5Rights is seeking to recruit an exceptional, EU-based Executive Assistant to provide personal support to the Executive Director. This position of trust and responsibility is an opportunity for a highly motivated and skilled individual to play an important role addressing one of the key social challenges of our time, while learning the ropes of leadership at a pioneering global impact organisation.
About 5Rights
5Rights Foundation exists to ensure a digital world that will serve children and young people today and for future generations. We are a small team of senior professionals and experts delivering change in how the digital world works. We have shifted the narrative and the agenda through provocative comms campaigns (e.g. Twisted Toys), pioneering research (e.g. Pathways) and award-winning tools (e.g. Child Online Safety Toolkit). We continue to drive real-life change thanks to an outstanding track-record of delivering legislation (e.g. Californian Age Appropriate Design Code), policy and regulatory frameworks (e.g. UNCRC General comment No.25), and industry standards (e.g. IEEE 2089).
Reporting Line
Executive Director, based in Brussels, Belgium
Role Purpose
The Executive Assistant (EA) will provide operational and visibility support to the Executive Director (ED), with the aim of optimising the ED’s time and supporting organisational impact. This role requires exceptional prioritisation and organisational skills, the ability to manage a complex workload, judgement, flexibility, discretion, a can-do attitude and a collaborative mindset. The EA will act as a key facilitator of internal alignment and external engagement.
Key Responsibilities
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- Act as a trusted partner to the Executive Director, managing a demanding and dynamic workload.
- Oversee complex diary management, prioritising engagements across multiple time zones and stakeholder groups.
- Manage the Executive Director’s external profile, visibility, and public representation in line with organisational priorities, including ownership of the Executive Director’s professional social media presence.
- Lead the drafting, scheduling, publishing, and monitoring of executive-level content, particularly on LinkedIn, translating organisational work and advocacy priorities into public messaging.
- Coordinate correspondence, briefing notes, reports, and speaking materials for the ED.
- Act as the primary gatekeeper for the Executive Director’s communications, filtering, prioritising, determining appropriate responses and escalation and managing responses as required.
- Coordinate logistics, materials, agendas, briefing packs, minutes, and follow-up action trackers for meetings and events as required.Represent the Executive Director’s office with professionalism in interactions with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Organise all national and international travel for the ED.
- Manage administrative tasks for the ED, such as expenses and reporting.
- Maintain accurate records, files, and confidential materials.
- Support operational processes and systems to maintain organisational efficiency.
- Work closely with the Chief of Staff to align priorities.
- Support external eventsand engagements involving the Executive Director as required.
- Provide flexible support to the Executive Director as required.
Person specification
This is a highly challenging and rewarding position for a professional with the following attributes:
Essential skills and attributes:
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- An efficient and effective pro-active problem-solver with a can-do attitude.
- Strong resilience, flexibility and motivation to learn.
- Excellent judgement and discretion.
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with consistent follow-through and delivery.
- Excellent professional written and verbal communication skills with high standards of accuracy, clarity and tone. Diplomatic, tactful and confident in all communications.
- Impeccable manners and professionalism, demonstrating the ability to adeptly cultivate and manage strong relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to craft executive-level messaging for public-facing audiences, including social media, external communications, or thought leadership content.
- Highly organised, self-motivated and reliable with strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in office productivity tools (Microsoft 365, Outlook,Word and Excel).
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Committed to the mission and values of 5Rights Foundation.
- Desirable skills and attributes:
- Proven experience as an Executive Assistant or senior support professional working with senior leadership in an NGO, advocacy, policy, or international environment.
- Proven experience supporting or managing senior leader visibility, public profile, or external representation
- Experience working in public policy, regulatory, or advocacy environments.
- Experience supporting Boards, governance processes and senior leadership teams.
- International and multi-stakeholder coordination experience.
Practical details
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- Location: Hybrid position in Brussels (with ability to commute to the European district and Woluwe-St-Lambert). Occasional international travel required.
