Jobs at the Internet Watch Foundation

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CAID Image Classification Assessor (CICA)

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: Part time contract - 25 hours per week, Mon - Fri, 09.30am - 2.30pm. We are a family-friendly employer and take a flexible approach around personal commitments when agreeing work patterns.

Location: IWF Offices in Histon, Cambridge. 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.

Closing date: Sunday 20 April 2025.

Interviews: Tuesday 29 April 2025.

Important Note

This role will require the employee to view illegal and distressing content. Mandatory counselling is provided.

Applications

Please download all the following and return them to [email protected]

Application form
Equal Opportunities Monitoring form
Self-Disclosure form

Caring for our staff

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.

All new analysts go through a specially developed induction training programme to help them mentally process and cope with exposure to disturbing images.
Our analysts’ working hours are restricted; they take regular timetabled breaks and are encouraged to take more breaks as and when they need.
All our staff work shorter days to ensure their personal lives don’t suffer, and we don’t allow analysts to work overtime.
Each month our analysts have individual mandatory counselling sessions and all employees who see criminal imagery have an annual full psychological assessment.
Everyone who works for us is offered counselling support.

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.