Website Engineer Consultant

• Application Deadline, 23.59 pm UK time on:12 April 2026
• Programme:Marketing and Communications
• LocationFlexible
• Salary:GBP 500 per day

PURPOSE    

Amnesty International International Secretariat (AIIS) is looking for a website engineer to support the management and maintenance of the codebase for our primary product, the Humanity WordPress Theme. The postholder will work alongside the Lead Website Engineer, Technical Product Owner and other members of the Website Operations team.

Ideal candidates will bring robust technical delivery skills that can be harnessed to solve complex challenges to ensure that the organizations' websites are secure, accessible and optimized for performance at scale.

The postholder will contribute code to the project based on priorities listed in the team's development roadmap. All code must meet the team's coding standards, as overseen by the Lead Engineer. Work will be delegated and deadlines established based on readiness, organizational need
and the postholder's skillset. The role will also serve as contingency support, providing critical incident response when our lead engineer is unavailable. 

This consultancy is  for 52 days over a 6-month period (2 days per week or equivalent), with the possibility of extension

OBJECTIVES AND DELIVERABLES   

• Be on call to respond to critical incidents on our websites, including deploying releases when necessary. On call arrangements will be agreed within the team.
• Work alongside the Website Operations team in delivering new releases as defined by the development roadmap. This roadmap includes:
  a. Improving accessibility, security, performance, and other work that enable Amnesty International to optimize its ability to reach new audiences.
  b. Enhanced publishing and workflow capabilities in the CMS that will drive an organisation-wide initiative to improve the accessibility of Amnesty International reports, at scale.
  c. Major improvements to the multilingual aspects of the websites.

 

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS   

• Highly experienced full stack developer with both front end and back-end code. Experienced building UI for interactive blocks as well as comfortable working with data, CLI and servers.
• Experience working on or leading large-scale enterprise projects that are scalable and optimized for high traffic websites that perform well underload.
• Able to proactively address technical issues as they arise, and is experienced debugging complex issues such as performance, caching, authentication, translations, queues etc.
• Enthusiasm for Amnesty International's commitment to human rights, inclusivity and social change.

BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS   

To bid for this work, please submit the following:

• CV
• Relevant case studies
• A detailed breakdown of the fees you would charge for this work

As standard, payments are made by Amnesty International 30 days after receipt of a valid invoice for the agreed work milestone completed.

Applications must be in PDF, Word, PowerPoint or Excel format.

Please refer to the Terms of Reference attached for more information on this Consultancy opportunity.

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click ‘Apply for this Role' below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let's get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy BEFORE the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities, therefore we encourage you to apply now if you are interested.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 

Amnesty International believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable. Together, we're committed to being an anti-racist organisation with a diverse workforce that can better tackle the global human rights challenges that face our world today. We know that different voices, ideas, perspectives, experiences and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of people around the world.
We are committed to building and sustaining an anti-racist, culturally diverse and inclusive organisation, where all employees feel valued, have a sense of belonging and an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential. We therefore strongly welcome applications from suitably qualified people regardless of their background; including underrepresented groups, LGBTQI+ individuals and those who may have or are living with a disability.

To see our full statement please visit this link: Racial equality, equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion policy - Amnesty International

Amnesty International is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with the team by emailing recruitment@amnesty.org 

Please note - Amnesty International do not provide interview or job related training prior to interview, and do not engage with any external suppliers to do so. If you receive communication from anyone claiming to work on Amnesty's behalf this is likely to be a scam and should be reported or ignored.

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