Special Counsel

Cape Town, South Africa
Job Description | October 2023

HTI’s Mission

The Human Trafficking Institute (HTI) exists to decimate modern slavery at its source by empowering police and prosecutors to stop traffickers. Working inside criminal justice systems, HTI provides the embedded experts, world-class training, investigative resources, and evidence-based research necessary to free victims.

General Description

HTI seeks applicants with prosecution experience for this Special Counsel position, which will be positioned within South Africa’s criminal justice system. The HTI enforcement-based model, successful elsewhere, is now being implemented in South Africa, beginning with the essential partnership it has formed with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The selected Special Counsel will work with the NPA and the South African Police Service (SAPS) to collaborate closely with investigators and prosecutors handling human trafficking cases throughout the Western Cape province and other locations in South Africa. This position reports directly to HTI’s Country Director in South Africa.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Learn, understand, and stay abreast of human trafficking-related statutory, regulatory, and case law in South Africa
• Assist and provide legal expertise to NPA prosecutors on human trafficking prosecutions
• Advise, support, and conduct legal research for specialized human trafficking investigation and prosecution units/personnel
• Maintain organized reports and detailed data regarding human trafficking cases throughout South Africa
• Develop relationships with SAPS investigators, NPA prosecutors, and other relevant criminal justice stakeholders
• Facilitate coordination between investigators, prosecutors, and victim assistance coordinators in human trafficking cases
• Coordinate and partner with other civil society organizations that provide services to human trafficking victims and on other issues related to human trafficking
• Identify barriers to effective prosecution of human trafficking cases in South Africa and identify and execute strategies for overcoming those barriers
• Assist in preparing for and conducting human trafficking knowledge and skills-based
  trainings for a variety of audiences
• Assist in the recruitment and training of future HTI personnel
• Maintain confidentiality of privileged and sensitive information
• Attend meetings, retreats, and other HTI events, as required
• Carry out additional assignments from the Country Director

Skills and Experience

• Juris Doctor or equivalent required
• At least seven (7) years prosecutorial experience required
• Subject matter expertise in human trafficking or related crimes highly preferred
• Experience training criminal justice stakeholders on investigative and prosecution strategies and accepted best practices preferred
• Experience living/working in an international context preferred
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Ability to quickly and independently produce a professional work product
• Experience working as a team and managing multiple tasks
• Organized, meticulous attention to detail

Critical Qualities

• Self-motivated and hard working
• Ability to adapt to living in a new country
• Ability to winsomely lead others
• Disciplined with priorities
• Personable
• Mature judgment
• Professional presentation in demeanor as well as written and oral communication
• Works well under stress
• Strong ethic of service
• Strong ethic of service
• Passion for the HTI’s model and core values

To Apply

This is a full-time, field-based position with benefits. It is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Salary is commensurate with experience. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resumé, and three references to [email protected]. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Special Counsel

South Africa
Job Description | December 2022

Institute’s Mission

The Human Trafficking Institute (HTI) exists to decimate modern slavery at its source by empowering police and prosecutors to stop traffickers. Working inside criminal justice systems, the Institute provides the embedded experts, world-class training, investigative resources, and evidence-based research necessary to free victims.

General Description – Uganda, Belize or South Africa

HTI seeks applicants with prosecution experience for a Special Counsel position, which will be positioned within Uganda, Belize or South Africa’s criminal justice system. The selected Special Counsel will work in the Office of Public Prosecution and collaborate closely with investigators and prosecutors handling human trafficking cases throughout Uganda, Belize or South Africa. This position reports directly to HTI’s Country Director in Uganda, Belize or South Africa. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Assist and provide legal expertise to ODPP Prosecutors on human trafficking prosecutions
• Advise, support, and conduct legal research for the specialized human trafficking investigation and prosecution units/personnel and the courts that hear human trafficking cases
• Maintain organized reports and detailed data regarding all human trafficking cases throughout Uganda, Belize or South Africa, including the full utilization of HTI’s TIPMAP program
• Develop relationships with law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and other relevant criminal justice stakeholders
• Facilitate coordination between investigators, prosecutors, and victim witness coordinators in human trafficking cases
• Coordinate and partner with other civil society organizations that provide services to human trafficking victims and on other issues related to human trafficking
• Identify barriers to effective prosecution of human trafficking cases in Uganda, Belize or South Africa and identify and execute strategies for overcoming those barriers
• Assist in preparing for and conducting human trafficking knowledge- and skills-based trainings for a variety of audiences
• Assist in the recruitment and training of future HTI personnel in Uganda, Belize or South Africa
• Maintain confidentiality of privileged and sensitive information
• Attend meetings, retreats and other HTI events, as required
• Carry out additional assignments at the Country Director’s or Leadership Team’s request

Skills and Experience

• Juris Doctor or equivalent
• Subject matter expertise in human trafficking required
• Prosecutorial experience required, specialization in human trafficking highly preferred
• Extensive experience training criminal justice stakeholders on human trafficking and investigative and prosecution strategies and accepted best practices
• Experience operating in an international context highly preferred
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Ability to quickly and independently produce a professional work product
• Experience working as a team and managing multiple tasks
• Organized, meticulous attention to detail

Critical Qualities

• Self-motivated and hard working
• Ability to adapt to living in a new country
• Ability to winsomely lead others
• Disciplined with priorities
• Personable
• Mature judgment
• Professional presentation in demeanor, written and oral communication
• Works well under stress
• Strong ethic of service
• Sustained positive attitude
• Passion for the HTI’s model and goals

To Apply

This is a full-time, field-based position with benefits. It is based in Kampala, Uganda, Belize or South Africa. Salary is commensurate with experience. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resumé, and three references to [email protected]. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. These positions are based on grant funding.

