[SGRupdate] Job Vacancy - ICAN-UK (Fwd)

[Scientists for Global Responsibility]

Dear Friends

ICAN-UK (to which Scientists for Global Responsibility is affiliated) is
advertising a job vacancy (details below), which may perhaps be of interest
to subscribers to this list ...

With best wishes


Kate Maloney
Office Manager.

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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN-UK)


Project Lead
Terms of Reference

Background
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a new
global grassroots movement calling on governments to negotiate a Nuclear
Weapons Convention. A Nuclear Weapons Convention would ban the deadliest
creation of all time, the nuclear bomb, and is a crucial step to their
elimination. The overwhelming majority of countries and people want such a
treaty. ICAN focuses on the roots of the nuclear weapons problem - the
continued possession of nuclear weapons by a small minority of countries
who risk their use by design, accident, miscalculation or by terrorists,
and whose weapons are an incentive to others to also become nuclear armed.
A model Nuclear Weapons Convention already exists; a Convention would make
nuclear weapons illegal, banning their development, possession, use and
threat of use.

ICAN was launched in 2007 by the Australian affiliate of International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Medact is the UK
affiliate of IPPNW and is co-ordinating a group of UK NGOs to take the
campaign forward.

Job purpose:    Coordinating and developing a campaign for the abolition of
nuclear weapons through a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

Time:   1.5 days per week (10.5 hours)

Contract:       4 month fixed term contract from April 2009 (flexible)

Location:       Based in the Medact office (London) with flexible arrangements
for working at home

Responsible to: Medact's Director

Working With:   Medact's WMD Consultant, the ICAN-UK group and other Medact
staff as appropriate

Salary:         10.5 hours per week £23,000 pro rata (35 hour working week)


Tasks
1.    Coordinate the ongoing development of the campaign strategy as part
of the group.
2.    Communicate with the international ICAN network, informing the UK
group of their activities and keeping them up to date with the UK group
activities.
3.    Help to raise awareness of the campaign in the UK and European
Parliaments.
4.    Help with the development of campaign materials.
5.    Manage the ICAN-UK page on the international website.
6.    Carry out administrative tasks necessary for the functioning of the
group: organising meetings, writing up minutes, disseminating information.
7.    Undertake any other task reasonable to the campaign objectives.

Person Specification
1.    Previous experience of global security issues.
2.    A commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons.
3.    Education of degree level or higher.
4.    Good communication skills.
5.    Ability to work effectively to deadlines.
6.    Good interpersonal and team skills including tolerance and flexibility.
7.    Computer literacy in basic software programmes - including Drupal
(learning to use if necessary).

What the post holder can expect of Medact
1.      To work as part of a friendly and supportive team.
2.      Flexible working arrangements as far as is possible given the
needs of the campaign and Medact office resources.
3.      A chance to gain experience as appropriate for the work involved.
4.      All other conditions as outlined in Medact's contract of employment.


If you are interested please contact Marion Birch on
marionbirch at medact.org or 0207 324 4735 or 0207 324 4739 by Monday 09.00
Monday March 16th 2009

Interviews are planned for Thursday March 19th 2009

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