Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) – Myanmar/Burma
Closing date: 10 January 2020
Conditions of the position :
- Location : Yangon, Myanmar/Burma
- Starting date : 10th February 2020 (negotiable)
- Duration : Minimum 6 months
- Status : Volunteer/intern
- Benefits : Small Monthly Living Allowance provided.
- Commitment : Full-time. Leave in accordance with AJAR’s staff policy.
- Focus : Research, writing, editing, communications
AJAR
Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) is a non-profit organization based in Jakarta, Indonesia, working to strengthen accountability and respect for human rights in the Asia Pacific region. AJAR focuses its work in countries attempting to build a stable democratic base following prolonged conflict, dictatorships and authoritarian regimes. AJAR believes that peace and democracy can only be sustained if impunity, corruption, and human rights violations are addressed. We seek to empower those working to end human rights violations and impunity by increasing the skills, knowledge and resources they need to be successful.
In Myanmar/Burma, AJAR promotes justice and accountability in collaboration with local partners. AJAR uses participatory methods to strengthen women survivors of conflict, torture survivors and other victims of mass human rights violations. More generally, AJAR conducts projects aimed at supporting survivors, documenting human rights violations and promoting peace, justice and accountability.
More information on: http://www.asia-ajar.org/
Duties :
The Volunteer shall conduct the following tasks under the supervision of the Myanmar/Burma Program Manager:
- Support AJAR’s monitoring, evaluation and reporting efforts by providing technical support, including writing and editing, of internal activity reports and donor reports
- Conduct research in relation to AJAR’s work such as human rights documentation, reparations, support for survivors, transitional justice, access to justice, and others
- Assist the AJAR team to monitor and analyze ongoing developments around accountability, justice and human rights
- Support AJAR’s advocacy, publications and communications efforts by drafting written materials such as press statements, outreach materials, reports, analysis, briefing papers, etc.
- Develop training materials for AJAR’s trainings and workshops
- Support AJAR’s fundraising efforts by producing written materials for fundraising proposals
- Facilitate communication between AJAR Yangon-based staff and AJAR regional staff
- Advise AJAR by providing relevant updated information on the political and legal context in Myanmar/Burma
- Observe relevant meetings, workshops and conferences for AJAR as necessary
Requirements :
- University degree in a field relevant to AJAR’s work, such as human rights, criminal law, gender studies, political science, psychology, or similar
- Experience in working in a field relevant to AJAR’s work, such as human rights, women’s rights, civil rights, justice sector, or similar
- Excellent level of English, in particular in writing
- Demonstrated skills in research, analysis, synthesis, drafting and editing of written materials
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, cultural sensitivity, and capacity to adapt to foreign environments and work with colleagues of various cultural and educational backgrounds
- Fair understanding of Burma/Myanmar political context
- Strong commitment to justice, human rights and gender equality
- Sensitivity to ethnic, religious and gender issues relevant to the Burma/Myanmar context
- Strong sense of ethics
- Reliable, independent, sense of responsibility
Applications :
Please send your application to Laetitia Bonnet at lbonnet@asia-ajar.org as soon as possible, including:
- a detailed CV (résumé)
- two references, including contact details, that AJAR may contact
- at least 1 written document in English produced by you with no outside help (such as publications, research reports, articles…) (abstract of 500-2000 words)
Thank you!
