UK Director, London
December 2011
Crisis Action has a vacancy for a UK Director, based in our London office. Please download the information and application pack.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 25th January 2012.
Advocacy Associate New York
December 2011
Crisis Action has a vacancy for an Advocacy Associate, based in our New York office. For information on the position, please download the information (PDF). Please send your resumé and a cover letter to with "New York Advocacy" in the subject line.
The closing date for applications is 13th January, 2012. Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place in New York on January 20-27th, 2012.
Announcement of Martha Bakwesegha-Osula as Crisis Action's Head of Office in Nairobi
December 2011
We are delighted to announce that Martha Bakwesegha-Osula has recently been appointed as Crisis Action's Head of Office in Nairobi. Martha joins Crisis Action having previously worked with the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in Durban, South Africa working on peacebuilding programmes in Angola, Liberia, Burundi and the DRC. She has also worked on governance and policy related programmes at the Development Policy Management Forum (DPMF) in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Martha holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, USA with a certificate in International Studies and a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the University of Natal (now the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal) in Durban, South Africa.
Internships at Crisis Action New York
December 2011
Crisis Action accepts rolling applications for full-time six month internships for its New York office. For more information, please download the detailed description (PDF). Please send your resumé and a cover letter to with "New York Internship" in the subject line.
Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, Germany
November 2011
Crisis Action has a vacancy for an Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, based in our Berlin office. Please download the information and application pack (Word doc, English).
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 4th December 2011.
Internship At Crisis Action Brussels
November 2011
Crisis Action is currently looking for an intern to work in its Brussels office. If you would like to be considered for a six-month placement, please send your CV, a cover letter and contact information for two references to with "Brussels 2011-2012 Internship" in the subject line. Applications will be accepted until 23rd November 2011.
For more information, please download the detailed description (PDF).
Internship At Crisis Action MENA (Cairo)
November 2011
Crisis Action is currently looking for interns to work at the Cairo (MENA) office. We are looking for young, highly motivated, hard working profiles who are passionate about humanitarian, human rights and international development-related issues as well as the MENA region, and who are able to intern for 6 months as soon as possible. While fluency in Arabic and English is required, internship experience is appreciated but not mandatory. The deadline to apply is as soon as possible, the starting date is mid-December or later.
Please download this document (Word doc, English) for more detailed information and contact details.
Announcement of Mariam Kemple as Crisis Action's Campaigns and Advocacy Manager in London
November 2011
We are delighted to announce that Mariam Kemple has recently been appointed at Crisis Action's Campaigns and Advocacy Manager in London. Mariam has extensive campaigning experience within the UK both professionally and as a member of local campaigning groups (particularly the London feminist movement). She previously worked at Mind, the UK's leading mental health charity, developing mental health services policy and running national campaigns on numerous issues including access to psychological therapies and men's mental health. Before this she worked at Help the Aged (now Age UK) and was involved in the award-winning Just Equal Treatment campaign that successfully led to the outlawing of age discrimination in the UK. In addition, she has worked in a consultancy role at the Fawcett Society, leading a project to improve the organisation's evaluation of its campaigning and communications activity. She holds an MA in Human Rights Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University and has published a number of articles in a range of publications, including the Journal of Human Rights Practice.
Announcement of Martin Konecny as Crisis Action's Brussels Director
February 2011
We are delighted to announce that Martin Konecny has been appointed as Crisis Action's Brussels Director. Martin has spent the past two and half years with Crisis Action as the Political Analyst and Campaigner in the Brussels Office and has led Crisis Action's international campaign on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Martin has over seven years of EU advocacy experience having previously led campaigns for international environmental organisations in Brussels. Prior to that he worked as a journalist and with a number of civil society initiatives in the Czech Republic. Martin holds a postgraduate degree in sociology.
Announcement of Vanessa Jackson as Crisis Action's Head of Campaigns and Advocacy in New York
February 2011
We are delighted to announce Vanessa Jackson as Crisis Action's Head of Campaigns and Advocacy in our New York office. Before joining Crisis Action, Vanessa spent three years as Deputy Representative to the United Nations, for the International Service for Human Rights in the New York where her work focused on analysing and reporting on human rights developments at the Security Council and General Assembly. Prior to this, she spent four years with the Australian Human Rights Commission working to improve the government's policies with respect to indigenous Australians, and to implement Australia's human rights technical cooperation programme with the Chinese Government. Vanessa has also worked as a consultant with the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and with indigenous communities in many parts of Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Economics (Social Sciences) (Hons), and a Master of Environmental Law, both from the University of Sydney.
Announcement of Andrew Hudson as Crisis Action's New York Director
November 2010
We are delighted to announce Andrew Hudson as Crisis Action's incoming New York Director. Andrew is an international human rights lawyer with over 10 years of varied UN and international advocacy experience. Before being appointed New York Director, Andrew was Head of Advocacy and Campaigns for Crisis Action in New York, leading the organisation’s work on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Prior to that Andrew worked for four years at Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) in New York, where he coordinated UN advocacy, managed the Human Rights Defenders Program and led Latin American work.
Previously, Andrew was a lawyer in Australia representing indigent clients and refugees and spearheading major law reform projects. He has also worked with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Ecuador, the UN Regional Commission in Thailand, the Australian delegation to the UN General Assembly, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions. Andrew holds honours degrees in politics and law from the University of Melbourne and a Masters of Laws from New York University School of Law.