HREA is developing a social network for alumni (AlumNet) of its online human rights courses. Individuals who take HREA courses are human rights defenders and professionals from a variety of backgrounds and located around the world. "AlumNet" will serve to connect these professionals to each other and keep them in touch with HREA.

Responsibilities: The Intern/volunteer AlumNet is responsible to: 

• beta test the network pre-launch
• work with HREA's technical staff to ensure that network is properly configured and software customizations function correctly
• plan and coordinate the launch of the network
• research, prepare and post human rights information relevant to alumni;
• regularly (cross-) post human rights information relevant to alumni from other HREA information services (HREA website and listservs, Facebook, Twitter);
• facilitate and summarize discussions on human rights topics;
• prepare quarterly newsletter for alumni;
• provide technical support to alumni who have problems logging into the site.

Knowledge/Skills:  The following skills are necessary to perform the duties of the Intern Facilitator AlumNet:

• familiar with human rights framework;
• experience using social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter);
• excellent research skills;
• excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills;
• ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks;
• excellent communication skills;
• ability to work well independently.

When

Starting as early as 1 February 2011, but we are flexible about start date.

Hours required

Approximately 16 hours per week.

Support available

This internship is unpaid; however a transportation subsidy is available if necessary. (We are based in Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts and reachable by subway/commuter rail.)