Amnesty International

Who are we looking for?

A person who has a drive, is a positive in thinking and active in challenging – an open-minded and communicative person. We need someone who will stand for all our campaigns: death penalty, torture, sexual and reproductive rights, rights of LGBTI people and segregation in education – Roma issue.

Job Description

Basic Description:
Position: Executive Director of the Amnesty International Slovakia
Place of work: Bratislava
Contract type: full time
Start date: May 2015
Salary offered (brutto): 1300,- €/month

Duties and responsibilities of the Director

The primary focus of this role is to ensure the effectiveness of Amnesty International Slovakia in the country in collaboration with the Board by: expanding the human rights work and growth in membership and activism; increasing the organization’s public profile and advocacy strategies; building strong relations with the local human rights movement and civil society; strengthening the public constituency of support for human rights and consolidating AI’s operations in the country.

The Director has overall responsibility for the management and the operation of the office based on the instruction of the Board. S/he manages staff of the office in collaboration with the Board, and s/he is responsible for his/her own action to the Board. The director implements the Strategic Plan of Amnesty International Slovakia in coordination with the Board, develops and delivers an implementation of the operational plan to achieve fundraising and campaigns´ objectives. This should include communications and fundraising strategies and alignment with the Strategic Plan, human rights and mobilization priorities in the region and globally.

The Director manages drafting, implementation and reporting on the budget of the Amnesty International Slovakia, ensures good financial management practices, particularly with regard to bookkeeping, and the periodic auditing of the accounts, as required by the law.

S/he should act as the spokesperson of the Amnesty International Slovakia in order to represent the Amnesty International movement within the media, civil society, and national authorities, and is responsible for the coordination of advocacy and lobbying work, including building relationships with partner organisations, the media and government.

The Director is expected to fulfill all the above mentioned key duties and responsibilities and any other task assigned by the Board or AI International Secretariat.

Person Specification

• University degree
• Languages: Slovak/Czech, English fluent
• PC skills: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel), internet intermediate
• Administrative and economic skills incl. invoicing and HR

Other required abilities and the job description

Recruitment Process

Candidates are requested to submit their job application and a cover letter to recruitment@amnesty.sk.

Deadline to submit an application is March 22^nd 2015.

Please, do not forget to include an approval with the use of your personal data for the purpose of the recruitment process.

The recruitment process is starting on April 7th 2015 and has 2 rounds, where selected candidates will have to prove their qualities in different fields. Selected candidates invited to an interview within the first round will be requested to elaborate some tasks during the interview. Some external assignments will be given to the selected candidates for the second round of the recruitment process.