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From: Rachel Bien by way of Greek Helsinki Monitor  <office at g...>
Date: Fri Sep 15, 2000 6:29am
Subject: Position Available:HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SEEKS RESEARCHER ON THE FORMER 
YUGOSLAVIA AND ALBANIA


PLEASE POST (September 14, 2000)

Position Available:
RESEARCHER ON THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND ALBANIA

Since its founding in 1978, Human Rights Watch has become the largest
U.S.-based 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 of the
U.S., other influential governments and international institutions.

Description: We seek a researcher on the former Yugoslavia and Albania
who will have primary responsibility for Kosovo, Macedonia, and
Albania. The researcher will be based in New York, and should be
prepared to spend periods of time in the region. Responsibilities
include:
monitoring and researching human rights developments in Kosovo,
Macedonia, and Albania;
conducting fact-finding investigations in the region;
writing and editing reports, newsletters, appeals, press releases,
editorials, articles and position papers on human rights issues;
developing local and international advocacy strategies vis a vis
governments and international organizations to effect change;
raising human rights issues and influencing the human rights policies
of governmental bodies in the United States, the European Union, and in
the former Yugoslavia and Albania through correspondence and personal
contact; and
responding promptly to queries from the press, the public and
colleagues in the human rights community.

Qualifications: An advanced degree in law, international relations, or a
related field, as well as experience in human rights are required.
Candidates must have excellent writing and communication skills in
English, a very good command of Albanian and/or Serbo-Croatian (both the
Latin and Cyrillic alphabets), and a background in the region. The
ideal candidate will have field research experience, be highly motivated
and organized, be able to work under pressure and juggle multiple tasks
simultaneously, and demonstrate a commitment to international human
rights.

Salary and Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience. Human Rights
Watch offers generous employer-paid medical, dental, life insurance and
pension plans, and 20 vacation days a year.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 1, 2000. Please send
cover letter, resume, references, and unedited writing sample (no calls,
please) to:
Human Rights Watch
Att: Former Yugoslavia and Albania Researcher Search (KMA)
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10118-3299
Fax: (212) 736-1300

Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of
race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or parental
status, disability or sexual orientation.