<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>About US</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">Mnemonic is an international non-profit organization promoting human rights and accountability through the preservation and verification of open-source digital information.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">We are human rights defenders, lawyers, archivists, technologists, and open-source investigators dedicated to preserving, memorializing, and adding value to publicly available information related to human rights violations. We use our unique position as a cross-sectorial, cross-disciplinary organization to help human rights defenders hold power to account.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">We are an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. We do not and will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, nationality or citizenship, gender expression or identity, religion, economic background, disability, or sexual orientation.</p><h3><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></h3><p style="text-align:justify;">Mnemonic’s Rapid Response programme is expanding its activities with a Palestinian Archive project to respond to information and preservation requests, in support of pursuing justice and accountability for Palestinians.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Our team preserves, analyses, and memorializes documentation of human rights violations and international crimes taking place in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel. We do this by collecting and archiving related digital open source materials and analyzing the archived records in our database. Our mission is to support the important work of investigative journalists, human rights defenders, international accountability mechanisms, and criminal justice practitioners in documenting and investigating violations of international human rights law through open source investigation.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">By preserving verifiable documentation in our archive and helping others do the same, we hope to support a challenging but important fact-finding process for the people of Palestine. For this purpose, we are looking for an Open-Source Researcher to join our team. The researcher will receive training on open-source investigation while working on the project.</p><h3><strong>Objectives of the Project</strong></h3><p style="text-align:justify;">Mnemonic initiated Palestinian Archive project with the aim to preserve at-risk open-source materials related to the ongoing situations in Gaza and violations committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel. The activities of the project include monitoring human rights violations in Palestine, identifying and collecting reliable sources that document human rights violations in Palestine, collecting and preserving at-risk relevant content and incoming digital records with Mnemonic’s tools and infrastructure, and conducting open-source research to respond to information requests from various entities.</p><h3><strong>TASKS AND DELIVERABLES</strong></h3><p style="text-align:justify;">The Open-Source Researcher of Rapid Response with Palestine focus will be responsible for:</p><ul><li>Monitor the ongoing situations in Gaza and violations committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel;</li><li>Identify, collect and archive reliable information documenting human rights violations that is at risk of data loss, and prepare content for verification and analysis;</li><li>Preserving relevant incoming digital information for Mnemonic’s partners;</li><li>Organize archived materials to thematic datasets and groups;</li><li>Process and tag archived materials using Mnemonic’s annotation platform and protocols;</li><li>Analyze archived materials and conduct open-source research;</li><li>Produce request response output aligning with Mnemonic’s research handbook in a timely manner;</li><li>Work closely with other team members and teams including Legal and Research team, and Tech Team; </li><li>Assist the programme manager in connecting with Palestinian institutions, partners, and individuals for collaboration on documentation and investigations;</li><li>Support other Rapid Response projects with research capacity;</li><li>Perform other related duties, as required.</li></ul><h3><strong>LEVEL OF EFFORT and DURATION</strong></h3><p>The assignment is expected to start in September 2026 for a part-time position with a six month contract (with a possibility for an extension).</p><h3><strong>QUALIFICATIONS</strong></h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in Journalism, International Human Rights Law, Political Science or related discipline and at least 3 years of relevant work experience;</li><li>Trained in, or familiar with, digital open source investigation tools, preferably with experience conducting open-source investigations.</li><li>Fluency in oral and written English and Arabic, with knowledge of Hebrew, will be an asset.</li><li>Strong knowledge of the Palestinian and Israeli context;</li><li>Professional experience from Palestinian or international human rights organization is highly desirable;</li><li>Based in Berlin or Europe or SWANA countries is desirable;</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills are required to work collaboratively with the Rapid Response team, other teams, and its partners;</li><li>Demonstrated ability to work efficiently both as a team member and independently is required.</li></ul><h3><strong>How to apply</strong></h3><p>Please send your CV along with a cover letter to hr@mnemonic.org mentioning in the subject line of the email “Rapid Response Open-Source Researcher - Palestine focus''.</p><p><br>Open-Source Researcher - Palestinian Archive<br>Location: Berlin or remote (Europe and SWANA countries)&nbsp;<br>Deadline: August 27, 2026</p>

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