Consultant Position Available:
OUTREACH COORDINATOR
Development & Outreach Department
(Boston)
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 Film Festival Department in Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) is seeking a consultant to act as Outreach Coordinator in order to launch it's new “Youth Producing Change” program. We expect this project will consume two (2) full days a week, to commence as of November 24, 2008 and be completed as of January 20, 2009.

Human Rights Watch’s International Film Festival will celebrate the Boston launch of “Youth Producing Change” this coming January 16, 2009. A program presented by Adobe Youth Voices featuring short films, videos and animations made by youth media makers from across the globe, “Youth
Producing Change” will celebrate the courageous efforts of young people as they document human rights and social issues in their communities and translate their experiences into concrete social change.

The consultant’s key responsibilities will include:
• Coordinating outreach to increase intergenerational audience
attendance of “Youth Producing Change” film screenings and events on
Friday, January 16.
• Distributing outreach materials including flyers, postcards, printed
programs and email blasts to Boston communities.
• Posting the “Youth Producing Change” events on event listings websites
• Conducting in-person outreach to organizations in the Boston area
• Conducting outreach to encourage youth to attend a video production
workshop at the Museum of Fine Arts on Friday morning, Jan16, 2009.

Qualifications:
We are seeking applicants with both strong grassroots outreach skills and a strong connection to youth media and community organizing in Boston. Candidates should have the ability to work from home, and should have access to a computer to conduct their work.

Salary: 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, and names or letters of reference no later than September 29, 2008 to nedbalj@hrw.org. Please use “Outreach 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 (Boston Outreach Coordinator)
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299

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