SSH is seeking someone who can work 5-10 hours a week, primarily managing the organization’s social media and website content. This is an unpaid, remote position. This is an ideal job for someone seeking volunteer experience in the nonprofit field, a student seeking course credit and/or someone who is passionate about ending street harassment! We will be happy to work with colleges/universities to ensure that the experience meets the requirements necessary for course credit.
The main job duties would entail:
- Posting information about street harassment on social media (primarily Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).
- Posting street harassment story submissions on the blog
- Writing short blog posts about relevant issues in the news.
- Conducting a few interviews for the blog with anti-street harassment activists or highlighting new anti-street harassment initiatives on the blog.
- Writing up the annual 16 Memorable Stories of Standing up to Street Harassers article for the Pixel Project (see the 2017 article for an example), to be cross-posted on the SSH blog.
- Coordinating SSH’s online action for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign (Nov. 25 to Dec. 10).
- Assisting with #GivingTuesday (November 27, 2018) online fundraising.
The person would report directly to SSH’s founder Holly Kearl.
This position would start in late-August (exact date can be flexible) and conclude sometime in December (exact date can be flexible), with the option to extend into 2019.
Qualifications:
An ideal candidate will be:
- An excellent writer.
- Experienced at using social media, particularly for campaigns/causes.
- A self-starter who requires minimal supervision.
- Knowledgeable about gender issues and/or social justice activism.
- Well-versed about what street harassment is and why stopping it is important.
Familiarity with online fundraising would be a plus.
Please send a one-page cover letter and resume/CV to Holly Kearl, stopstreetharassment@gmail.com by August 18, 2018.
