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Description: The Researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division will be responsible for developing and implementing a research and advocacy agenda focusing on Indonesia and East Timor. A primary objective of the research and advocacy will be to curb violations through, among other things, conducting fact-finding missions; writing and publicizing reports, briefing papers, letters, press releases, op-eds, and submissions to governments and international bodies based on the findings; developing and implementing local, regional, and international strategies to change abusive laws, policies, and practices; presenting human rights concerns to government officials, opinion leaders, inter-governmental agencies, and the press; working closely with colleague NGOs to ensure that HRW’s work complements and enhances their own work; monitoring related legislative and/or policy developments; and liaising with relevant organizations on the issues she or he will cover; and/or undertake additional research and or advocacy tasks as they arise, which are to be mutually agreed-upon prior to their commencement.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have expertise on Indonesia and East Timor and substantial directly-related experience working on Indonesia or similar country situations. An advanced (graduate) degree in international relations, related studies, journalism, law, or social sciences is strongly preferred, as are solid field research and documentation skills. Fluency in both written and spoken English and Indonesian is required.
The researcher must be able to identify, research, analyze and effectively communicate important human rights developments in the area of specialty in a timely and sophisticated fashion, setting priorities based on perceptive analysis of critical emerging issues that are important and susceptible to influence. The researcher must be an agile and productive writer and dynamic speaker with accurate, analytically sophisticated, and persuasive oral and written communications skills. He or she must be able to think strategically about the global and local media environments and how to use the press and electronic media to further advocacy goals, maintaining regular contact with key local, national and international contacts relevant to the researcher’s issues. He or she must be able to develop and implement realistic and effective local and international advocacy strategies and tactics in order to identify and seize advocacy opportunities and thus insert HRW’s position into public debate. Creativity, initiative, perseverance, and flexibility are required while maintaining HRW’s high methodological standards.
He or she must be able to travel domestically and overseas for three or more weeks at a time, several times a year. We have a strong preference for the researcher to be based in Jakarta or a neighboring country, but in any case he or she must be prepared to spend a significant period of time in HRW’s New York headquarters in the first months of employment for purposes of orientation, integration into the organization, and training, and thereafter for regular consultation.
Salary and Benefits: HRW seeks exceptional applicants and offers competitive compensation and generous employer-paid benefits. HRW will pay reasonable relocation expenses and will assist employees in obtaining necessary work authorization, if required; citizens of all nationalities are encouraged to apply.
PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY by emailing in a single submission: a letter of interest describing your experience, your resume, salary requirements, names or letters of reference, and a brief writing sample (unedited by others) to asiajobs@hrw.org. Please use “Indonesia and East Timor Researcher” 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 (Indonesia and East Timor Researcher)
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Fax: (212) 736-1300
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