Established in 2003, and guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, the Mozilla Foundation has been leading the fight for a healthy internet for more than 20 years. The Mozilla Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit, is the sole owner of Mozilla Corporation, the company behind Firefox, a browser built by the open source movement. Our mission is to ensure that the Internet is open and accessible to all. It is also vital: as centralization, surveillance, exclusion and other online threats proliferate, we need a movement to keep the web a global resource.

In 2020, we launched a multi-year investment strategy focused on advancing ‘Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence’ globally. As AI is dramatically changing our online lives, we seek to ensure that AI improves human experience through designing AI systems that allow for user agency and hold companies accountable for its results. Our approach to Trustworthy AI and an outline of our Theory of Change is described in greater detail here.

The Mozilla Foundation Advocacy team is seeking a German language campaigner to help design and implement campaigns that advance our goals with a German-speaking audience. 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 Head of Campaigns.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing and executing impactful campaigns in line with our mission.
• Mobilizing existing and new Mozilla supporters to take action to build a healthier internet and trustworthy AI. Specifically, focusing on how supporters on our German email list can be engaged to take meaningful actions.
• Building relationships and designing campaigns with external and internal partners to run effective campaigns in Germany, and where relevant, Europe more broadly.
• Translating and localizing global Mozilla campaigns for German supporters where relevant.
• Drafting persuasive email alerts and campaign materials for German audiences, working with Mozilla researchers, designers, and developers to create compelling, accurate and timely content.
• Working closely with the fundraising team to develop and implement effective online fundraising strategies for German supporters.
• Building collaborative relationships within Mozilla and across the Foundation and Corporation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Required:

• Experience in crafting and executing public campaigns
• Five years of work experience or equivalent in volunteer grassroots organizations; experience working in non-profits with internet rights or consumer rights organizations preferred
• Experience in leading projects and communicating with a team so that each person can understand and add to the strategy and vision effectively
• Genuine interest in topics and alignment with Mozilla’s Mission and Manifesto, especially regarding diversity and inclusion
• Strong analytical, oral, written, and social communications skills in English (equivalent to ILR 4) and German (equivalent to ILR 5 – native or bilingual)
• Experience crafting and facilitating effective meetings among participants with different perspectives and needs
• 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
• Decisive and diplomatic, with 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

Nice to have:

• Experience campaigning on tech issues, particularly related to AI or data
• Experience of digital campaigning or mobilization
  
• Experience with fundraising, either from individual donors or large foundations (particularly digital fundraising)
• Tertiary level degree or equivalent certification
• Two or more years working in a remote, global team

Salary and Benefits:

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 a Level 15 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)
• Canada: $85,386 - $104,373 (mid-point: $94,884)
• US: $80,293 - $98,136 (mid-point: $89,214)

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)
• Toronto: $92,131 - $112,618 (mid-point: $102,380)
• New York: $88,965 - $108,735 (mid-point: $98,849)

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

We offer the following benefits for our staff:

• 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 + 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, colour, 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].   

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