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Financial and Executive Administrator

The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is an independent, non-profit and strictly non-partisan organization located in New Haven, Connecticut that promotes human rights and the rule of law in Iran by documenting and reporting on human rights abuses that are ignored, supported, and often perpetuated by the Iranian government. IHRDC's in-depth reports and legal analysis are published in Persian and English and are disseminated world-wide.  IHRDC focuses on allegations of the most serious violations of human rights, such as murder, torture, unlawful imprisonment, enforced disappearance, sexual violence, and persecution on political, religious or gender grounds.

Available Position

The Financial and Executive Administrator keeps the organizations books, administrates financial matters, and provides support to the Executive Director on all other matters.  He or she reports to the Executive Director.  This person will be responsible for the following:

Financial Accounting (QuickBooks Premier 2010):

• Responsible for all of the day to day transactions of the organization
• Bank reconciliations
• Manage revenue process from various funding sources, including but not limited to State & Other Government agencies, private foundations, individual & corporate donors
• Manage accounts payable processes, including maintenance of vendor records
• Integration of Accounts payable system (Bill.com) with QuickBooks
• Account analysis, as requested
• Monthly closing and financial statements
• Audit support
• Tax return support      

Grant Administration:

• Manage budget processes, including single and multi-year grant budgets
• Administration and allocation of expenditures to appropriate funding sources (Grants)
• Prepare budget-to-actual Revenue & Expenditure reports monthly, quarterly and annually for Executive Director

Administrative Duties:

• Manage IHRDC insurance programs and 401k plan
• Manage subscriptions held by IHRDC
• Prepare documents for new employees
• Maintain office files
• Facilitate logistics for new interns and volunteers
• Record the value of services donated by interns and volunteers
• Provide administrative support for Board meetings, including organizing attendance, assembling background packets, and maintaining Board meeting files.
• Maintain and update organization policies and procedures manual and other organizational documents
• Maintain the organization’s calendar
• Purchase equipment, furniture, supplies, and stationary as requested
• Send out occasional bulk mailings.
• Serve as primary contact with building management for lease and maintenance issues
• Act as receptionist and answer telephone for the organization during business hours
• Perform support tasks for the Executive Director as requested for the smooth functioning of the organization.

Fundraising and Development Duties:

• Facilitate the work of the volunteer Development Committee
• Manage donor databases
• Facilitate relationships with individual donors, including drafting of thank you messages
• Coordinate with Finance Administrator regarding donations and grants
• Measure impact of fundraising efforts
• Research potential donors and funding opportunities
• Draft letters of inquiry, grant proposals, appeal letters, web postings and news releases
• Manage IHRDC’s social media presence, including Facebook and Twitter
• Monitor and update charity and nonprofit websites with IHRDC profiles
• Collect, develop and organize data regarding outputs, outcomes, and impacts of IHRDC activities, including those set out by grant Monitoring and Evaluation plans
• Draft progress reports for grantors
• Perform additional tasks as determined by the Executive Director.

The position is available immediately.  Salary offered will be based on experience and qualifications. 

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Two (2) or more years of relevant experience
• Solid bookkeeping skills
• Strong QuickBooks skills (Pro-advisor certification a plus)
• Strong MS Excel skills, including ability to manipulate & manage pivot tables, complex formulas & multiple worksheet files
• Ability to analyze and report on complex data in an easily digestible format to present to Executive Director
• Ability to manage and make progress on multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Ability to use/learn on-line programs and other support software, including bill.com
• Ability to work with multiple grant budgets, both single year and multi-year plans

Desired Skills

• Digital and print media production
• Persian language skills
• Familiarity with Iranian current events and international human rights conventions including the ICCPR and Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Characteristics and skills
• Organizational and administrative skills
• Detail oriented
• Professional
• Flexible
• Sense of humor
• Ability to work with multiple personalities

To Apply

Applicants should email their resume and cover letter to jobs@iranhrdc.org.

