Post Title: Development Officer
Organization: Human Rights Watch
Location: New York Office
Department: Development and Outreach
Background Information
Human Rights
Watch (“HRW”) is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of
Officer in the Development and Outreach Department.
This position will report to the Senior
Director of International Initiatives and will serve as both a liaison to the
Human Rights Watch Council—HRW’s membership group of 650+ members worldwide—and
a facilitator in the growth of new development and outreach initiatives for the
department.
Responsibilities:
·
Project managing all aspects of Human Rights
Watch’s annual Council Summit for supporters and prospective supporters, and
ensuring coordination across teams working to produce the Summit. The Summit
will next take place in Amsterdam in June 2014.
·
Acting as a liaison to the Human Rights Watch
Council by developing and coordinating the production of content and working to
enhance communication amongst Council members, including the Council Membership
Guidelines, Council blog, invitations to events, and other communications.
·
Supporting the Council Steering Committee—a
standing committee of the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch—in its
efforts to develop the infrastructure of the Council, enhance communications
amongst Council members, and plan the annual Council Summit.
·
Assisting the senior director in the oversight
of new fundraising and outreach initiatives for the department, including
identifying, tracking, and supporting the development of new cities, and
coordinating feasibility studies and the hiring of consultants. Recent projects
have included development efforts in Belgium and Brazil.
·
Supporting development and outreach events and
prospect management in new cities, including prospect research, coordinating
invitations, requesting meetings, organizing cultivation events, and servicing
existing donors.
·
Working closely with the senior director to
develop budgets and track expenses related to the Council Summit and new
departmental initiatives.
·
Creating and tracking donor lists and actions
related to new cities in the Raiser’s Edge database.
·
Tracking and maintaining Council lists and
Council leadership documents.
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Preparing agendas, preparing background
materials, taking minutes, and conducting follow-up to meetings.
·
Traveling domestically and internationally, as
required.
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Managing communications with constituents via
phone, mail, and electronic media.
·
Advertising, recruiting, training and
coordinating the work of interns.
·
Providing administrative support to the senior
director and to the Development and Outreach Department, as needed.
·
Performing other responsibilities as may be
required.
Qualifications
Education: A bachelor’s degree is required.
Experience: Minimum three to five years of fundraising
experience is required.
Related Skills and Knowledge:
·
Experience coordinating events, preferably large-scale
events, is required.
·
Creativity, initiative, follow-through and
excellent organizational skills are required.
·
Excellent oral and written communications skills
in English are required.
·
Strong interpersonal skills in order to work
collaboratively within HRW as well as with external partners are required.
·
Demonstrated commitment to human rights and/or
international issues and the capacity to master and represent the mission and
programs of HRW is essential.
·
Strong technology skills, including experience
with donor databases and knowledge of social media are highly desirable.
·
An entrepreneurial spirit and the discipline to
work independently, but also the ability to function as a member of a
development team is highly desirable.
Other: Applicants
for this position must possess current US work authorization.
Salary and
Benefits: 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.
How to apply
Contact:
Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a brief writing sample
(unedited by others), and contact information for three references to
devjobs@hrw.org. Please use “Officer
Ref: DEV-13-1053-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.
Closing date: December 13, 2013
View original website below to apply
http://www.hrw.org/employment/2013/11/15/development-officer