As a grassroots group, we rely on volunteers to make everything possible.
FiLiA is a Women-led volunteer organisation. We began back in 2012 with 2 volunteers and now we have over 70! Below are our current vacancies, but if you wish to create another role that you feel will benefit FiLiA and the Women’s Liberation Movement, please e-mail info@filia.org.uk.
To apply for any of the roles below, please write to us at info@filia.org.uk with some information about yourself, including relevant experience; why you would like to take the role on; how you can be as effective as possible and ask any questions you may have. Please familiarise yourself with the politics of FiLiA before applying.
When do you start?
Immediately
Who do you report in to?
We are all in this together. You will work closely with the trustees to ensure that your work aligns with the politics and ethos of FiLiA but this role is one to make your own.
What experience do you need to have?
You must be passionate about Women’s Rights, organised and determined. Other than that – no previous experience is necessary.
FiLiA recognises that the Women’s movement loses out if it is not informed by the voices and experiences of marginalised Women in our community. Consequently, we particularly welcome Women who are less often heard or purposefully silenced to join us as volunteers.
We aim for FiLiA volunteers to be as diverse as the Women we work with and for.
If you need to submit your application in an alternative format or require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process please contact us at inclusion@filia.org.uk
Open Positions:
GRANTS MANAGER [VOLUNTEER]
You will ideally have experience in grant applications, but if you are well organised, good at writing and willing to learn, you’d be really welcome too!
What will you do?
You will develop, write and monitor high-quality proposals to generate income that can fund the work of FiLiA.
Paid Opportunities
FiLiA Hague Mothers Campaign
ADMIN AND PROJECT SUPPORT
FiLiA HAGUE MOTHERS
Are you superbly well-organised with excellent writing, communication and research skills?
And are you interested in working with Women across the world to help safeguard mothers and children who are victims of domestic violence/abuse, improve their access to justice, and challenge an international treaty?
If so please read on.
FiLiA is a grassroots women's charity, which launched in 2012 to continue the Feminism in London conferences. It has since extended its reach by hosting conferences across the UK in Manchester (Salford), Bradford, Portsmouth, Cardiff and, most recently, Glasgow in 2023, where it sold out with around 1,450 attendees. FiLiA's scope now encompasses direct involvement with women in these cities, as well as nationally and globally, with its overarching aims being to build sisterhood and solidarity, amplify the voices of women and to defend women's human rights.
The FiLiA Hague Mother's campaign was set up in 2022 with the specific aim of ending the injustices caused by the Hague Abduction Convention for victim-survivors of domestic violence/abuse. Our voluntary international team of lawyers, academics, DV professionals, child psychologists, trauma experts, and Hague mothers themselves, has achieved an enormous amount since our inception. We now have one-year's funding from Treebeard Trust to move to the next, more strategic, phase of our campaign. And we need an Admin & Project Support person to help us do that.
One-year, hourly-paid, freelance contract.
£15.00 per hour plus agreed expenses.
20 hours per week (average).
Remote working: the appointee needs to be able to work during normal UK office hours.
Overview
Provide secretarial, administrative and organisational support to FiLiA Hague Mothers (FHM) campaign. Reporting to Ruth Dineen, FHM international coordinator.
Hours: 20 hours pw (flexible within Monday to Friday 0900-1700 UK time, currently GMT)
Campaign admin support
Work with international coordinator to create monthly planner to include actions relating to agreed key initiatives.
Arrange and minute regular weekly meetings with international coordinator.
Organise and update Google Drive folders with appropriate labelling and saving of relevant documents to the correct shared drive folders and public facing platforms.
Maintain and update data-base of members. Collate key information e.g. skills, knowledge, location. Maintain and update email lists and groups.
Send survey to new members; follow up re: team page information; liaise with website volunteer as required. Add members to chat groups and email lists/groups.
Maintain and update partners' database and email lists.
Undertake research tasks in support of general strategy and initiatives e.g. identify and find contact information for relevant journalists and media outlets; collate resources regarding relocation; identify potential partners in a specific country.
Team engagement and support
Schedule, coordinate and manage FHM team meetings i.e. members (3 time zones), Mothers' Expert Group, International Steering Group, task-based groups. Send out agenda and zoom invites. Timely minutes/actions writing and distribution.
Follow up on actions / offers.
Label appropriately and save relevant documents to the correct shared drive folders and public facing platforms.
Engage with and update members via email and chat group. Support international coordinator with monthly member updates.
External Comms
General: Create and maintain spreadsheet of regular and one-off comms activity. Liaise with relevant FiLiA and FHM volunteers in this regard. Engage with members and partners to share and amplify key messages.
Website: Work with website volunteer to ensure that site is regularly updated with news and actions e.g. help coordinate and commission blogs, source resources i.e. academic articles, case-law, mothers' stories, global media; engage with members to do likewise.
Podcasts: Coordinate podcasts from start to publication, including liaising with the FiLiA podcast team to deliver transcription, editing, uploading and promotion. Label and save recordings and documents to the correct shared drive folder.
Social media: Create and use list of tags of members, partners and key influencers on major social media platforms. Schedule regular posts to maintain presence and build credibility i.e. website updates and resources, newsletter publication; use existing graphic quotes and stats and create new ones; support key partners through RTs and quote RTs; expand number of followers including through targeted posts and tags. Liaise with international coordinator for additional input.
Newsletter (monthly): Liaise with international coordinator for key content. Write and source items. Liaise with relevant FiLiA volunteers for proofreading and formatting/publishing. Publicise on social media; label and save to correct shared drive folder; forward published version to website volunteer.
FiLiA Conference 2025
Coordinate FHM contribution to Conference; liaise with FiLiA Conference team and attend regular team meetings.
Identify what support/resources are needed for each element of the proposed plan, plus provisional costs.
Request help from members against proposed programme; liaise with international coordinator and FiLiA conference team to agree final programme.
Create a comprehensive Conference workplan and monitor progress. Set up and coordinate Conference WA group.
Collate list of FHM attendees/potential attendees.
Other
Fundraising
Liaise with international coordinator and FiLiA funding team to highlight relevant funds and funding opportunities.
Keep up to date folders with copies of templates, applications, emails, feedback etc.Accounts
Maintain spreadsheet of financial transactions/expenses claims for approval prior to spend.
Ensure all receipts are correctly labelled and uploaded.General
Monitor and respond to the admin inbox in a timely and professional manner
Maintain relevant filing systems, databases, and information systems
Ad hoc report writing, blogs, newsletter items, survey creation, distribution and collation
Ad hoc research, where required.
To apply
Please provide a CV and a covering letter of no more than 750 words, outlining why this role interests you, and what you feel you could bring to the campaign.
Send to FHM international coordinator Ruth Dineen to Hague@FiLiA.org.uk – with 'Admin & Support role' as the subject.