Human Rights Watch is looking for an Associate, Women’s Rights Division (Johannesburg, Nairobi, Berlin)
The Associate will provide administrative and clerical assistance to the Women’s Rights Division including, but not limited to:
- maintaining extensive files, contact lists and databases;
- maintaining communication among HRW’s domestic and international offices and providing substantive, logistical and administrative assistance to field offices;
- retrieving and responding to requests for information;
- preparing, formatting and distributing documents such as news releases, reports, tables, charts, briefing papers, op-eds, publications and web content;
- assisting with research, electronic clipping, wires and translations;
- preparing for and taking minutes at meetings;
- assisting with advisory committee matters;
- assisting with special events, hiring and training;
- drafting and editing correspondence and other documents;
- assisting with travel arrangements and follow-up;
- recruiting and coordinating interns;
- recording departmental finances;
- word processing;
- photocopying;
- filing;
- faxing;
- answering phones;
- processing incoming mail; and other assigned tasks.
S/he will be based in HRW’s Johannesburg, Nairobi or Berlin office. HRW anticipates that the successful candidate will take up this position in January 2011.
The ideal candidate must be self motivated, extremely well-organized, collegial, able to function under pressure and handle numerous tasks simultaneously. The successful candidate must be willing to take initiative, prioritize with minimal supervision and work independently, as well as function as a member of a team. The candidate must have solid office/administration experience, demonstrated organizational skills and excellent computer skills. Outstanding communications skills in both oral and written English are essential; proficiency in another language is desirable. Applicants for this position must possess current work authorization valid for a minimum of two years from the start date.
PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY by emailing in a single submission in English: a letter of interest describing your experience including the office location you are applying for, your resume, names or letters of reference and a brief writing sample (unedited by others and not a handwriting sample) no later than December 18, 2010 to wrd@hrw.org.
Please use “WRD Associate Ref WRD-10-1065-C” 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 (WRD Associate Ref WRD-10-1065-C)
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10118-3299, Fax: (212) 736-1300
Closing date: 18 December 2010.
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