Associate HRW - Human Rights Watch

FIXED- TERM (MATERNITY COVER) JOB VACANCY
ASSOCIATE (administrative – not legal – position)
Development & Outreach Department (London Office)

Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of Associate in the Development & Outreach Department.

Description: The Associate will provide essential administrative and clerical assistance to Development staff in HRW’s London office, including but not limited to:

• Ensuring accurate and timely recording of all campaigns, appeals, gifts and contact information on Raiser’s Edge and provide reports when necessary
• Maintaining the Raiser’s Edge database by generating financial reports, lists and queries, updating information, and overseeing data adherence to the U.K. Data Protection Act
• Ensuring prompt thanking and other required donor relations
• Liaising with the Finance Department on all queries relating to gifts including direct debit mandate requirements, and processing and recording departmental finances
• Assisting with the annual Gift Aid audit and submission to HM Revenue & Customs
• Providing support in the coordination of events, budgets and fundraising for the London Network, and preparing event-related materials and overseeing event-related mailings
• Tracking communication with London Committee members, donors and supporters
• Managing the administration of major gifts prospects and undertaking prospect research
• Retrieving and responding to requests for information
• Preparing, formatting and distributing documents, including web content
• Scheduling, preparing for and taking minutes at meetings
• Managing and supervising Development interns and volunteers, creating an environment where they feel supported and good working relationships are sustained
• Assisting with travel arrangements and follow-up
• Maintaining extensive files, contact lists, and databases
• Other tasks as may be assigned

Qualifications: Experience of Raiser’s Edge and donor databases and a knowledge of web-authoring is highly desirable. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, extremely well-organized, technologically proficient, collegial, 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. The applicant must have a commitment to international human rights and demonstrated organizational skills. Strong oral and written communications skills in English are required. An undergraduate degree as well as relevant work experience are highly desirable. Applicants for this position must possess current E.U. work authorization valid for a minimum of two years from the start date.

Salary and benefits: Salary is £24,480 HRW offers comprehensive employer-paid benefits, including: private medical, dental,disability and life insurance; a generous retirement savings plan after two years; and 25 days vacation per year.

PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY (no calls or email inquiries, please) by emailing in a single submission: a letter of interest, your resume, names or letters of reference, and a brief, unedited writing sampleno later than 12 January 2012 todevjobs@hrw.org. Please use “London Associate Ref: DEV-10-1041-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 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.

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.