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Qualifications: Candidates must be self motivated, extremely well-organized, collegial, and 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. Strong interest in international human rights as well as a degree in International Relations and/or relevant study or experience is highly desirable. The candidate must have solid office/administration experience, demonstrated organizational skills, and excellent computer skills. Outstanding communications skills in both written and oral English are essential; proficiency in one or more additional languages is strongly preferred. 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 US$35,642. Human Rights Watch offers excellent employer-paid benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, an outstanding pension plan and twenty (20) days vacation per year.
PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY by emailing in a single submission: a letter of interest describing your experience, your resume, names or letters of reference and a brief writing sample (unedited by others) no later than May 30, 2008 to armsassociate@hrw.org. Please use “Arms Associate Application” 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 (Arms Associate)
1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20009
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.
Created in 1992, Human Rights Watch’s Arms Division works to ban or regulate weapons of humanitarian concern and to promote compliance with international humanitarian law by all combatants during armed conflict. The Arms Division promotes maximum protection for civilians from the consequences of armed conflict—both during and after active combat—including through prohibitions or regulations on weapons of humanitarian concern. The Arms Division has been a key player in the adoption and implementation of three pieces of new international humanitarian law and disarmament law: the protocol banning blinding lasers in 1995, the convention banning antipersonnel landmines in 1996, and the protocol requiring post-conflict clean-up of explosive remnants of war in 2003. The Arms Division’s work has been instrumental in changing state practice and policies regarding cluster munitions; its research and advocacy laid the groundwork for the drafting and adoption of national and international laws. It has played a critical role in the development of the international treaty banning cluster munitions that will be negotiated in Dublin in May 2008 and signed in Oslo in December 2008.
