Overview

JCWI is an independent charity established in 1967. For over 57 years, we have promoted our vision of a society in which people can live safely and are treated with equal dignity and respect, regardless of where they are from or how they came to the UK.

To achieve this, we provide legal advice, representation and holistic support to migrants experiencing injustice, poverty, and discrimination; we undertake parliamentary advocacy and expert policy analysis; we speak out and challenge damaging and discriminatory media narratives about immigration; we use law as a tool of resistance; we work in solidarity with migrants and grassroots groups, and we build campaigns that both build power and influence power; working towards radically transforming immigration and asylum law and policy.

JCWI has been through a period of transition over recent years, with pressures on the organisation, its staff, capacity, and resources increased by successive political attacks on migrant communities, the eroding of migrants\' rights through legal and policy change, the rise of the far-right in the UK and the widening gap between the rich and powerful and Britain\'s multi-racial working class.

It is in this context that JCWI is seeking an empathetic and collaborative leader given we are in a time of immense political upheaval both in the UK and across borders. We need someone who can unite us towards a refreshed collective resistance to increasingly unfettered state and corporate power. Our advocacy and campaigning work has long been informed by the direct vital support we provide to many thousands of people and families as they face the UK\'s increasingly harsh and unfair immigration and nationality laws.

Role and terms

• Executive Director — £60,000-£65,000; Full time and permanent; London N7 and flexible hybrid working

Responsibilities

• Provide confident leadership and strategic guidance to all teams and maintain/build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Set and review the organisation\'s objectives within the five-year strategy; develop and review the annual business plan and fundraising plan.
• Maintain JCWI\'s relationships with trusts, foundations, and other key partners.
• Act as one of the lead spokespeople for the organisation in the media and elsewhere.

Qualifications and experience

• Good grasp of the key issues JCWI works on and the political climate in which the organisation operates; ability to provide strategic leadership.
• Experience and commitment to engaging with and representing communities with lived experience of immigration systems.
• Ability to build networks with stakeholders and funders; experience in advocacy and campaigning is desirable.

How to apply

Application is by CV with a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4, outlining your motivations and suitability for the role as set out in the job description and person specification.

• Second interview: Week commencing 20 October
• Final stage: Meet the team w/c 27 October (shortlisted candidates)

Contacts

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Vikki Park to arrange an appointment with Carroll Lloyd, Director of NFP Consulting: vikki.park@nfpconsulting.co.uk

We are part of the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative (www.ebeemployment.org.uk). The network supports inclusive recruitment of people with lived experience of the UK asylum or immigration system. If this is your experience, you can find useful resources online - www.ebeemployment.org.uk/ebe