Internship Opportunity—For Immediate Posting

The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center seeks the immediate placement of an intern to assist with the research and drafting of a report documenting human rights abuses against Iran’s Kurdish minority. The intern will assist the attorney leading the project on factual research for the report, obtained from public source information in both digital and print media. The legal intern will also monitor human rights developments in Iran, draft documents, translate Farsi documents into English, and compile human rights-related documents issued by governments and nongovernmental organizations.

Applicants should possess strong research skills. Preference will be given to applicants that speak, read and write Farsi. Applicants should be well-organized, self-motivated and reliable, with a strong interest in human rights and preferably some basic knowledge about Iran and the Middle East.

While internships are generally unpaid, interns enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate academic program are often able to arrange academic credit and/or work-study funding. Students should check with their academic programs for requirements.

Interested applicants should e-mail a letter of interest, resume, and a brief, unedited writing sample to jobs@iranhrdc.org.

Translators

IHRDC welcomes applications from qualified, experienced Persian translators for contracting out translation work. The documents require translation from English to Persian and vice versa. Some documents contain legal terminology; all contain human rights terms. To apply, please send a cover letter and C.V. indicating legal or nonlegal skills, relevant qualifications and two references to jobs@iranhrdc.org

2012 Internship Opportunity

IHRDC invites applications from law school students seeking internships. Interns can expect to perform the following:

• legal research in Iranian law and international human rights law;

• factual research on human rights topics including murder, torture, gender-related violence, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings;

• drafting of documents relating to human rights violations;

• gathering, categorizing and compiling human rights-related documents issued by governments, media, and nongovernmental organizations; and

• assistance in the development of the IHRDC’s human rights database

IHRDC particularly welcomes applications from students with a background in human rights law, or those with an ability to speak, read and write Persian. Applicants should email their resume, cover letter, and writing sample to jobs@iranhrdc.org

Please include “Fall 2012 Internship” in the subject of the email.

Volunteers and Interns

IHRDC welcomes the assistance of volunteers and interns with a variety of skill sets. Our volunteers include students eager to learn skills that will apply to their future professions, young professionals looking to use their extra time to promote human rights, and individuals using what they have learned over many years to assist a growing organization. Volunteers and interns will be expected to work at least 10-20 hours per week under the direction of the Executive Director.

Farsi-literate Volunteers and Interns: IHRDC particularly welcomes volunteers and interns with the ability to read Farsi.

Development Volunteers and Interns: Candidates should have an interest in fundraising, program development, and non-profit management. Experience working for a non-profit in one of these capacities is highly desirable but not necessary.

Research Volunteers and Interns: IHRDC’s internship program exposes law and university students to international human rights law and practice as well as the human rights situation in Iran. Applicants should email their resume and a cover letter to jobs@iranhrdc.org.

Ways to Get Involved:

There are many ways to get involved with the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. We’ve listed as many as we could below, but if you have additional ideas, please let our development team know (info@iranhrdc.org). Many supporters, volunteers and foundations have made IHRDC what it is today, and it is the support of you and others like you that will allow the organization to continue growing, and continue to promote accountability, respect for human rights and rule of law in Iran.

Tell a Friend about IHRDC

The easiest way to get involved is to let others know that you support what we’re doing. You can easily email somebody or share our work with your network by sending them our link. www.iranhrdc.org

You can also become a fan on Facebook and Twitter and Balatarin.

Sign Up for Our E-Mail List

This is the best way to stay updated on the human rights situation in Iran.

Still Looking?

Here is a list of the many other ways you can help us:

• Let your local International Service Clubs know about the IHRDC’s efforts

• Blog about us

• Share an IHRDC post with your Facebook network

• Tell someone you know in the media about what we are doing

• Email 10 friends and tell them you support us and that they should too

• Reach out to 5 bloggers and let them know what we are doing

• Make us your charity on GoodSearch

• Have your birthday present be a one time, or even a monthly investment in the future of Iran.