Consultant Position Available:
ANNUAL DINNER CONSULTANT
July – December 2008
Development & Outreach Department
(San Francisco Office)

Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of Annual Dinner Consultant for its San Francisco office. The San Francisco office is the base for HRW’s development, fundraising, outreach and advocacy activities in Northern California.  
 
Description: The Annual Dinner Consultant will:

• coordinate logistics of the Annual Voices for Justice Dinner (Annual Dinner) and the Defender visit to San Francisco, including: travel logistics and hotel stays; setting up meetings and speaking events with community members, press, activists and potential funders; preparing master schedule for Defenders and Volunteers; working with vendors; soliciting donations for auction items and gift baskets; organizing Annual Dinner materials  
  
• organize and prepare materials for meetings with special events staff and the Annual Dinner Planning Committee  
  
• participate in and produce minutes for Annual Dinner Committee meetings in San Francisco  
  
• coordinate sponsorship, save-the-date and invite mailings  
  
• assist in recruiting and organizing volunteers for the Annual Dinner Tour and coordinate schedules  
  
• update and track expenses for the Annual Dinner  
  
• assist with gift processing for the Annual Dinner, including acknowledgement and tax letters  
  
• assist with producing the Annual Dinner Program (booklet) for San Francisco and other Dinner materials  
  
• create the “Dinner Pages” on HRW San Francisco website  
  
• provide administrative and clerical assistance in the San Francisco office, including with regard to newsletters and other mailings and the coordination of local events

Qualifications: The successful candidate will be self-motivated, extremely well-organized, collegial, able to function under pressure and handle numerous tasks simultaneously. S/he must be willing to take initiative, prioritize with minimal supervision and work independently as well as function as a member of a team. The ideal applicant will have solid office/administration experience, demonstrated organizational skills and strong computer skills (including Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, Raiser’s Edge, networks, and the Internet). Graphic design and web design skills are strongly desired. Strong interest in international human rights is highly desirable.  
 
Consultancy Period and Compensation: The period of this consultancy will be from mid-July 2008 to mid-December 2008. HRW seeks exceptional applicants and offers competitive compensation.  
 
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 June 20, 2008 to albertl@hrw.org. Please use “San Francisco Dinner Consultant Application” as the subject of your email. Only complete applications will be reviewed.  
 
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.  
 
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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.
 

 

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