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12 people are interested
Corporate Responsibility Associate
ORGANIZATION: BUSINESSES ENDING SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING
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12 people are interested
BEST is seeking volunteers to help promote a new project focused on sex trafficking prevention. The BEST Employers Alliance involves local companies in prevention through a corporate responsibility approach. This volunteer position is not focused on fundraising. While we welcome donations from interested companies, our "ask" is that companies take steps within their internal operations to prevent sex trafficking & buying-through internal policies, employee training, or other best practices.
Duties (but are not limited to):
- Becoming well versed in human trafficking, sex trafficking, and prostitution in Washington state and aware of these issues globally
- Understanding the demand side of sex trafficking and why it is such a vital intervention to prevent exploitation of women and kids
- Accessing personal or business networks to promote trafficking prevention and/or set up meetings between a best employee and the business executives who can make a decision to partner with the BEST Employers Alliance
Hours:
This volunteer position requires a minimum of 3-5 hours per week. We ask for a minimum of 1 year commitment.
Qualifications:
- Experience to speak to Information Technology community. Would prefer individual with networking or background in IT.
- Sales, marketing, or communications experience
- Existing networks with executive-level business leaders in Washington, especially in HR, CSR, Legal, or C-suite
- Passion for human rights and for the prevention of sex trafficking
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Intelligent, learns quickly, and adapts easily to new situations
- Proactive and able to work independently without a high-level of oversight
- Ability to relate professionally and respectfully to a wide range of people, from trafficking survivors to law enforcement officers to CEOs
- Located in the Puget Sound region for the coming 1-2 years and able to travel within this region
More opportunities with BUSINESSES ENDING SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About BUSINESSES ENDING SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING
Location:
P.O Box 14512, Seattle, WA 98114, US
Mission Statement
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) aligns and equips leaders to use the power of business to prevent human trafficking. In 2011, a Washington-based foundation hosted a series of meetings to examine how trafficking might be prevented in the state. A clear consensus emerged: Businesses were central to the prevention and reporting of human trafficking yet they were almost entirely absent in statewide and nationwide efforts and protocols. BEST: Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking was launched in March 2012 to fill that gap.
Description
The goal of BEST is to prevent human trafficking, primarily within the U.S. We do so by engaging and educating businesses that unknowingly fund and facilitate trafficking. BEST leads three main programs:
1) Inhospitable to Trafficking (ITT): ITT is an in-depth training that educates hotel staff and management about how to recognize and halt trafficking. Trainings include specific examples of how/what/what/why to identify traffickers and victims, suitable ways to intervene with law enforcement, and appropriate ways to connect victims with support services. BEST provides resources online and in print to further education for hotel staff.
2) Employers Alliance: BEST Employers Alliance, is the first public/private, cross-sector partnership in the nation to address sex trafficking and buying. Working in partnership with the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and victim service providers, BEST engages employers in trafficking prevention efforts.
3) Safe Jobs Program: A lack of job opportunities is one of the most serious barriers for people seeking freedom from a trafficker. BEST aims to leverage its networks in the business community to find safe employment for trafficking survivors and persons at risk of trafficking.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
P.O. Box 14512Seattle, WA 98114
DATE POSTED
December 2, 2016
SKILLS
- Networking
- People Skills
- Business Development & Sales Management
- Public Speaking
- Relationship Building
- CSR / Volunteer Coordination
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 3-5 hours a week with a 1 year commitment request.