LWOP Senior Project Organizer
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About The Position
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is seeking a Senior Project Organizer to lead its project on life without parole (LWOP) sentences. HRW has worked to eliminate LWOP sentences since 2004, publishing research on the use of the sentence in the US and working to change laws. In 2021, HRW initiated the LWOP Project, a multi-faceted effort to end LWOP for all, including people who were 18 or older at the time of their crime. Central to our work is building leadership capacity of people sentenced to LWOP, with a special emphasis on supporting the leadership of people who had LWOP but have been released from prison. This work includes, among other things, regularly conducting extensive leadership training courses, sponsoring the National LWOP Leadership Council (Council), hosting an interactive, forward-looking website, BeyondLWOP.org, with content that promotes clear messages about LWOP and publishing reports, most recently on the reintegration of people once sentenced to LWOP into society. The Senior Project Organizer works in the Children's Rights Division (CRD). The successful candidate may have the option to work remotely, and we aim to be as flexible and supportive as possible in both the recruitment for and onboarding of this position. The position reports to the Senior Advocate of the Children's Rights Division in our Los Angeles office and will work closely with and get direction from the CRD Coordinator. This is a 1-year fixed-term, full-time (40 hours per week) position.