- Salary: Starting salary of €2660 gross per month, plus benefits, with some flexibility for candidates with exceptional skills and experience.
- Working hours: Full time (38h week), with occasional accommodation necessary for weekend-engagements and work across time-zones.
- Statutory pension contribution.
- Annual leave: 25 days + 1/day per year worked
- Work equipment including a laptop will be provided.
- Starting data: ASAP, depending on notice period.
- Reporting line: Executive Director based in Brussels.
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5Rights values diversity and we strongly encourage people from under-represented groups to apply for this role.
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We aim for our recruitment to be inclusive and equitable, and we strive to constantly learn and improve in this regard. Feel free to share your views and suggestions on how we could improve our approach with us via email
admin@5rightsfoundation.com
How to apply
Please send your CV and a brief cover letter by 25th January 2026 via the following link:
5Rights is seeking to recruit an exceptional, UK-based Policy and Public Affairs professional to take forward our ground-breaking digital policy and corporate accountability work.
About 5Rights
5Rights Foundation exists to ensure a digital world that will serve children and young people today and for future generations. We are a small team of senior professionals and experts delivering change in how the digital world works. We have shifted the narrative and the agenda through provocative comms campaigns (e.g. Twisted Toys), pioneering research (e.g. Pathways) and award-winning tools (e.g. Child Online Safety Toolkit). We continue to drive real-life change thanks to an outstanding track-record of delivering legislation (e.g. Californian Age Appropriate Design Code), policy and regulatory frameworks (e.g. UNCRC General comment No.25), and industry standards (e.g. IEEE 2089).
Role Purpose
We are seeking to recruit an ambitious and driven Public Affairs Officer to support the delivery of our advocacy strategy in the UK. Reporting to the Head of UK Affairs, you will play a vital role in analysing policy and political developments, crafting engaging briefings and reports, and nurturing relationships with essential stakeholders in civil society and politics.
Key Responsibilities
The core responsibilities and tasks are:
- To lead on analysis of UK policy and political developments and legislative and regulatory materials.
- To support on drafting briefings, position papers, consultation responses and reports in line with 5Rights positions.
- To support in building and maintaining relationships important to the UK team’s work with key partners, political stakeholders, and stakeholders in civil society and beyond, both individually and as part of coalitions.
- To support on briefing political stakeholders, senior colleagues, or external partners on 5Rights positions and take the lead on arranging events for a range of different audiences.
- To support with the organisation of the UK team, including arranging internal and external briefings, creating, and maintaining stakeholder lists, research depositories and other databases as are relevant.
- To support on creating content for social media and external channels.
Person specification
- You will have at least two years’ experience in a public affairs, UK parliament or other relevant role.
- You will have an understanding of the UK parliamentary system and an interest in UK politics.
- You will be a confident and clear communicator, both verbally and in writing.
- You will be well organised with the ability to manage competing tasks and projects at the same time.
- You will be looking to develop new skills and be comfortable working independently on certain projects.
- You will have a commitment to our values and mission.
- You will have an interest in children’s rights, the tech industry and digital services and products.
Practical details
Location: This is a remote-working position based in London, with access to a co-working office space two times per week.
Salary: £34,500 per annum. The final offer will depend on skills and experience.
Working hours: Full time (38 hours per week), with occasional accommodation necessary for work across time-zones.
Statutory pension contribution
25 days annual leave + 1/day per year worked
Work equipment including a laptop will be provided.
Starting date: ASAP, depending on notice period.
Reporting line: Head of UK Affairs, based in the UK
5Rights values diversity and we strongly encourage people from under-represented groups to apply for this role. We aim for our recruitment to be inclusive and equitable, and we strive to constantly learn and improve in this regard. Feel free to share your views and suggestions on how we could improve our approach with us via email applications@5rightsfoundation.com
How to apply
Please send your CV and a brief cover letter via the following link by 11th January 2026. Please include where your heard about this role.
