Global Exchange is an international human rights organization based in San Francisco that builds alliances between the people of the United States and their counterparts in other countries. Since our founding in 1988, Global Exchange has provided support for and built international solidarity with grassroots movements for peace, sustainable development, corporate responsibility and fair trade around the world. GX programs include Reality Tours to developing countries, retail stores that promote Fair Trade, public education resources, speaking tours, and promoting sustainable development in Cuba. Our campaigns for democracy, labor, and human rights focus on Mexico, Palestine, Colombia, and Brazil. We also organize for a democratic global economy against the IMF/World Bank/WTO/NAFTA, against human rights abuses of US corporations, and to promote a Fair Trade alternative.
In 1994, following the eruption of hostilities between dissident Indigenous communities and the Mexican government, Global Exchange established a permanent international presence in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas. For the past seven years we have worked to bring international attention to the struggle of Chiapas’ majority Indigenous population and address the political, social and environmental foundations of the conflict. The Global Exchange Mexico City office opened in January 1999 in order to widen the scope of our human rights and democracy programs. Since then, the office has expanded its program work to include economic issues around free trade as well as the role of the Mexican military and US military aid.
We are currently seeking candidates for positions in our Chiapas and Mexico City offices to support and expand the specific goals of each office. Please note both of these positions are voluntary and funding may be available after the first six months for stipends. In the case of the Mexico City Office Assistant position, housing is provided.
1) Chiapas Office Assistant
Our office in Chiapas works with indigenous communities and civil society groups to support their efforts to promote human rights and protect the biodiversity of Chiapas, and confront the real and dangerous threats facing the environment and the indigenous people who live there. The three issues which guide our program work are: biopiracy and the patenting of life, the contamination of corn by genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the threat posed to the biodiversity and eco-systems of Chiapas by harmful, unsustainable projects for natural resource-extraction.
The Chiapas Office Assistant will work with the Chiapas Office Coordinator and Mexico Program Director to maintain our work on the three issues mentioned. This will include:
-- Research on issues relating to biodiversity and impacts to biodiversity in Chiapas and report writing to contribute to updates and reports on the state of biodiversity in the region.
-- Monitoring (through media, first hand reports and site visits) on current campaign issues for dissemination of information on Global Exchange website.
-- Strategizing with GX staff for response and future steps in the campaign including planning delegations, speaking tours in the USA and developing public education materials for workshops in Chiapas.
-- Liason work with local Chiapas NGO’s
-- Office administrative duties (email correspondence and general office maintenance)
-- Translation of articles and reports for dissemination on Global Exchange website
Candidates for this position must have:
-- Commitment to the goals of Global Exchange and the Mexico Human Rights Program
-- Knowledge of contemporary debates around biodiversity and human rights and the situation in Chiapas
-- Experience in a NGO setting
-- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written and fluency in Spanish and English
-- Enthusiasm, creativity, and strong networking skills
-- Initiative; ability to work independently as well as in a team located locally and remotely
This position is based in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas and is voluntary. After the first 6 months funding may be available for a stipend. For how to apply, see below.
2) Mexico City Office Assistant
Our office in Mexico’s capital works with nationally based human rights groups to raise the awareness of human rights to an international level. We provide contact with the press and international advocacy to cases by supporting urgent actions, reports and fact finding delegations. Our focus is expanding to investigate the negative aspects of free trade in Mexico by analyzing NAFTA’s legacy and mobilizing with Mexican civil society to stop NAFTA’s expansion through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Our program focuses in this work are: the education of Mexican and United Stated public about NAFTA and the FTAA. WE will do this with the publication of public education materials in a series titled ‘Raw Facts about NAFTA’, the organization of a Tri-National Speaking Tour and through collaboration with Mexican NGO’s in the Public Education and National Referendum Phases of the hemispheric campaign against the FTAA.
The Mexico City Office Assistant will work with the Mexico City Office team and Mexico Program Director to maintain our work on the issues mentioned. This will include:
-- Undertaking research and writing of the ‘Raw Facts about NAFTA’ series.
-- Planning and logistical support for the Mexico portion of the Tri National Speaking Tour
-- Liason work with Mexican NGO’s especially with the planning and development of the national aspects of the Hemispheric Consultation
-- Strategizing with GX staff for response and future steps in the campaign including planning delegations.
-- Office administrative duties (email correspondence and general office maintenance)
-- Media monitoring on current campaign issues for research and dissemination of information on Global Exchange website
--Translation of articles and reports for dissemination on Global Exchange website
Candidates for this position must have:
-- Commitment to the goals of Global Exchange and the Mexico Human Rights Program
-- Knowledge of contemporary debates around free trade, NAFTA, Mexico, the FTAA and human rights
-- Experience in a NGO setting
-- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written and fluency in Spanish and English
-- Strong writing skills
-- Enthusiasm, creativity, and strong networking skills
-- Self-confidence, motivation and the ability to work independently as well as in a team located locally and remotely
This position is based in Mexico City, Mexico and is voluntary. After the first 6 months funding may be available for a stipend. For how to apply, see below.
