Available Positions

Operations Associate

Location: Southeast Asia

Organization Overview: 

Fortify Rights works to ensure human rights for all. We investigate human rights violations, engage people with power, and strengthen the work of human rights defenders and affected communities. We believe in the influence of evidence-based research, the power of strategic truth telling, and the importance of working in close collaboration with individuals, communities, and movements pushing for change. Fortify Rights is an independent, nonprofit organization based in Southeast Asia. 

Position Overview: 

The Operations Associate provides strategic operational support to the Fortify Rights team and our workspaces. This position works closely with Fortify Rights’s Operations Specialist to maximize the impact and efficiency of Fortify Rights’s activities and operations. The Operations Associate is also responsible for facilitating registration processes, government reporting, visa applications, and providing administrative and other support to Fortify Rights team members. The Operations Associate receives direct support from the Operations Specialist. 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a contact point for internal and external organizational communications and appropriately process and/or respond to incoming inquiries.
• Ensure compliance with registration requirements. Create and submit to appropriate agencies annual reports, regulation change requests, and other related documents as required to maintain the good standing of Fortify Rights. 
• Support the development and maintenance of a shared workspace and event venue in coordination with Fortify Rights team members. 
• Support the logistics and administrative implementation of activities by Fortify Rights members and our partners, such as exhibitions, press conferences, report launches, and other related activities.
• Provide human resource support to the Fortify Rights team, including facilitating recruitment processes, payroll and payment requests, necessary visas, work permits, and other documentation.
• Provide financial management support to ensure all payments are provided on a timely and accurate basis, and maintain financial tracking processes, including annual audits, account closings, monthly and annual tax filings.
• Manage and maintain assets and ensure Fortify Rights workspaces and its assets are in good working condition.
• Support the Operations Specialist in providing day-to-day support to Fortify Rights’s team members, such as scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements, booking venues, preparing and taking minutes at meetings, creating and maintaining filing systems, making purchase of assets, and responding to requests for information.
• Carry out other duties as requested.

Qualifications:

• Degree in relevant fields or comparable experience.
• Excellent writing, organizational, and time management skills. 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-cultural communication, and experience in a multi-ethnic team. 
• Sound judgment, ability to take initiative and provide constructive feedback, and strong problem-solving skills.
• Fluency in English and Thai required. Additional language skills preferred. Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Thai nationals preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

Fortify Rights seeks exceptional applicants and offers a competitive compensation, starting at US$40,000 per year, and other benefits package.

Ukraine Human Rights Associate

Location: Ukraine

Organization Overview

Fortify Rights is an award-winning team of human rights defenders working to ensure human rights for all. We investigate human rights violations, engage people with power on solutions, and strengthen human rights defenders and communities affected by violations. We believe in the influence of evidence-based research, the power of strategic truth-telling, and the importance of working in close collaboration with individuals, communities, and movements pushing for change. Fortify Rights is an independent, nonprofit organization registered in the United States and Switzerland. 

Position Overview:

The Human Rights Associate conducts independent human rights research and documentation, advocates for change with decision-makers and relevant stakeholders, and facilitates technical support, access to opportunities, and protection for human rights defenders and affected communities.  They provide country-based knowledge and lead the strategic direction of Fortify Rights’ work within the countries where they work. The Human Rights Associate monitors human rights developments and serves as a focal point for representing the team and providing credible information on human rights concerns. The Human Rights Associate is a member of Fortify Rights’s country team and receives strategic guidance and technical support from all other teams, including Fortify Rights’s team of directors, technical team, operations team, creative media team, etc.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with Fortify Rights’s relevant team members, develop a concrete and coherent country strategy aimed at ensuring human rights for all through independent research and documentation, multi-level stakeholder engagement, and customized support to human rights defenders. 
• Identify and investigate priority human rights issues through interviews, focus group discussions, site visits, document collection, secondary research, and other forms of both qualitative and quantitative evidence collection in line with best practices. 
• Analyze and document human rights violations through written material and audio/visual mediums—in collaboration with the Multimedia Specialist—for both public and private distribution. Provide sound analysis of research findings within the framework of international human rights and humanitarian law along with concrete recommendations to address specific violations.
• Monitor human rights practices and serve as a credible, reliable source of human rights information, both internally and externally.
• Draft and edit original written material, including internal or private memorandums, letters to governments or other stakeholders, press releases, long-form reports, submissions to the United Nations or other international bodies, op-eds, articles, and/or blogs, in a timely manner.
• Conduct strategic advocacy with government officials, elected representatives, members of the diplomatic community, representatives of U.N. and other international agencies, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and other key decision-makers, influencers, and stakeholders with a view towards addressing human rights concerns and improving the human rights situation.
• Represent the organization on human rights issues. Engage regularly with local and mainstream news media outlets, including online, print, television, radio, and other platforms. Respond in a timely and professional manner to requests for comments, interviews, and assistance from members of the media. 
• Develop positive and supportive relationships with human rights defenders, organizations, and affected communities. Identify key partners to work with on a sustained basis to strengthen local responses to human rights abuses.  
• Work with human rights allies and partners to identify objectives and develop strategies, reinforce strengths, and address weaknesses. Develop and conduct tailored training and participatory workshops, assist with research and documentation efforts, and implement other tasks to respond to the needs identified by partners. 
• Work closely with the development and executive team to contribute to fundraising and monitoring and evaluation processes. Contribute to timely reporting through regular monitoring and reporting on project activities and support the Partnerships Manager in tracking and gathering data to evaluate the progress of projects.
• Work closely in collaboration with the Fortify Rights team to ensure effectiveness, scale the organization’s impact, and ensure sustainability. 
• Perform other tasks as requested. 

Qualifications:

• Post-graduate degree in relevant fields or comparable work experience. Law degree preferred. At least five years of experience in human rights research, documentation, strategic advocacy, and engagement. 
• Excellent knowledge on the human rights situation in Ukraine. Experience researching and analyzing complex human rights issues. Demonstrated ability to produce high quality written material in a timely manner. 
• Solid understanding of human rights and humanitarian law, and ability to apply human rights and humanitarian law frameworks to documented situations of abuse.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people, including survivors and witnesses of abuse, media, government and high-ranking officials, U.N. and non-governmental organization representatives, and others. Ability to represent the organization both publicly and privately, particularly on human rights issues in Ukraine. 
• Excellent public-speaking skills and ability to engage local and mainstream media outlets on human rights issues. 
• Experience working collaboratively and effectively with human rights defenders and affected communities. Ability to develop and facilitate participatory trainings and workshops and provide ongoing technical support to human rights defenders and partner organizations. 
• Excellent writing, organizational, and time management skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a flexibly structured team. A willingness to learn and contribute to a positive team environment. Strong creative-thinking, organization, problem-solving, and time management skills. Demonstration of sound judgement and ability to take initiative.
• Willingness to travel within Europe and to Southeast Asia. This may include travel to remote and potentially insecure areas.  
• Fluency in written and oral English and Ukrainian required. 

Compensation & Benefits

Fortify Rights seeks exceptional applicants and offers a competitive compensation, starting at US$40,000 per year, and other benefits package.

Myanmar Human Rights Associate

Organization Overview

Fortify Rights is an award-winning team of human rights defenders working to ensure human rights for all. We investigate human rights violations, engage people with power on solutions, and strengthen human rights defenders and communities affected by violations. We believe in the influence of evidence-based research, the power of strategic truth-telling, and the importance of working in close collaboration with individuals, communities, and movements pushing for change. Fortify Rights is an independent, nonprofit organization registered in the United States and Switzerland. 

