Thursday, October 19, 2017

ERASMUS Internship Offer with AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL in Prague

Name of organization

Amnesty International

Address incl. post code

Gorazdova 10, Praha 2, 120 00

Česká republika

Telephone

+420 607 023 305

E-mail

amnesty@amnesty.cz

Website

www.amnesty.cz

Number of employees

<100

Short description of the company

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. Office of Amnesty International in Czech Republic was founded in 1991 and immediately became involved in international activities and began to develop their work at home. Today, its employees, along with volunteers and activists, are educating for human rights in primary and secondary schools, monitoring the human rights situation, providing support to asylum seekers, seeking to eliminate discrimination and promote systemic changes in law and practice.

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CONTACT DETAILS

Contact person for this placement

Natalie Ficencova

Department and designation / job title

Human Rights Education Department/Coordinator of Human Rights Education

Direct telephone number

+420 737 175 817

E-mail address

natalie.ficencova@amnesty.cz

 

PLACEMENT INFORMATION

Department / Function

Human Rights Education Department / Creative Assistant

Description of activities

Trainee will help the team:

  • with organization of human rights events with schools, including so-called Human Libraries (where students can "borrow" persons with an interesting life story, members of minorities, whom students otherwise might never have met in real life)
  • by encouraging and assisting high school students and school AI groups with holding events and taking action for human rights.
  • by working and compiling results of student activities (videos and photos making and editing, subtitles making, summaries writing etc.).
  • by assisting with preparation of materials for students
  • with monitoring and evaluation of project results

Location

Prague

Duration

3 – 12 months

Working hours per week

30 – 40

Accommodation

No

Details of financial and "in kind" support to be provided

 

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COMPETENCES, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Languages and level of competence required

Slovak C1 or Czech C1 is necessary, English B2

Computer skills and level of skills required

MS Word - Powerpoint, Excel, video and photo editing

Drivers license

Not needed

Other

Basic orientation in the issues of human rights, interest in activism and work with youth.

 

 

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY

Name

Natalie Ficencova

Department / Function

Human Rights Education Department/ Coordinator of Human Rights Education

E-mail address

natalie.ficencova@amnesty.cz

Phone number(s)

+420 737 175 817