Overview
The Human Rights Officer is responsible for monitoring and investigating compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law, analyzing data, drafting reports, and advising on protection of civilians, rule of law, and transitional justice.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct substantive monitoring of the implementation of human rights and international humanitarian law.
- Collect, document, and analyse evidence-based information on civil, cultural, economic, social, and/or political rights.
- Draft, review, and disseminate human rights reports, briefings, and other communications.
- Collect, verify, and analyse multi-source information relevant to the human rights situation.
- Provide advisory and substantive support to national and/or regional counterparts.
- Design and deliver human rights capacity-building programmes.
- Contribute substantively to human rights mainstreaming efforts.
- Provide substantive advisory and technical support to authorities and other non-State development actors.
- Provide human-rights-based technical assistance on administration of justice and security-sector issues.
- Contribute substantively to advisory engagement with UN leadership and UN partners.
- Contribute to research, analysis, guidance, and policy advice on human rights issues in the context of economic policy and sustainable development.
- Engage in the promotion of Human Rights through advocacy and impactful outreach activities.
- Collect and analyse data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in human rights or related areas is required.
- Skills in designing, delivering, and evaluating capacity-building and training programmes are required.
- Skills in drafting human rights reports, policy, and other documents is required.
- Critical thinking skills is required.
- Knowledge of the application of the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights, including within the context of addressing inequalities is desirable.
- Knowledge of human rights monitoring, documentation, analysis, research and reporting methodologies, including planning, coordinating and conducting field missions is desirable.
- Knowledge of regional and international human rights mechanisms is desirable.
- Ability to build and maintain partnerships is desirable.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in human rights, law, political science, international relations, social sciences, economics, public policy, sustainable development, humanitarian affairs or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university.