How to apply
For either position please send résumé/CV, cover letter clearly noting what position you are applying for and your qualifications for the position, two references, and a writing sample in both English and Spanish to Mexico Program Director, Global Exchange, 2017 Mission Street, Suite 303, San Francisco, CA 94110. The closing date for applications is July 31, 2002. Start date is as soon as possible but negotiable depending on circumstances.
In 1994, following the eruption of hostilities between dissident Indigenous communities and the Mexican government, Global Exchange established a permanent international presence in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas. For the past seven years we have worked to bring international attention to the struggle of Chiapas’ majority Indigenous population and address the political, social and environmental foundations of the conflict. The Global Exchange Mexico City office opened in January 1999 in order to widen the scope of our human rights and democracy programs. Since then, the office has expanded its program work to include economic issues around free trade as well as the role of the Mexican military and US military aid.
We are currently seeking candidates for positions in our Chiapas and Mexico City offices to support and expand the specific goals of each office. Please note both of these positions are voluntary and funding may be available after the first six months for stipends. In the case of the Mexico City Office Assistant position, housing is provided.
1) Chiapas Office Assistant
Our office in Chiapas works with indigenous communities and civil society groups to support their efforts to promote human rights and protect the biodiversity of Chiapas, and confront the real and dangerous threats facing the environment and the indigenous people who live there. The three issues which guide our program work are: biopiracy and the patenting of life, the contamination of corn by genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the threat posed to the biodiversity and eco-systems of Chiapas by harmful, unsustainable projects for natural resource-extraction.
The Chiapas Office Assistant will work with the Chiapas Office Coordinator and Mexico Program Director to maintain our work on the three issues mentioned. This will include:
-- Research on issues relating to biodiversity and impacts to biodiversity in Chiapas and report writing to contribute to updates and reports on the state of biodiversity in the region.
-- Monitoring (through media, first hand reports and site visits) on current campaign issues for dissemination of information on Global Exchange website.
-- Strategizing with GX staff for response and future steps in the campaign including planning delegations, speaking tours in the USA and developing public education materials for workshops in Chiapas.
-- Liason work with local Chiapas NGO’s
-- Office administrative duties (email correspondence and general office maintenance)
-- Translation of articles and reports for dissemination on Global Exchange website
Candidates for this position must have:
-- Commitment to the goals of Global Exchange and the Mexico Human Rights Program
-- Knowledge of contemporary debates around biodiversity and human rights and the situation in Chiapas
-- Experience in a NGO setting
-- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written and fluency in Spanish and English
-- Enthusiasm, creativity, and strong networking skills
-- Initiative; ability to work independently as well as in a team located locally and remotely
This position is based in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas and is voluntary. After the first 6 months funding may be available for a stipend. For how to apply, see below.
2) Mexico City Office Assistant
Our office in Mexico’s capital works with nationally based human rights groups to raise the awareness of human rights to an international level. We provide contact with the press and international advocacy to cases by supporting urgent actions, reports and fact finding delegations. Our focus is expanding to investigate the negative aspects of free trade in Mexico by analyzing NAFTA’s legacy and mobilizing with Mexican civil society to stop NAFTA’s expansion through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Our program focuses in this work are: the education of Mexican and United Stated public about NAFTA and the FTAA. WE will do this with the publication of public education materials in a series titled ‘Raw Facts about NAFTA’, the organization of a Tri-National Speaking Tour and through collaboration with Mexican NGO’s in the Public Education and National Referendum Phases of the hemispheric campaign against the FTAA.
The Mexico City Office Assistant will work with the Mexico City Office team and Mexico Program Director to maintain our work on the issues mentioned. This will include:
-- Undertaking research and writing of the ‘Raw Facts about NAFTA’ series.
-- Planning and logistical support for the Mexico portion of the Tri National Speaking Tour
-- Liason work with Mexican NGO’s especially with the planning and development of the national aspects of the Hemispheric Consultation
-- Strategizing with GX staff for response and future steps in the campaign including planning delegations.
-- Office administrative duties (email correspondence and general office maintenance)
-- Media monitoring on current campaign issues for research and dissemination of information on Global Exchange website
--Translation of articles and reports for dissemination on Global Exchange website
Candidates for this position must have:
-- Commitment to the goals of Global Exchange and the Mexico Human Rights Program
-- Knowledge of contemporary debates around free trade, NAFTA, Mexico, the FTAA and human rights
-- Experience in a NGO setting
-- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written and fluency in Spanish and English
-- Strong writing skills
-- Enthusiasm, creativity, and strong networking skills
-- Self-confidence, motivation and the ability to work independently as well as in a team located locally and remotely
This position is based in Mexico City, Mexico and is voluntary. After the first 6 months funding may be available for a stipend. For how to apply, see below.
How to apply
For either position please send résumé/CV, cover letter clearly noting what position you are applying for and your qualifications for the position, two references, and a writing sample in both English and Spanish to Mexico Program Director, Global Exchange, 2017 Mission Street, Suite 303, San Francisco, CA 94110. The closing date for applications is July 31, 2002. Start date is as soon as possible but negotiable depending on circumstances.