Status: Full - Time, Exempt, Specific Term through September 2024

Location: San Diego, CA

Application Deadline: February 15, 2024

For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.

Summary of Principal Responsibilities

The Human Rights Program Associate will work with US Mexico Border Program Staff and Volunteers. The primary task of the Human Rights Program Associate will be to establish and maintain a system that compiles, tracks and analyzes civil and human rights abuse cases and trends in order to advocate for changes in policy that will advance human rights concerns as detailed in the US Mexico Border Program Work Plan. The Human Rights Program Associate will be expected to work with local Human Rights Committees, as well as with other local and regional partners and allies. The Human Rights Program Associate will be expected to produce analytical reports at the end of the specified term. The Human Rights Program Associate will also support field documentation campaigns, which will include participating in community monitoring patrols and supporting workshops on community patrols.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Human Rights Program Associate include the following:

Identify and set-up a system of documentation that centralizes data collection and tracking (infrastructure and procedures) that staff can access:
1. Clarify goals, objectives and desired outcomes of the system.
2. Coordinate with coalition partners.
3. Consult with San Diego staff regarding the requirements of the system.
4. Determine role of intern support.
5. Develop forms, procedures, infrastructure.
6. Set up relationships with local universities for internships.
7. Set up relationships with documentation partners.
8. Train staff in use of the documentation system.
9. Follow up on human rights complaints and conduct case management.
Implement the documentation system:
1. Compile and analyze existing files of human rights abuses, including case status.
2. With other AFSC staff, regularly review human rights cases.
3. File complaints with appropriate agencies.
4. Process, facilitate progress, and monitor the status of human rights complaints.
Prepare an annual report of human rights abuses in San Diego County and related trends and other reports as needed.
Make recommendations for policy change with AFSC staff and with them to broader audiences.
Represent AFSC in coalitions and with stakeholders, including government officials, in work related to human rights abuses.
Attend monthly Just Migration meetings and other immigration-related AFSC gatherings in coordination with USMBP staff.
Support community monitoring patrols, including coordinating with community groups and human rights committees.
Provide training on human rights field documentation, including supporting workshops on community patrols.
Provide interviews / responses to media inquiries associated with AFSC reports and as needed to support other program areas.
Support with AFSC social media outreach and presence.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.

Experience:

Analytical and statistical research, including community-based research.
Community organizing experience preferred.
Experience managing and staying accountable for budgets.
Program development.

Other Required Skills and Abilities:

Working with people of different cultural backgrounds and political viewpoints.
Facilitating meetings with people and organizations.
Writing analytical reports.
Analyzing, developing and implementing community-oriented programs.
Taking initiative in handling details of program work with minimal supervision.
Researching and organizing information resources.
Recruiting and supporting volunteers involved in program activities.
Working with a committee-led process and using consensus decision-making process to come to unity.
Setting priorities for appropriate use of time.
Experience in community organizing methodology.
Computer literacy and willingness to do own clerical work.
Hold valid driver license and have access to a reliable transportation.
Dependability, flexibility, and balanced perspective.
Willingness to work a flexible work schedule.
Willingness to travel.
Participate in the life of West Region by attending staff meetings, the annual regional gathering, and other meetings as requested.
Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.

Compensation: Salary - Program Associate I ($44,921 - $60,644) – Exempt – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.

AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus recommends vaccination; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.

The West Regional Office of the AFSC is a unionized workplace. This position is represented.

The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.

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