job: field coordinator, Cambridge MA, no salary info

[colist at comm-org.wisc.edu]

From: nancy marks <marksnancy at hotmail.com>

Physicians for Human Rights
Position Announcement – March 2007
Health Action AIDS US Field Coordinator


Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) mobilizes health professionals to 
advance the health and dignity of all people through
action that promotes respect for, protection of, and fulfillment of 
human rights. As one of the original coordinating
committee members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, PHR 
shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.

PHR is a membership organization that applies the specialized skills, 
knowledge and ethical commitments of health
professionals to a range of issues including supporting a comprehensive 
prevention, treatment and care strategy for
global HIV/AIDS; ending the United States’ role in torture and 
complicity of physicians in those abuses;
preventing genocide; promoting women’s health and rights; protecting the 
health and human rights of youth in the
US justice system; and protecting asylum seekers in the United States.

PHR investigates and reports on human rights abuses, provides evidence 
in support of justice and accountability,
and promotes health systems that advance well-being and dignity. PHR's 
research, forensic and advocacy programs are
internationally recognized, and have contributed to investigations in 
Sierra Leone, genocide convictions in Rwanda
and Bosnia, increased government funding for global health, and to the 
recent US Supreme Court decision ending the
death penalty for juveniles.

PHR’s Health Action AIDS Campaign mobilizes health professionals to 
advocate for a comprehensive AIDS strategy to
combat the AIDS pandemic, arguably the worst public health disaster the 
world has ever seen. PHR and its constituents
advocate for AIDS policies and programs to be based on sound science and 
human rights principles. Physicians, nurses,
public health experts, and other health professionals have the expertise 
and influence to greatly impact global AIDS
policy. We strategically mobilize health professionals and students to 
make their voices heard to policy-makers.
In addition to advocacy with US health leaders, PHR also works with 
African human rights groups in Uganda and Kenya
to engage African health professionals, who are on the front lines of 
the pandemic, in AIDS advocacy efforts.

The Health Action AIDS US Field Coordinator reports to the Health Action 
AIDS Campaign Director and is based
in Cambridge, MA. This position is grant-funded through the end of 
August, 2009; there is a possibility that
the program will be extended if resources permit

Responsibilities include:

Develop Campaign Plans and Strategies
• Develop a US health professional mobilization plan, together with 
other HAA staff, including the selection of key states in which to 
mobilize constituents
• Contribute to HAA Campaign’s general strategy development and 
implementation, with a focus on the most strategic ways for US health 
professionals to contribute to Campaign objectives

Mobilize Health Professionals
• Organize summits and town meetings that bring together health 
professionals around particular AIDS-related topics to share information 
and expertise directed at educating policy-makers and the media. This 
work includes setting up educational meetings with Congressional offices 
for PHR’s health professional constituents
• Organize health professionals to sign on to national and 
state-specific letters, take part in “in-district” meetings with 
policy-makers, and bring their expertise regarding AIDS policy to 
national and international leaders
• Organize Global Health House Parties in key states that recruit and 
mobilize new members
• Recruit health professional leaders in key states to serve as advisors 
to and participate in the Campaign
• Identify opportunities for HAA health professional members to 
communicate with the media, in conjunction with PHR’s Communications 
Department
• Collaborate with Campaign partners, including the Association of 
Nurses in AIDS Care, the HIV Medicine Association, and Partners in Health

Communicate with Medical, Nursing, Public Health and other Health 
Professionals
• Maintain involvement of key health professional associations to 
support the Campaign’s work and recruit new associations to join the 
Campaign
• Maintain regular individual contact with core members of the Campaign
• Conduct mass communication with US health professionals regarding 
grassroots actions, updates on Campaign activities, highlights on local 
efforts, news articles, and resources
• Contribute to creation of email newsletters, actions alerts, and other 
Campaign materials
• Represent PHR at various conferences and meetings

Other
• Travel regularly to meet with constituents, attend Campaign events, 
and participate in conferences
• Develop growing expertise in health and human rights with specific 
emphasis on HIV/AIDS
• Update the current database of HAA activists and organizations
• Work collegially with other staff and participate in PHR-general and 
HAA-specific activities as needed and directed by supervisor

Qualifications
• Bachelors degree
• Organizing/advocacy experience, including recruitment, plan/strategy 
development, and coalition building, on an issue-based campaign
• Experience with HIV/AIDS issues and/or health professionals preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience using PC software, including Word and database programs
• Creative and energetic self-starter and ability and desire to work as 
a team member
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through
• Strong commitment to human rights and global health issues

Please e-mail a cover letter and resume by April 12 to 
resumes at phrusa.org <mailto:resumes at phrusa.org> or mail to Resume 
Coordinator, Physicians for Human Rights, 2 Arrow Street, Suite 301, 
Cambridge, MA 02138. For more information about PHR, please visit our 
website at www.physicians <http://www.physicians> forhumanrights.org. No 
calls please.

Physicians for Human Rights is an equal opportunity employer.


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