Junior Analyst

The Online Hate Prevention Institute, a Registered Australian Charity, is seeking a casual Junior Analyst based in Bendigo. The role primarily involves collecting and analysing online hate speech, writing articles, and providing training around online hate. The role will particularly suit a university student studying criminology, law, journalism, or sociology and interested in technology issues impacting society. Training will be provided.

The role will involve on average 38 hours each month (roughly 9 hours a week) until the end of 2024. The pay rate is $32.10 an hour. Work will be largely remote (i.e. work from home), with some in-person attendance required for training and delivery of workshops. There is a high degree of flexibility for most of the work, including the ability to work outside of normal working hours.

About you:

• An interest in combating racism and other forms of hate, experience in anti-racism or anti-hate projects or campaigns is an advantage
• Experience with at least 4 social media platform (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Reddit)
• Demonstrated ability to write high quality articles e.g. for a newspaper / magazine, blog posts, social media articles. 
• An academic knowledge of racism would be an advantage. 
• A working with children check and a current national police check are required for this role. If you don't have these already, a job offer will be conditional on obtaining them. 

About us:

• The Online Hate Prevention Institute (http://ohpi.org.au) is Registered Australian Charity that works to prevent harm to people from online hate and extremism.
• Established in 2012, we are one of the world’s oldest organisations dedicated to tackling the problem of online hate.
• We produce research and public education material on online hate, as well as engaging directly with governments and social media companies to address harms. 

Please provide a cover letter with the following information when applying for this role:

• Your name, phone number, email address, and street address
• An explanation of why you are interested in this role, and any experience you have had in anti-racism / anti-hate work. 
• A list of social media platforms you use regularly
• Providing links to some or all of your social media accounts is optional, but it can be useful to demonstrate your level of engagement and familiarity with particular platforms
• A link or uploaded sample of your writing. This should be an article in a newspaper, website, LinkedIn, or blog post and your name should be on the content as the author.  
• If applicable, details of any academic education related to racism, hate speech, or extremism.