Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
PeaceWomen Project
Project Associate

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) PeaceWomen Project seeks a full-time Project Associate for the UN Office in New York City, USA.

Organization and Project Description:
The PeaceWomen Project is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) United Nations Office, in New York City, USA.

The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions on women, peace and security. To these ends: PeaceWomen hosts Peacewomen.org, a website that provides accurate and timely information on women, peace and security issues and women's peace-building initiatives in areas of armed conflict; PeaceWomen works to facilitate communication among and mobilization of advocates and supporters in civil society, the UN system and governments working on women, peace and security issues. Further, PeaceWomen advocates for the integration of gender analysis in the governance, peace and security work of civil society actors, the UN system, and governmental bodies.

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest women's peace organisation in the world. It is an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with National Sections in more than thirty countries, an International Secretariat in Geneva, and a UN Office in New York City. Its aims and principles are: to bring together women of different political beliefs and philosophies, united in their determination to study, make known and help abolish the causes and the legitimization of war; to work toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict, and its replacement in every case by negotiation and conciliation; to support the civil society to democratise the United Nations system; to support the continuous development and implementation of international and humanitarian law; to promote political, economic and social equality; to contribute towards co-operation among all people; and to enhance environmentally sustainable development.

Project Associate’s responsibilities include:

• Networking and pursuing collaborative advocacy work for the implementation of the women, peace and security SCRs, with other NGO representatives, UN staff and governmental representatives.

• Participating actively in fundraising efforts to support the work of the PeaceWomen Project including grant-proposal writing and research
• Drafting, editing and distributing the monthly PeaceWomen E-News;
• Overseeing the development and maintenance of www.peacewomen.org;
• Collaboratively maintaining, updating and developing the PeaceWomen Security Council Monitor
• Delivering presentations and providing trainings on women, peace and security issues and related SCRs to civil society groups, government and UN actors and others;
• Interviewing, hiring, orienting, training and supervising PeaceWomen Project interns;
• Overseeing project budgets and participation in grant reporting.

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Education: Minimum: undergraduate degree in social sciences, international relations or development studies, women’s studies, or other related field; masters, LLM or other advanced degree in relevant field preferred.

Languages: Oral and written fluency in English required; and oral and written proficiency in Spanish and/or French, preferred.

Eligible candidates must possess the following skills and capabilities:

• Experience in policy and advocacy work;
• Knowledge of and commitment to gender and peace issues;
• Knowledge of and commitment to the UN system;
• Superb oral communication skills;
• Excellent writing and analytical abilities;
• Ability to present complex themes in a brief but comprehensive manner;
• Strong teamwork orientation;
• Experience with MS Office, PowerPoint, web-based design and basic database/accounting software.

Applications must be received in the New York UN Office by close of business on: 15 January 2010.

Please email a cover letter, resume, contact information for two references, and a brief (no more than 5 pages single-spaced) academic or work-related writing sample on a theme related to women, peace and security to: pwsearch@wilpfuno.org

Cover letters may be addressed to:
PeaceWomen Project Associate Search
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
777 United Nations Plaza, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017
However, all applications should be submitted by e-mail.
No phone calls please.