14071: Haiti Reborn: Temporary Position Available at Haiti Reborn/Quixote Center (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Haiti Reborn <haiti@quixote.org>

         Full Time Temporary Organizer/Administrative Assistant
                   date to start: as soon as possible

The Quixote Center is seeking a full time temporary administrative
assistant/organizer for its Haiti Reborn project. The position will lend
administrative support to Haiti Reborn's two staff people and assist in
coordination of the Haiti Solidarity Week first annual conference. The
Position begins immediately and will end on March 31, 2003. Haiti
Reborn, a project of the Quixote Center, works in the United States on
behalf of the Haitian people to build an active grassroots solidarity
movement and to advocate for a more just U.S. foreign policy. Haiti
Reborn acts as a center of information to combat negative stereotypes,
and provides in-depth political, economic and social analysis. To
compliment this work at a structural level, we fund community-based
initiatives which empower Haitians at the grassroots.

Duties:

   * Assist with administrative tasks for daily operations of Haiti
     Reborn/Quixote Center including thank you letters, opening daily
     mail and answering general phone calls/emails
   * Administrative support of fundraising tasks
   * Coordination and facilitation of bi-monthly Let Haiti Live
     conference calls
   * Outreach and assistance in coordination of Haiti Solidarity Week
   * Assist in coordination of Haiti Solidarity Week First Annual
     Conference
   * Support coordination of emergency media campaign

Qualifications:

   * Highly motivated self-starter with close attention to detail
   * Administrative skills and PC literacy
   * Phone and grassroots organizing
   * Experience in international solidarity work, knowledge of Haiti a
     plus
   * Knowledge of Haitian Creole/French a plus

Commitment: Until March 31, 2003
Compensation: $16.16/hour
Target for Start: ASAP
To apply: Mail, email or fax resume and list of references. No telephone
calls, please.

                      Haiti Reborn/Quixote Center
                 P.O. Box 5206, Hyattsville, MD, 20782
                           fax: (301)864-2182
                            haiti@quixote.org

The Quixote Center is a multi-issue, non-profit, social justice
organization. Other projects of the Center are : Quest for Peace
(political advocacy and humanitarian work for Nicaragua), Equal Justice
USA (working for a moratorium on the death penalty), Catholics Speak Out
(justice and progressive reform within the Roman Catholic Church),
Priests for Equality (gender equality in the Roman Catholic Church). For
more information, visit our website: www.quixote.org. The Quixote Center
is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.