The Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA) is hiring a Programme Coordinator to oversee a one-year campaign of regional advocacy on citizenship and statelessness to be conducted in collaboration with OSI's Justice Initiative. The position is based in Nairobi (home of the OSIEA head office). The Open Society Justice Initiative and OSIEA will undertake a program of regional-level advocacy in Africa, chiefly targeting mechanisms of the African Union, on issues of citizenship and statelessness. This advocacy will seek to address the lack of a right to nationality in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the consequent lack of any African regional standard on this critical issue. Thus, the overall goal of this advocacy is to encourage the African Union to draft and adopt a protocol to the African Charter on the right to nationality. Responsibilities The Project Coordinator will work under the supervision of the Justice Initiative's Senior Legal Officers for Africa and for Equality and Citizenship.

PROGRAMME COORDINATOR Citizenship and Statelessness Project
OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR EAST AFRICA (OSIEA).To Apply: Send cover letter and resume by May 5, 2007 to: [email protected] or fax to +254-20-3877663. No telephone inquiries please. Please Note: Because of the large number of applications received, only selected candidates will be contacted further by OSIEA.