Advocacy Lead - EU
at Mozilla Foundation
Locations:
Remote UK, Berlin Office, Remote Germany

The Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit organization. Our mission is to ensure that the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Join us and become part of our mission to promote openness, innovation, and opportunity online!

Twenty years ago, this meant building a browser and protecting the open web. Today, it also includes making sure AI and data driven technology is more trustworthy. In order to focus on places where Mozilla can impact the next era of our work, we are increasingly working on the topic of trustworthy AI. For us, this means especially two things: human agency is a core part of how AI is built and integrated, and corporate accountability is real and enforced.

The Mozilla Foundation Advocacy team is seeking a EU-based campaigner to help design and implement campaigns that advance our goals in this region. Mozilla’s advocacy program focuses on holding companies accountable for building trustworthy AI and offering users a safe and fair experience online. To do this, our team designs campaigns calling on specific product and policy changes, generates earned media of our work to key audiences like policy-makers. This role will report to the Director of Advocacy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Developing and executing impactful grassroots advocacy campaigns in line with our mission and theory of change.
  • Mobilising existing and new Mozilla supporters to take action to build a healthier internet and trustworthy AI.
  • Building relationships and designing campaigns with external and internal partners to run effective campaigns that respond to regional opportunities. 
  • Working with Mozilla researchers, designers, and developers to create compelling, accurate and timely content related to our campaigns.
  • Working with the Director of Digital Engagement to implement a mobilisation strategy around our email channels.
  • Working with teams across Mozilla to advance the pan-Mozilla policy strategy.
  • Building collaborative relationships within Mozilla and across the Foundation and Corporation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Required

  • At least 5 years of professional experience working in the non-profit sector 
  • Experience in crafting and executing grassroots advocacy campaigns designed to change corporate practice and/or public policies 
  • Experience in project management, working with multiple stakeholders with different skill sets
  • Genuine interest in topics and alignment with Mozilla’s Mission and Manifesto
  • Strong analytical, oral, written, and social communications skills in English, additional language skills preferred  
  • Ability to conduct research and analysis on a range of issues, and effectively articulate how these relate to policies, initiatives and procedures to non-expert audiences
  • Demonstrated understanding of how diversity and inclusion intersects with the advocacy team’s work
  • Strong and proven ability to lead multiple priorities and projects while working as part of a team
  • Ability to effectively handle workload and complete projects in a timely fashion

Preferred

  • Experience with advocacy on tech or consumer issues 
  • Experience with fundraising, preferably digital fundraising
  • Skills in data analytics related to measure/analyzing supporter growth and engagement metrics 
  • Strong written and social communication skills in languages other than English 
  • Experience facilitating or leading projects as part of a remote, global team

Salary and Benefits Information:

The Mozilla Foundation is dedicated to fair and equitable compensation for our staff. We aim to pay a competitive and market-based salary that takes into consideration the responsibilities and requirements of the role. The Mozilla Foundation aims to offer at the midpoint of our salary ranges for the purposes of increasing inclusivity and fairness of our offer process and ensuring internal equity. We do not ask for, or take into account, salary histories in our offer process.

The base salary ranges, along with mid-point, for this role in each of the key countries in which we employ staff is listed below. We target the 75th percentile of market pay as a salary band midpoint for all levels, with 10% either side of the midpoint to create a salary range.

  • Germany: €74,260 - €90,762 (mid-point: €82,511)
  • UK: £44,651 - £54,574 (mid-point: £49,613)

We are open to hiring in other locations within Europe. Depending on the successful candidate’s location, we may also add in a geographic differential to this base salary that accounts for local job market weighting. This differential is applied to the above ranges depending on the successful candidate’s location. Below are some of the common cities in which we hire staff along with representative examples of salary ranges, along with mid-point, with the geographical differential applied:

  • Inner London: £48,670 - £59,486 (mid-point: £54,078)
  • Berlin: €74,260 - €90,762 (mid-point: €82,511)

The range for your specific location will be discussed in screening conversations if your application is successful.

We offer the following benefits:

  • Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance + Accidental Death & Dismemberment
  • Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Retirement Plan contributions
  • 20 Paid Time Off days per year (prorated) + your birthday
  • Company Holidays + Shutdown
  • Wellness budget
  • Professional Development budget
  • Top up program for Maternity and Parental leaves

Benefits are subject to change at any time at the discretion of Mozilla Foundation.

Mozilla Foundation Hiring Practices:

Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation at [email protected].   

Why Mozilla?

At Mozilla, we’re serving humanity—by maintaining a safe, open internet—while also helping the individual humans employed here to reach their personal and professional goals. With a relatively small team serving hundreds of millions of people, a culture of exploration, and a commitment to mentorship, opportunities abound to learn and grow at Mozilla.


Our values drive our actions

  • Purpose is built into our work, with our mission driving every decision
  • We challenge assumptions, the status quo, ourselves, and each other
  • We are transparent: in our code, our business partnerships, and our everyday interactions
  • We seek out people from diverse backgrounds and with perspectives different from our own
  • We pair purpose with performance and put people ahead of profit

Our impact is global

  • 700+ paid staff from over 30 countries
  • Thousands of volunteer contributors across six continents
  • 9 global offices: Mountain View, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, Toronto, Paris, London, Berlin, and Beijing
  • Hundreds of home offices globally

Our benefits are world-class

  • Flexible work environment (nearly half of Mozillians work remotely)
  • Industry-leading paid parental leave (up to 26 weeks of fully paid leave for childbearing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-childbearing parents)
  • Reimbursement for professional development (up to $3,000/year)
  • A work setup including the latest hardware and software of your choice