Employment Opportunities in Human Rights – August 12, 2011

  • Human Right to Housing Program Director, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI). Deadline: August 15, 2011.  Location: New York, NY.  See application requirements.
  • Special Advisor: Mexico, ABA Rule of Law Initiative. Deadline: August 31, 2011.  Location: Mexico City, Mexico.   See application requirements. Various other ABA ROLI positions available here.
  • Brazil Director, Human Rights Watch. Deadline: August 21, 2011. Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil.  See application requirements.  Researcher positions available for South Asia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Vietnam & Cambodia; Manager of Public Advocacy and Outreach (New York) and Johannesburg Office Administrator positions also open.  Details here.
  • Director, Amnesty International: India, Greece, and Italy offices. Deadlines: 14 August, 21 August and 23 September, 2011, respectively. Locations: New Delhi, Athens, and Rome.  Openings in the Amnesty International Secretariat are listed here.
  • Regional Coordinator: Middle East and North Africa, Coalition for the International Criminal Court. Deadline: August 19, 2011.  Location: Middle East or North Africa. See application requirements.
  • Program Director: Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, Physicians for Human Rights. Deadline: none given (posted August 1). Location: Cambridge, MA.
  • Deputy Director: Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council of the United States. Deadline: none given. Location: Washington, DC.  See application requirements.
  • Justice Advisors, Criminal Justice Program Support, Burton Rands Associates.  Deadline: September 12, 2011. Locations: various worldwide. See application requirements. (devex.com)
  • Program Coordinator, Corporate Accountability/Economic Policy and Human Rights, ESCR-Net. Deadline: September 2, 2011. Location: New York (remote arrangement possible). See application requirements.
  • Human Rights Officer (P-3, P-4, P-5), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Deadlines: various in August, 2011. Locations: Democratic Republic of Congo, Geneva, Benghazi, Cairo. See application requirements.

Many other opportunities in the field of human rights can be found on Idealist.org.

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