Consultant Position
OUTREACH COORDINATOR
Development & Outreach Department
(San Francisco Office)
Apply Immediately
Human Rights Watch ("HRW") is seeking a highly-qualified consultant for the position of Outreach Coordinator for its International Film Festival.
Description: The International Film Festival Department in Human Rights Watch's (HRW) San Francisco office is seeking a consultant to act as Outreach Coordinator in order to launch its new "Youth Producing Change" program in San Francisco. We expect this project will consume two (2) full days a week beginning January 19, 2009 and be completed as of March 13, 2009.
Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival will celebrate the San Francisco launch of "Youth Producing Change" on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Yerba Buena Arts Center. A program presented in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices, "Youth Producing Change" features short films, videos and animations made by youth media makers from across the globe. Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless creativity - these young people bravely expose human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities.
The program of short films will be presented by many of the youth filmmakers who will be traveling to San Francisco to speak at the festival. To watch the "Youth Producing Change" films please visit: mailto:http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/ayv/index.cfm
The Outreach Coordinator Consultant's key responsibilities will include:
Additional tasks during the Festival:
Qualifications: We are seeking applicants with both strong grassroots outreach and publicity skills and a strong connection to youth media and community organizing in San Francisco.
Salary and Benefits: HRW seeks exceptional applicants. The full payment for this contract is US$2,000. Please note that during the week leading up to the screening, additional work hours will be required.
PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY by emailing in a single submission: a letter of interest describing your experience, your resume, and names with contact information or letters of reference to nedbalj@hrw.org. Please use "San Francisco Youth Coordinator" 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 International Film Festival
Attn: Search Committee (San Francisco Youth Coordinator)
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Fax: (212) 736-1300
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.
In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme. Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, we showcase the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world. The works we feature help to put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail. We seek to empower everyone with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a very real difference.