Job Vacancies Free the Slaves, April 2012

Job Vacancies Free the Slaves
Position: Free the Slaves Program Manager – Haiti (Half-time)
Location: United States of America ( The ), Washington
Closing Date: Thursday, 31 May 2012

Job Description
Overview of Position:
The principal objective of the Program Manager is to arrange and implement Free the Slaves’ strategy toward eradicating slavery in Haiti. The Haiti program is currently targeted on enslavement of kids as domestic employees through what’s referred to as the restavèk system. The work includes strengthening the work of Free the Slaves’ native NGO partners in Haiti, who are preventing slavery, bringing youngsters out of slavery and improving national and native policy frameworks associated with slavery and human trafficking. The Program Manager supports and supervises the Haiti Director (based in Port-au-Prince) and is supervised by the Director of Programs (based in Washington, DC). S/he is an element of the FTS Programs team.

Free the Slaves:
Free the Slaves (www.freetheslaves.net) may be a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to ending fashionable slavery worldwide, with a spotlight on dismantling the systems that permit slavery to persist. Free the Slaves prioritizes solutions that are generated and owned by those most tormented by slavery: survivors and communities at high risk of slavery. Free the Slaves conjointly engages in analysis and advocacy.

Salary:
Free the Slaves offers competitive advantages, and salary commensurate with expertise and skills. this can be a half-time position (2 ½ work days per week).

Location:
This position is predicated in Free the Slaves’ Washington, DC headquarters.

Responsibilities:
arrange long-term strategy for the FTS program in Haiti, beside different team members.
Manage capability building and grant relationships with grassroots partners in Haiti, who are engaged in community education and organizing geared toward bringing individuals out of slavery and changing normative or different systems that permit slavery to persist; and rights-based livelihood interventions.
give support to an rising coalition against restavèk slavery in Haiti.
Supervise the Haiti Director, based mostly in Port-au-Prince, and collaborate with the Haiti Director on all aspects of the program’s management.
Communicate the work, progress, challenges and outcomes of the Haiti program to FTS workers, board and therefore the general public.
Coordinate closely with FTS analysis and Communications workers concerning their work in Haiti.
Manage administrative aspects of FTS’ Haiti program, together with strategy, budgeting and annual work designing. Draft grant-related materials associated with Haiti grants, together with applications and reports to FTS funders.

Requirements:
An existing right to figure within the U.S. (green card or U.S. citizenship).
Fluency in English and French. (Haitian Creole fluency isn’t needed however may be a and.)
Relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. International Development, Conflict Resolution, Community Work/Social Work) or breadth of labor and academic experiences to substitute effectively.
Enthusiasm for creating 2 journeys per year to Haiti for about a pair of weeks per trip.
Passion and commitment to finish fashionable slavery.
Innovative spirit and willingness to use artistic thinking.
Determination to sustain positive, respectful and dynamic relationships with overseas partners, alongside expectations of mutual accountability.
Ability to develop and manage budgets and perceive income and expenditure reports. robust attention to monetary details.
Ability to figure mainly while not vital administrative support.
robust English writing skills, together with ability to write down for various audiences.

Preferred:
expertise in Haiti may be a and. Work with grassroots, community-based organizations, whereas based mostly during a world South country. Work involving rights-based community organizing and development of good work/income generation opportunities.
expertise and education connected to grassroots-led social amendment and to the anti-slavery movement may be a robust and, however isn’t needed.
expertise managing grants may be a and.

How to apply:
Applicants ought to send a tailored cowl letter that outlines how your skills and knowledge meet the qualifications of the position, resume and an inventory of references to jobs@freetheslaves.net with “FTS Haiti Search [Your Name]” within the subject line. Please indicate the annual full-time salary rate needed and level of French language proficiency.
Deadline for applications: Applications received by Monday, May 7, 2012, half-dozen PM ET can receive full thought. Applications received when this date could also be reviewed if required.
Free the Slaves is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are thought-about for employment while not regard to age, race, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran standing.

Free the Slaves
1320 nineteenth Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036 USA
(202) 775-7480
info@freetheslaves.net




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