Vice President of Advancement

United States of America
Job Description | July 2023

About HTI

The Human Trafficking Institute (HTI) is reshaping the landscape of the fight against human trafficking, deploying a high-impact model that is stopping traffickers and protecting victims in record numbers. HTI has already made significant strides in decimating trafficking across the globe. Partner countries like Uganda have achieved globally significant progress, becoming a top performer in the fight against trafficking with a 627% (6x) increase in traffickers prosecuted since HTI deployed its embedded expert model. As HTI embarks on a phase of significant growth, this position presents a unique opportunity for the right leader to play a pivotal role in fueling the expansion of this proven model and driving historic impact, sustainable transformation, and changed lives in the battle against trafficking worldwide.

General Description

The Vice President of Advancement is a strategic leader who will spearhead a highly effective fundraising function and secure targeted revenue to support HTI’s growing impact. He/she will be a chief spokesperson for HTI, forging impactful partnerships with high net-worth individuals and within institutional, corporate, foundation, and business circles with a compelling case for support. This leader will winsomely grow and serve HTI’s dedicated community of financial partners by developing and managing a strong advancement team, strategically assessing and shaping HTI’s fundraising efforts, and carrying a curated portfolio of major donors. He/she will report to the CEO and will serve on HTI’s executive leadership team.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities will include:

Fundraising

• Designs, implements and manages all fundraising activities, including multi-year giving, grant writing, campaigns, planned giving, event planning and solicitations
• Evaluates the results of all resource development initiatives and recommends modifications or new strategies to support the achievement of fundraising goals
• Prepares HTI’s Annual Report

Major donors

• Develops and leads a world-class major donor operation that reliably and sustainably grows with HTI’s impact
• Builds and manages a fundraising team that grows and serves a dedicated community of major donors
• Advises the CEO on major donor engagement, including solicitations, operational updates, events, and speaking opportunities
• Harnesses HTI’s donor management process and data to develop and refine strategies to better identify, cultivate, solicit and steward individual donors

Acquisition

• Builds and refines effective acquisition strategies to create a growing pipeline of donors/prospects to cultivate, solicit and steward in accordance with the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Code of Ethics

Events

• Plans and executes effective fundraising and donor engagement events in strategic locations across the United States

Stewardship

• Upholds excellence in the donor experience across all departments and facilitates a compelling and caring donor journey for all funders of HTI’s mission
• Supports a comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy for donor recordkeeping and reporting
• Ensures accurate and compelling reporting to individuals, foundations, and institutional donors
• Delivers high levels of donor satisfaction and retention through timely responses, deeper engagement with HTI’s impact, and opportunities to recognize, thank, and educate donors on HTI’s work
• Ensures donors understand their value to HTI’s team and mission and experience HTI’s deep gratitude for their partnership

Strategic Planning & Implementation

• Collaborates with the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board of Directors to support the development & implementation of HTI’s strategic plan and budget

Board of Directors

• Reports fundraising strategy and results to the board of directors as requested
• Utilizes Board Members willing to participate in joint solicitation efforts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years proven leadership experience in major donor fundraising
• Demonstrated history of building, implementing and refining an effective major donor fundraising strategy that significantly increased revenue and retention
• Demonstrated history of building and managing an effective fundraising team
• Confident and compelling public speaker with capacity to articulate HTI’s mission clearly and effectively to a wide variety of audiences
• Experience with large institutional and federal grants preferred
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally
• Significant experience utilizing CRM and giving platform systems to drive improved outcomes and diagnose challenges
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Compelling conversationalist and intelligent listener

Additional Skills

• Highly strategic and visionary leader
• Entrepreneurial and resourceful
• Mature leader with the ability to motivate and encourage individuals and teams to unite around strategic goals
• High emotional intelligence
• Strong ethic of service
• Passionate to drive HTI’s impact

To Apply

This is a full-time, field-based position with benefits. It is based in the United States of America. Salary is commensurate with experience. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resumé, and three references to [email protected]. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. These positions are based on grant funding.

Country Director

Belize
Job Description | July 2023

HTI’s Mission

Human Trafficking Institute (HTI) exists to decimate modern slavery at its source by empowering police and prosecutors to stop traffickers. Working inside criminal justice systems, the Institute provides the embedded experts, world-class training, investigative resources, and evidence-based research necessary to free victims.

