Hunt Alternatives brings daring goals, distinctive perspectives, innovative practices, and extraordinary talent to some of the world’s most complex and injurious challenges. We’re committed to inclusive peace processes, elimination of the demand for illegal purchased sex, women’s highest-level political participation, powerful social movement leadership, and sustainable youth arts. To achieve systemic change in these areas, we convene stakeholders, produce actionable research, advocate in the public policy arena, conduct targeted training, and leverage long-term partnerships. Demand Abolition, a program of Hunt Alternatives, is committed to eradicating the illegal commercial sex industry in the US—and, by extension, the world—by combating the demand for purchased sex. We’re catalyzing social change to reflect the dignity of all people, insisting that an inherent human right is that no person can be bought or sold. Prostitution (which includes sex trafficking) continues to flourish, degrading the vulnerable adults and children being prostituted, as well as the men who are buying them. There’s growing evidence that combatting the demand for prostitution reduces sex trafficking and is a critical element of any comprehensive anti-trafficking effort. In 2014, we launched a pilot-based initiative to reduce demand in key cities across the United States by 20 percent in two years. We’re creating evidence-based models of combatting demand for illegal commercial sex that can be replicated in communities across the country. In the first phase, we’re supporting four cities for two years to test and measure community-based approaches to reduce demand. Based on an application process, six more cities will be selected this summer, with a formal launch in October 2014. Demand Abolition seeks a multi-disciplinary thinker to lead the effort to uncover promising practices to fight the demand for illegal commercial sex in the United States. The Social Innovation Manager will research different sectors – both within the anti-trafficking movement and other fields relevant to the issue – to identify or develop new solutions to combating demand. This position reports to Ziba Cranmer, Executive Director of Demand Abolition. Responsibilities Interventions lead (70%) Work in partnership with coordinators from participating cities to develop strategies and priorities for intervention support, including enhancing existing practices, developing new interventions, and prototyping and testing in select cities Identify promising interventions relevant to reducing demand for illegal commercial sex; we anticipate these approaches will be cross-disciplinary involving the following sectors: law enforcement, technology/big data, neuroscience and psychology, public policy (state and municipal), social marketing, etc. Identify and develop a team of experts that can be deployed around the country to deliver trainings and provide technical assistance Document case studies of promising practices relevant to demand and work with the Demand Abolition Network Learning Specialist to disseminate among cities and other relevant practitioners Work with the Senior Operations Manager to oversee grants for the cities initiative to incubate and test promising practices in demand and develop complementary technical assistance to optimize grant impact Work with internal and external partners to create and maintain database of relevant technical information from the field, areas of need, existing resources, knowledge gaps to be filled, etc. Work with experts to conduct impact assessments of tested interventions Attend and present at relevant meetings, conferences, trainings, and other events to build own professional expertise, collect and share new information among, stay informed about emerging trends in training and technical assistance, as well as on subject matter Assists all staff members with other duties as determined and assigned Innovations lead (30%) Implement and manage crowdsourcing initiatives to generate innovative ideas to reduce the demand for illegal commercial sex, including vendor identification, platform management, outreach and engagement of the cities Work with the Executive Director to develop comprehensive implementation outlines for ideas generated through innovation activities Organize design workshops and report on proposed solutions and lessons learned Complete evaluations of events and capture lessons learned from all innovation activities Qualifications Minimum of six years of experience developing and implementing training and technical assistance projects and/or drafting training curricula Master’s degree in Business Administration, Public Policy or a related field Demonstrated creativity, innovation, and excitement about developing new projects Demonstrated ability to analyze, synthesize, and present technical information to a wide range of audiences, including high-level policymakers, criminal justice professionals, and donors Exceptional written and oral communication skills Strong strategic and multi-disciplinary thinker; able to gain fluency in different sectors quickly Experience with online technology-related fields, especially big data, data mining and civic technology Highly resourceful – a “self-starter” with initiative that enjoys working with a team Ability to thrive in an extremely fast-paced environment and remain flexible Must have strong organizational skills with an ability to prioritize and attend to multiple assignments Experience with grant management a plus Knowledge of the commercial sex industry, human trafficking, domestic violence, pornography or a related field a plus Must be able to work with diverse groups of people with respect and appreciation for differences Fluency in Microsoft Office applications: Word, Power Point, and Excel; proficiency with Raiser’s Edge a plus Interested applicants may send a letter of interest and resume/CV to hr@huntalternatives.org . 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