applying for. Your cover letter should outline how you meet the essential requirements and confirm that you are available for the specified period.

Deadline:

There is no deadline for these placements, we accept applications on a rolling basis. 

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Data-Specific Volunteer

Job Description

Your role will be to handle and process large amounts of data for one of our empirical studies, using tools like Microsoft Excel and Salesforce. Our empirical studies look at how the death penalty is being used across the US, and typically how unconstitutionally it is being applied in practice. 

Key Tasks:

• Creating and updating our databases efficiently and accurately
• Creating and using mailing lists and membership databases
• Organising electronic filing systems
• Contacting members
• Processing documents
• Additional ad hoc tasks as required

Please note that as we are a small office, with a great need for support, we give this description as a guide only; placements will be comprised of the work most needed at the time.

Essential Requirements:

1. Must be over the age of 18
2. Membership of Amicus
3. Excellent written and spoken English
4. Ability to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines
5. Excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and Outlook
6. Good attention to detail, accuracy, and efficiency
7. An interest in charities, human rights and criminal law preferred 
8. Previous data processing/handling experience in a professional capacity preferred 

Time commitment:

This is a flexible role, so if you are interested, please let us know your availability and how much time you are able to dedicate to the role when you send us your application.

How to apply:

To apply to any of the above roles, please send your CV and cover letter to admin@amicus-alj.org. Please make it clear in your covering letter and cover email which role you are applying for. Your cover letter should outline how you meet the essential requirements and confirm that you are available for the specified period.

Deadline:

There is no deadline for these placements, we accept applications on a rolling basis. 

Please note that we are currently unable to provide expenses, but our office remains largely remote.