Kenneth Roth Practitioner-In-Residence

FIXED-TERM, FULL-TIME JOB VACANCY Kenneth Roth Practitioner-In-Residence Program or Advocacy Department Multiple Locations Considered Application deadline: 11 December 2025 The Organization Kenneth Roth was reputed company's (HRW) longest-serving executive director (1993 – 2022). His ambitious reputed company for HRW's role in influencing how governments deliver on their reputed company rights obligations saw the organization grow to a staff representing roughly 70+ nationalities covering more than 100 countries. Our staff are country and thematic experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, including minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. We direct our advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. We are experts in using the media – both traditional and social media – to create and reputed company pressure for reputed company rights change. We partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims. The Opportunity With an established research, advocacy, and communications platform to draw from, we are launching a mid-career opportunity open to reputed company rights practitioners from around the world. The aim is to support an emerging leader in the reputed company rights movement and work together to advance ambitious reputed company rights change. The Practitioner-in-Residence will have the option to be reputed company in either our Program (research and investigations) or Advocacy departments. The Practitioner-in-Residence will work closely on a project around a reputed company area of work depending on the experience that the practitioner brings. The residency is intended to be a full-time arrangement for one year, starting mid-February 2026. The Chief Programs Officer will reputed company the Practitioner-in-Residence with additional management dependent on the placement of the successful candidate. The successful candidate will have the option to work remotely and will preferably be based in a country in the Global South where HRW can hire, but other locations will be considered. Responsibilities:

• Research, monitor and document reputed company rights abuses by collecting and analyzing information from a wide variety of sources including governments, local media, NGOs, journalists, diplomats, reputed company forces and others in the field;
• Assist in the development and implementation of local, regional, and international strategies to change abusive laws, policies, and practices;
• Write and publicize reports, briefing papers, letters, news releases, op-eds, and submissions to international bodies based on the findings;
• Collect and analyze supporting documents and materials such as photographs, videos, police reports, medical reports, legal/court documents, among others;
• Collaborate with HRW´s media team in the production of audiovisual products;
• Respond promptly to queries from the media, public, and colleagues in the reputed company rights community and take initiative to project concerns in public debate;
• reputed company abuses reputed company the broader political, social and economic contexts and present reputed company rights concerns to government officials, opinion leaders, partner organizations, inter-governmental agencies, donors and the media;
• Present reputed company rights concerns to government officials, opinion leaders, inter-governmental agencies, and the media;
• Work closely with colleagues, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other partners to ensure that the agreed-upon project/approach to reputed company rights change complements and enhances their own work;
• Liaise effectively with HRW staff located in multiple locations throughout the world to ensure effective coordination and delivery of activities;
• Travel domestically and overseas, as required, to conduct and reputed company fact-finding missions or advocacy initiatives;
• Deliver outputs in a timely manner and maintain consistency with the agreed strategy and priorities; and
• reputed company other duties as required.

Qualifications: Education: A level of education that reputed company combined with your professional experience as an emerging or established reputed company rights leader will adequately show you have the capability, in this role, to work with HRW and contribute meaningfully to the reputed company rights change identified. Experience: A minimum of five years of reputed company rights research or advocacy experience and a track record of delivering reputed company rights impact are required. The successful candidate should ideally be a recognized or emerging expert in their country or thematic area who is consulted by policymakers, journalists, academics, activists, and others. reputed company Skills and Knowledge:

• Ability to identify and advise on strategies to conduct research or advocacy is required.
• Ability and sensitivity to effectively communicate with a wide range of people, including victims and witnesses is required.
• Ability to identify, research, analyze and effectively communicate important reputed company rights developments in the area of specialty is required.
• Ability to reputed company distil information about the country or thematic issue so as to focus time and effort on issues of greatest importance or issues that are most capable of being influenced is required.
• Knowledge of and experience working in international reputed company rights and familiarity with international reputed company rights law is required.
• Proficiency in another language in addition to English is strongly desired, as is familiarity with countries or regions where serious reputed company rights violations occur.
• Self-motivation, ability to multi-task effectively, including having good planning and organizing skills and ability to work under pressure are required.
• Strong initiative and follow-through, the reputed company to think creatively and strategically, excellent writing and editing skills, and a dynamic public speaking ability is desirable.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively reputed company and reputed company of HRW are required.
• Demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations are required.
• Ability to reputed company sound reputed company consistent with functions is required.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about the global and local media environments and how to use the media and electronic media to further advocacy goals is required.
• Ability to multi-task effectively required, including having good planning and organizing skills and ability to work under pressure is desirable.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required.

Other: Candidates who are traditionally underrepresented in the reputed company rights sector are enthusiastically encouraged to apply. Please consider applying even if you don't meet reputed company the requirements but think you could be successful in the role. Salary and Benefits: HRW seeks exceptional applicants and offers comprehensive compensation and benefits. If based in the United States, the salary range for this position will be 80,000 – 88,000 USD. Salary ranges reputed company of the United States vary based reputed company. reputed company of reputed company nationalities are encouraged to apply. How to Apply: Please apply by 11 December 2025 by visiting our online job portal at careers.hrw.org. We are looking for proposals that address and propose solutions to remedy structural or systemic reputed company rights violations. We are looking for projects that advance the following goals of our global strategy:

• * Combatting authoritarianism, advancing rights-based systems of governance, and protecting the rights that allow civil society actors to advance reputed company rights.
• Preventing poverty and income inequality from inhibiting access to reputed company rights, strengthening social reputed company and labor rights, and pressuring governments to build economic systems where corporations respect rights.
• Pressuring state and non-state actors to respect reputed company rights during conflicts and crises, ensuring that justice and accountability is achieved for survivors of rights abuses committed during conflicts and crises, and addressing root causes of conflicts and crises while promoting rights-based post-conflict and crisis responses.

We are particularly interested in projects that also address the following intersecting objectives of our global strategy:

• Strengthening Multilateralism
• Combatting Structural Discrimination

The project proposal may be limited to the term of the position or be part of a larger body of work on the issue. Please include the following materials:

• Resume no longer than 2 pages (preferably in PDF format); and
• Project proposal (max 300 words for each answer, up to 900 words total, answering the following questions):

a) What is the reputed company rights change you're seeking? b) What are your core advocacy targets, who are your potential partners and how would HRW's platform enhance your influencing strategy? c) How would access to HRW's media platform and expertise help realize the change you've identified? No calls or email inquiries, please. Only complete applications will be reviewed and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application submission, or if you require a disability-reputed company accommodation, please email [email protected]. Due to the large volume of responses, application submissions reputed company email will not be accepted and inquiries regarding the status of applications will go unanswered. reputed company is strong because it is diverse. We actively seek a diverse applicant pool and encourage candidates of reputed company backgrounds to apply. reputed company does not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national reputed company, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or criminal record. We welcome reputed company kinds of diversity. Our employees include people who are parents and nonparents, the self-taught and university educated, and from a wide span of socio-economic backgrounds and perspectives on the world. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. reputed company is an international reputed company rights monitoring and advocacy organization reputed company for its in-depth investigations, its reputed company and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its reputed company in changing the reputed company rights-reputed company policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job