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Subject: vacancy announcement: Content Management Linking Solidarity, HOM

Date: 2007-03-20 10:13

Vacancy announcement 


 

To contribute to its programme on Enforced Disappearances LINKING SOLIDARITY, 

the Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights (HOM) is seeking a


Officer Content Management Linking Solidarity (m/f, 18 hpw)


 


HOM


The Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights (Humanistisch Overleg Mensenrechten, HOM) is an independent human rights organisation. We are committed to contributing to the worldwide realisation of human rights. We have projects for capacity enhancement of human rights organisations in Latin-America, Africa, the Middle-East, Asia and Europe. We also develop instruments to measure effects on human rights. 

HOM has programmes on: women’s human rights, human rights and business, the human rights policy of the European Union and enforced disappearances.

 

The Programme Linking Solidarity.

The Linking Solidarity programme works on the human rights violation of enforced disappearances: these are cases in which policemen, soldiers or other State authorities participate in making a person "disappear", often through abduction, followed by the denial of having any responsibility in the case or any information about the fate or whereabouts of the vanished person.

The programme facilitates exchange and cooperation between organisations of family members of disappeared around the world. Linking Solidarity is implemented in close consultation with federations of family member organisations such as the Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and the Federation of Latin American Associations of Families of Disappeared-Detainees (FEDEFAM).

The programme Linking Solidarity is in the process of extending its activities, budget and staff. The programme will improve its function as a focal point that facilitates exchanges, searches for and distributes information, provides incentives, ideas, and advice on all relevant questions concerning enforced disappearances. The programme is engaging in an ambitious capacity enhancement programme for families associations as well as for other relevant stakeholders in the struggle against enforced disappearances. The programme is conducting a dialogue about the development of tools for the effective monitoring of the right not to be disappeared. The capacity-enhancement activities of the project “Linking Learning Acting” (LiLA) focus on the abilities of these stakeholders to use the international legal means of protection from enforced disappearances. Another broad range of activities focuses on strengthening families associations through skills training for staff and members and enhancement of the organisational capacities and the abilities to be effective at the institutional level. 

To assist these capacity enhancement activities an online resource centre will be developed, providing data on disappearances such as country situation reports, international instruments, testimonies, training materials, etc. 

 

The position

Tasks

Under the direct supervision of Programme Manager, the Officer Content Management will be assigned to the following tasks:

*         Coordinate the completion of the development of the online resource centre (including the requirements specifications, system development and deployment), in collaboration with the external site designer/builder.

*         Content Management: search, select, write and edit information to add to the data base of the Resource centre.

*         Content Management: initiate and foster relationships with partners, stakeholders and other information resources.

*         Promotion of the Resource centre.

*         Promotion of the use of the Resource centre among stakeholders.

*         Moderate discussions between participants in the virtual forum.

*         Provide advice on request from users of the resource centre.

*         Acquire and maintain written and audio/video files for the resource centre.

*         Serve as liaison between users and the team of the Programme.

*         Take adequate measures for the maintenance and improvement of the resource centre, both in terms of content and technical possibilities.

*         Contribute to the creation of training materials and informative materials (as for example the Linking Solidarity Newsletter).

*         Participate in the implementation of a few other activities of the programme.

*         Collaborate with other resource centres, externally as well as internally.

 

Requirements

*         Relevant working experience in the area of information management and internet communication.

*         Knowledge of human rights issues (specific knowledge on disappearances and/or treaty monitoring bodies will be considered an asset).

*         Relevant experience with the work of human rights NGOs will also be considered an asset.

*         Capability to translate complex issues and documents into user-friendly information.

*         Analytical and research skills.

*         Strong written communication skills in English and another language of relevance to the Programme (Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic).

*         Sufficient communication skills in Dutch (at least a passive command required).

*         Experience in working with potentially sensitive information.

 

Profile

*         Ability to work within a multi-cultural environment and sensitivity to diversity among counterparts.

*         Ability to handle information with sound judgement and integrity.

*         Pro-active.

*         Willingness to get acquainted with the technicalities of the resource centre (backside management of the site).

 

Conditions

HOM offers:

-           A pleasant, enthusiastic and stimulating professional environment

-           A part-time contract (18 hours a week) with possibility for prolongation after one year.

-           Salary depending on education and experience between 2235, - Euro and 2865, - Euro for a full time employment (36 hours)

-           Other secondary conditions include: daily transport allowance (for residence-office commuting up to 50 km), contribution to pension and children day-care allowance.

 

Location          Utrecht, the Netherlands 

 

Additional Information/Applications.

For more information, please contact Mr. Jan Perdaems, Financial and Human Resources Manager, or consult our website: www.hom.nl 

For application send your application letter as well as a curriculum vitae with reference to ‘Officer Content Management Linking Solidarity’ to: HOM, Postbus 114, 3500 AC Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: 030- 2334027 Fax : 030-2367104. E-mail:   j.perdaems@hom.nl 

Deadline for application: April 8th 2007. 

 

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