Position Overview:

The Human Rights Associate conducts independent human rights research and documentation, advocates for change with decision-makers and relevant stakeholders, and facilitates technical support, access to opportunities, and protection for human rights defenders and affected communities.  They provide country-based knowledge and lead the strategic direction of Fortify Rights’ work within the countries where they work. The Human Rights Associate monitors human rights developments and serves as a focal point for representing the team and providing credible information on human rights concerns. The Human Rights Associate is a member of Fortify Rights’s country team and receives strategic guidance and technical support all other teams, including Fortify Rights’s team of directors, technical team, operations team, creative media team, etc.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with Fortify Rights’s relevant team members, develop a concrete and coherent country strategy aimed at ensuring human rights for all through independent research and documentation, multi-level stakeholder engagement, and customized support to human rights defenders. 
• Identify and investigate priority human rights issues through interviews, focus group discussions, site visits, document collection, secondary research, and other forms of both qualitative and quantitative evidence collection in line with best practices. 
• Analyze and document human rights violations through written material and audio/visual mediums—in collaboration with the Multimedia Specialist—for both public and private distribution. Provide sound analysis of research findings within the framework of international human rights and humanitarian law along with concrete recommendations to address specific violations.
• Monitor human rights practices and serve as a credible, reliable source of human rights information, both internally and externally.
• Draft and edit original written material, including internal or private memorandums, letters to governments or other stakeholders, press releases, long-form reports, submissions to the United Nations or other international bodies, op-eds, articles, and/or blogs, in a timely manner.
• Conduct strategic advocacy with government officials, elected representatives, members of the diplomatic community, representatives of U.N. and other international agencies, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and other key decision-makers, influencers, and stakeholders with a view towards addressing human rights concerns and improving the human rights situation.
• Represent the organization on human rights issues. Engage regularly with local and mainstream news media outlets, including online, print, television, radio, and other platforms. Respond in a timely and professional manner to requests for comments, interviews, and assistance from members of the media. 
• Develop positive and supportive relationships with human rights defenders, organizations, and affected communities. Identify key partners to work with on a sustained basis to strengthen local responses to human rights abuses.  
• Work with human rights allies and partners to identify objectives and develop strategies, reinforce strengths, and address weaknesses. Develop and conduct tailored training and participatory workshops, assist with research and documentation efforts, and implement other tasks to respond to the needs identified by partners. 
• Work closely with the development and executive team to contribute to fundraising and monitoring and evaluation processes. Contribute to timely reporting through regular monitoring and reporting on project activities and support the Partnerships Manager in tracking and gathering data to evaluate the progress of projects.
• Work closely in collaboration with the Fortify Rights team to ensure effectiveness, scale the organization’s impact, and ensure sustainability. 
• Perform other tasks as requested. 

Qualifications:

• Post-graduate degree in relevant fields or comparable work experience. Law degree preferred. At least five years of experience in human rights research, documentation, strategic advocacy, and engagement. 
• Excellent knowledge on the human rights situation in Asia. Experience researching and analyzing complex human rights issues. Demonstrated ability to produce high quality written material in a timely manner. 
• Solid understanding of human rights and humanitarian law, and ability to apply human rights and humanitarian law frameworks to documented situations of abuse.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people, including survivors and witnesses of abuse, media, government and high-ranking officials, U.N. and non-governmental organization representatives, and others. Ability to represent the organization both publicly and privately, particularly on human rights issues in Asia. 
• Excellent public-speaking skills and ability to engage local and mainstream media outlets on human rights issues. 
• Experience working collaboratively and effectively with human rights defenders and affected communities. Ability to develop and facilitate participatory trainings and workshops and provide ongoing technical support to human rights defenders and partner organizations. 
• Excellent writing, organizational, and time management skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a flexibly structured team. A willingness to learn and contribute to a positive team environment. Strong creative-thinking, organization, problem-solving, and time management skills. Demonstration of sound judgement and ability to take initiative.
• Willingness to travel within Asia. This may include travel to remote and potentially insecure areas.  
• Fluency in written and verbal English and Burmese languages required.