F/T Position Available
as of Monday, July 30, 2007 :
Field Associate
(Moscow Office)
Europe & Central Asia Division
Deadline for applications: July 13, 2007
Anticipated start date: Monday, July 30, 2007
Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of Field Associate with the Europe & Central Asia (“ECA”) division’s Moscow Office.
Description: This Associate position, in one of the ECA division’s field offices, will provide HRW’s Moscow-based representatives with logistical, administrative, and clerical assistance, including, but not limited to, maintaining extensive files, contact lists, and a database; maintaining communication among HRW's Moscow and international offices; drafting and editing correspondence and other documents; retrieving and responding to requests for information; preparing, formatting and distributing documents such as press releases, reports, tables, charts, briefing papers, op‑eds, publications and web content; preparing for and taking minutes at meetings; assisting with special events, hiring, and training; assisting with travel arrangements and follow-up; assisting with research, electronic clipping, wires, and occasional translating; processing expenses and recording departmental finances; word processing; photocopying; filing; faxing; answering phones; processing incoming mail; and other assigned tasks.
This is a full-time opportunity for candidates with a strong interest in a future career in international human rights as it offers close supervision by HRW staff and the opportunity to gain valuable exposure to the work of this international human rights organization. The Field Associate may have the opportunity to assist HRW’s Moscow representatives with research and monitoring activities, including interacting with local and international organizations, local officials, and visiting foreign delegations; helping with the collection of evidence of human rights abuses, including taking complaints; attending and taking notes at trials; and other tasks as they may arise.
Qualifications: Candidates must be self-motivated, extremely well-organized, collegial, culturally sensitive, flexible and able to function under pressure and handle numerous tasks simultaneously. S/he must be able to take initiative, prioritize with minimal supervision, and work independently as well as function as a member of a team. Russian language skills are required. Strong interest in international human rights, as well as a degree in International Relations and/or relevant regional or thematic study or experience, are highly desirable. The candidate must have solid office/administration experience, demonstrated organizational skills, and excellent computer skills.
Salary and Benefits: Salary range starts at US$34,936. Human Rights Watch offers excellent employer-paid benefits, including medical, dental, disability and life insurance, an outstanding pension plan, and 20 days vacation per year.
PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY (no calls or email inquiries, please) by emailing in a single submission: a letter of interest describing your experience, your resume, names or letters of reference, and a brief, unedited writing sample no later than July 13, 2007 to eca@hrw.org. Please use “Application for Field Associate, Moscow Office” as the subject of your email. Only complete applications will be reviewed. It is preferred that all materials be submitted via email. If emailing is not possible, send materials (please do not split a submission between email and regular post) to:
Human Rights Watch
Attn: Search Committee (Field Associate, Moscow Office)
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
Fax: (212) 736-1300
Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool.
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Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions.
Human Rights Watch began in 1978 with the founding of its Europe and Central Asia division (then known as Helsinki Watch). Its primary goal was to monitor the implementation of human rights provisions established by the Helsinki Accords within the Soviet Union. Today, the division's work has expanded well beyond monitoring the Helsinki provisions to include gathering detailed information on human rights abuses throughout Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. In addition to publishing reliable and comprehensive reports, the ECA division effects change through advocacy. The ECA holds accountable not only governments who abuse internationally recognized human rights, but also those who support abusive governments. The ECA division seeks to expand the implementation of human rights law in all of Europe and Central Asia.