EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA ASSOCIATE
Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking an Associate to provide administrative assistance to its Europe and Central Asia (“ECA”) Division. This position reports to the Deputy Director of the ECA Division and also supports other members of the ECA Division. HRW anticipates that the successful candidate will take up this position in August 2012.
Responsibilities:
1. Maintain communication among HRW’s domestic and international offices and provide substantive, logistical and administrative assistance to ECA staff located in multiple offices;
2. Prepare, draft, edit, format and distribute documents such as news releases, reports, tables, charts, briefing papers, meeting requests, op‑eds, publications and web content;
3. Assist with research, electronic clipping, wires and translations;
4. Assist with advisory committee matters and special events;
5. Retrieve and respond to requests for information;
6. Schedule, make travel arrangements and prepare for and take minutes at meetings;
7. Create and maintain extensive filing and archiving systems;
8. Recruit and coordinate interns;
9. Record departmental finances;
10. Word processing; photocopying; filing; faxing; answering phones; processing incoming mail; and
11. Carry out other duties as required.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
Experience: One year of relevant work experience is preferred.
Related Skills and Knowledge:
1. Prior office/administration experience and strong organizational skills are required.
2. Excellent reading and oral communication skills in English and Russian are required, good writing skills in Russian are preferred.
3. Strong interest in international human rights is required.
4. Strong interpersonal skills are required.
5. Ability to work well under pressure while juggling multiple tasks simultaneously.
6. Ability to make sound decisions consistent with functions.
7. Ability to prioritize with minimal supervision and work independently as well as function as a member of a team.
8. Proficiency in computer packages including MS Office applications.
Other: Applicants for this position must possess current US work authorization valid for a minimum of two years from start date.
Salary and Benefits: Salary range starts at $39,136. Human Rights Watch offers comprehensive employer-paid benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, an outstanding retirement savings plan and twenty (20) days vacation per year.
Contact: Please submit a cover letter, resume, a brief writing sample (unedited by others), and contact information for three references. Please submit the entire application in ONE attached document to ecajobs@hrw.org. Please use “Associate REF ECA-12-1011-A” as the subject of your email.
Only complete applications will be reviewed and only qualified candidates will be contacted.
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.
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.
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