Find out more about working for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and contributing directly to our mission to eliminate online child sexual abuse.
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The Head of Software leads the IWF’s software development team and oversees all in house software development. This role will drive through improvements in technology and will lead a highly skilled team.
This role will require the employee to develop, maintain and support solutions to assist with the IWF goal of eliminating child sexual abuse material on the internet, therefore there will be a requirement to view this type of illegal and distressing content on occasion. Mandatory counselling is provided.
You will have technical leadership, a high degree of attention to detail and excellent communication skills in articulating software development solutions to real life problems.
You will be an advocate of agile development, ideally as a full stack developer with expertise in C#, .Net, source control and CI/CD pipelines. This opportunity will particularly suit someone that wants to apply their growing software development leadership skills, strategic mindset and apply these to building high-profile tools that have a positive impact.
You must be able to commute to Histon, Cambridge when needed.
Download the Recruitment Pack for more info.
As we need someone to start as soon as possible, we will be interviewing suitable candidates at the earliest opportunity.
Initially, please email your CV to: [email protected]
We seek an organised, motivated and professional individual to join our Hotline team. To be successful, you must be able to quickly learn the legal, professional and organisational considerations linked to the accurate assessment of potentially criminal content, including child sexual abuse images.
You will be a systematic, analytical individual with a considered outlook, strong computer and internet literacy, and precise attention to detail.
Read the full Job Description and Person Specification in the recruitment pack.
Salary: £33,907.00 per annum + benefits.
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week).
Location: The successful candidate will be required to view criminal material and therefore will be office-based only. The environment is supportive and friendly, on the outskirts of Cambridge. The building is also accessible with a lift and disabled toilet.
Location: IWF Offices in Histon, Cambridge.
Closing date: Friday 20 September 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 30 September 2024
This role will require the employee to view illegal and distressing content. Mandatory counselling is provided.
Please download all the following and return them to [email protected]
We are seeking an organised, motivated and professional individual to join our team of Image Classification Assessors working to assess child sexual abuse imagery from CAID (the Child Abuse Image Database), supporting the work of UK Law Enforcement, and from IWF Internet Content Analysts.
You’ll be part of a taskforce within IWF’s world-renowned hotline to grade and ‘hash’ images and videos showing the sexual abuse of children. The hashes of the images will provide the backbone for initiatives deployed by police and internet companies around the world.
Read the full Job Description and Person Specification in the recruitment pack.
Salary: £23,332.00 per annum + benefits.
Hours: 25 hours per week, Mon–Fri, 09.30 am – 2.30 pm. We are a family-friendly employer and take a flexible approach around personal commitments when agreeing work patterns.
Location: The successful candidate will be required to view criminal material and therefore will be office-based only. The environment is supportive and friendly, on the outskirts of Cambridge. The building is also accessible with a lift and disabled toilet.
Location: IWF Offices in Histon, Cambridge.
Closing date: Friday 20 September 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 30 September 2024
This role will require the employee to view illegal and distressing content. Mandatory counselling is provided.
Please download all the following and return them to [email protected]
IWF may operate in a highly advanced technological world, but it’s the expertise and experience of our analysts that sets us apart. We give all our staff the flexibility and reassurance they need to manage their home and work life.
We work in partnership with internet service providers, telecommunication companies, mobile operators, software providers, the police, Government, the public, other NGOs and charities to minimise the availability of child sexual abuse images and videos online. Our tech-for-good solutions make the internet safer for everyone to use and help children move on from their traumatic experiences.