5Rights Foundation is seeking to recruit an exceptional Policy Officer to support the development, delivery and impact of 5Rights’ global policy and advocacy work. This is a unique opportunity for a young professional with a sharp mind and pen to play a key role in addressing one of the most pressing social issues of our time, working for a world-leading and dynamic global impact organisation.
About 5Rights
5Rights Foundation exists to ensure a digital world that will serve children and young people today and for future generations. We are a small team of senior professionals and experts delivering change in how the digital world works. We have shifted the narrative and the agenda through provocative comms campaigns (e.g. Twisted Toys), pioneering research (e.g. Pathways) and award-winning tools (e.g. Child Online Safety Toolkit). We continue to drive real-life change thanks to an outstanding track-record of delivering legislation (e.g. Californian Age Appropriate Design Code), policy and regulatory frameworks (e.g. UNCRC General comment No.25), and industry standards (e.g. IEEE 2089).
Role Purpose
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure accurate and timely awareness of team of new relevant developments
- Track global trends, emerging debates, and priority issues in technology, digital governance, and children’s rights.
- Closely monitor policy, legislative and regulatory developments as well as media debates in the UK, EU and globally.
- Provide concise and timely analytical summaries and internal updates to ED, Board and team, as well as briefings as required.
- Maintain and regularly update 5Rights’ policy, research, and advocacy repositories, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and ease of access across the organisation.
- Support Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, including impact reporting.
- Ensure consistency of policy positions and language across policy and advocacy outputs
- Review, edit and provide quality control of publications, reports, briefings, consultation responses, etc. produced by the advocacy, compliance and communications teams.
- Draft policy materials (briefings, consultation responses, etc.) based on established 5Rights positions and language.
- Support external engagement with policymakers, regulators, civil society organisations and international partners.
- Assist with organising policy events, roundtables and consultations.
- Represent 5Rights in policy events
- Contribute to cross-organisational projects.
Person specification
This is a highly challenging and rewarding position for a professional with the following attributes:
Essential skills and attributes:
- Demonstrable strong strategic understanding of our field and issues, with relevant academic and/or professional experience (in public policy, politics, law, international relations, social sciences, technology policy or a related field).
- Excellent research and analytical skills with the ability to identify, interpret, assess, prioritise and clearly communicate key strategic information in a complex (technical, political and legal) field, with relevant academic and/or professional experience.
- Outstanding drafting and editing skills: Ability to write clearly and concisely for different audiences, including policy briefs and consultation responses, with meticulous attention to language.
- Demonstrable interest in children’s rights, digital rights, technology policy or online safety.
- Good organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Confident user of Microsoft Office, Word and Excel. Strong commitment to the mission and values of 5Rights Foundation.
- Highly motivated, curious and eager to learn.
- Proactive and reliable with a positive, can-do attitude.
- Collaborative team player.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Desirable skills and attributes:
- Previous experience working in policy, advocacy, government, NGO, think tank or related environment.
- Familiarity with UK, EU and international policy-making processes.
- Experience supporting events, consultations or stakeholder engagement activities.
- Knowledge of digital regulation, online safety frameworks, data protection or child rights law.
Practical details
- Location: Remote position in UK or Belgium. Some travel required.
- Salary: €2401 gross per month, plus benefits in Belgium or £27,040 per annum in the UK. The final offer will depend on skills and experience.
- Working hours: Full time (38h week), with occasional accommodation necessary for work across time-zones.
- Statutory pension contribution.
- Annual leave: 25 days + 1 day per year worked
- Work equipment including a laptop will be provided.
- Starting data: ASAP, depending on notice period.
- Reporting line: Chief of Staff, based in Brussels, Belgium
5Rights values diversity and we strongly encourage people from under-represented groups to apply for this role. We aim for our recruitment to be inclusive and equitable, and we strive to constantly learn and improve in this regard. Feel free to share your views and suggestions on how we could improve our approach with us via email admin@5rightsfoundation.com
How to apply
Please send your CV and a brief cover letter by 25th January 2026 via the following link: