Job Announcement: Program co-ordinator New Delhi

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Program Coordinator - New Delhi, India

Application Deadline: February 25, 2005

Send resume and cover letter to sunita@...

The Organization:

Breakthrough is an international non-profit organization that uses

popular culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice.

We have affiliate offices in New York and New Delhi.

Working across five program areas (women’s rights, religion &

peace, racial & ethnic justice, caste discrimination, sexual &

reproductive rights), Breakthrough encourages individuals and

communities to get involved in building a culture of human rights

through four avenues:

Mass media to create radio, music, art, television for social

change

An interactive website www.breakthrough.tv

Forums and workshops

Multi-media educational materials

Breakthrough has produced the award winning Mann ke Manjeere: An

Album of Women¹s Dreams along with two music videos, which are

widely used globally for human rights education. Other productions

include Junoon for Peace, a DVD for peace post-9/11; Bringing Durban

Home: Combating Racism Together, a short video about the UN World

Conference Against Racism; and Haman Hain Ishq and Baagon Na Jaa, a

music album and video promoting religious harmony. Our most current

US campaign, SPEAK UP! ACT UP! For a New America focuses on youth

and civic engagement. In 2004, Breakthrough India released a

multimedia resource guide Strength in Action: An Educators’ Guide

to Preventing Domestic Violence, and co-organized the international

Tri Continetal Film Festival showcasing independent human rights

cinema from the global south.

Breakthrough has organized numerous concerts, performances and other

film festivals to present a human rights vision. We are active in

creating educational materials, including a curricular toolkit on

racial/ethnic justice and human rights. We conduct frequent

workshops for students and training for teachers on social justice

and human rights issues. For more information, visit the

Breakthrough website.

The Position:

Breakthrough is seeking a Program Coordinator based at New Delhi to

assist with education and outreach activities for our programs

related to HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence

Responsibilites

The Program Coordinator will work under the supervision of the

Director Education and the Director Communication, and in close

consultation with the Delhi team of Breakthrough. In addition, s/he

will:

Manage Breakthrough’s public education activities for

the HIV/AIDS program, comprising of:

Facilitating workshops and training with educators,

students, NGOs, and other civil society groups to engage them in

promoting awareness about sexuality and health rights.

Planning and implementing public education events through

print, video and audio media in collaboration with artists and media

professionals

Conducting and compiling research to develop educational

materials for use in our education and outreach activities and

website

Develop and maintain relationships with educators,

professional groups, NGOs and other individuals and organizations.

Assist in a range of organizational support tasks.

Learn about issues of concern to Breakthrough to ensure

that education activities reflect the human rights values we aim to

communicate.

Qualifications

At least two years’ experience in training and education in

the area of HIV/AIDS, preferably with youth

Excellent communication skills and the ability to present

concepts and creative briefs to students, educators and a wide range

of constituencies

Excellent research and writing skills

Commitment to and/or experience in promoting human rights and

social justice

Willingness to learn about issues of particular concern to

Breakthrough

Flexibility and willingness to contribute to all areas of

operation in a small organization

Responsible self-starter who is able to work autonomously and

meet deadlines

Excellent computer skills

Salary and Benefits

Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience based on

Indian NGO salary ranges.

Breakthrough is an equal opportunity employer and does not

discriminate on the basis of age, caste, class, disability, marital

status, religion or sexual orientation.

To apply, send a resume and a cover letter to Sunita Menon at

sunita@... by February 25, 2005.

For more information about Breakthrough, please visit

www.breakthrough.tv.

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Sunita Menon

Program Coordinator

BREAKTHROUGH: building human rights culture

C 3/15 Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi 110016

Tel: 011-2696-7040; Fax: 011-2696-7039

www.breakthrough.tv

E-mail: <sunita@...>