General Description

The Country Director will play a significant role in the development and growth of the Human Trafficking Institute within their designated Host Country assignment. This position will develop and maintain governmental partnerships and will lead HTI’s staff, operations, and projects in furtherance of HTI’s model in the assigned Host Country, establishing and supporting specialized units, conducting country HT assessments, and providing training and day-to-day mentorship. The Country Director will recruit, retain, and lead a specialized team of both Expatriates and Country National Employees.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain relationships with law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and other relevant local and national government officials in Host Country
• Communicate HTI’s vision and mission to government officials, practitioners, and other stakeholders
• Working with HTI’s Leadership and Advancement Teams to maintain/expand donor relations and fundraising to provide resources to support HTI Host Country (including engagement with international donors)
• Develop and manage the budget for HTI Host Country Program
• Oversee security and daily operations for HTI’s programs and in-country team
• Recruit, train, develop, and lead a motivated and professional in-country team
• Ensure HTI operates within Host Country laws and regulations and HTI’s values, standards, and policies
• Assist and provide legal expertise to ODPP prosecutors and UPF investigators on human trafficking prosecutions
• Advise, support, and conduct legal research for the specialized human trafficking investigation and prosecution units/personnel and the courts that hear human trafficking cases
• Maintain organized reports and detailed data regarding all human trafficking cases throughout Host Country
• Facilitate coordination between investigators, prosecutors, and victim assistance coordinators in human trafficking cases
• Coordinate and partner with other civil society organizations that provide services to human trafficking victims and on other issues related to human trafficking
• Identify barriers to effective investigation/prosecution/adjudication of human trafficking cases in Host Country and identify and execute strategies for overcoming those barriers
• Assist in preparing for and conducting human trafficking knowledge- and skills-based trainings for a variety of audiences
• Execute on all programmatic and grant-funded project goals and KPIs, while ensuring grant/financial compliance and overall management of HTI Host Country’s budget
• Represent HTI at various meetings and workshops in Host Country, as required
• Maintain confidentiality of privileged and sensitive information
• Attend meetings, retreats and other HTI events, as required
• Generate new and innovative ideas to advance HTI’s mission and model
• Carry out additional assignments at the CEO’s and Leadership Team’s request

Skills and Experience

• Juris Doctor or equivalent
• Subject matter expertise in human trafficking
• Prosecutorial experience required; specialization in human trafficking prosecution highly preferred
• Experience successfully leading cross-cultural/international teams to achieve ambitious objectives in challenging environments with excellent outcomes
• Demonstrated experience with organizational capacity strengthening and partnership building
• Advocacy and/or policy experience with key stakeholders including governments, cultural and religious leaders, institutional donors, civil society organizations and other partners
• Proven ability to set and achieve significant outcomes and impact
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Ability to quickly and independently produce a professional work product
• Assist in recruiting experienced HT professionals to serve as embedded experts within specialized units in Host Countries
• Participate from time to time in the HTI’s development and fundraising efforts
• Establish and maintain a positive public relations image
• Assist in the overall organizational development of the Human Trafficking Institute
• Generate new and innovative ideas to advance the Human Trafficking Institute’s mission
• Experience working as a team and managing multiple tasks

Critical Qualities

• Exemplary leadership skills: ability to winsomely lead others
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills
• Organized, meticulous attention to detail
• Self-motivated and articulate
• Ability to adapt to living in a new country
• Disciplined with priorities
• Personable
• Mature judgment
• Works well under stress
• Strong ethic of service
• Sustained positive attitude
• Passion for HTI’s model and goals

To Apply

This is a full-time, field-based position with benefits. It is based in Belize. Salary is commensurate with experience. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resumé, and three references to [email protected]. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Summer Legal Intern 2023

Job Description | January 2023

Institute’s Mission

The Human Trafficking Institute exists to decimate human trafficking at its source by empowering police and prosecutors to stop traffickers. Working inside criminal justice systems, the Institute provides the embedded experts, world-class training, investigative resources, and evidence-based research necessary to assist victims and survivors.

General Description

The Legal Intern position requires a minimum 10-hour-per-week commitment beginning in May 2023 and ending in August 2023. This is an unpaid position; Applicants are encouraged to seek funding or academic credit from their respective university. The Legal Intern will report directly to the Senior Legal Counsel.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Author content for HTI’s legal blog, Trafficking Matters
• Perform legal research and writing on domestic and comparative human trafficking issues to inform ongoing prosecutions in HTI partner countries
• Perform legislative research to inform HTI’s advocacy initiatives and policy priorities
• Provide research and Bluebooking support to HTI attorneys producing scholarship
• Contribute to the development and publication of the 2022 Federal Human Trafficking Report, including detailed data collection and review
• Prepare HTI attorneys for external engagements by drafting talking points and PowerPoint presentations
• Attend and take notes at webinars/ virtual conferences in the anti-trafficking space
• Other administrative or program support tasks as needed

Skills and Experience

• 1L (rising 2L by the start date) with a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrated commitment to anti-trafficking movement or access to justice issues
• Strong legal research and writing ability
• Professionalism, including time management, communication, and attention to detail
• Ability to produce a professional work product efficiently and independently
• Team player with a sustained positive attitude
• Prior experience with Westlaw or Lexis

To Apply

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, unofficial law school transcript, writing sample, and contact info for three references to [email protected] no later than March 17, 2023. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.