Overview
Serves as Coordinator of the Human Rights Training Unit, leading the coordination of all human rights training programmes and developing strategies for training and education materials.
Key Responsibilities
- Serves as Coordinator of the Human Rights Training Unit with responsibility for carrying out work coordination actions in relation to the Unit; manages staff of the Unit; coordinates with other Units of the Centre to ensure complementarity and achieve comprehensive implementation of the Centre's mandate.
- Leads the coordination of all human rights training programmes of the Unit; develops, coordinates and supervises the production and delivery of regional and sub-regional human rights training programmes, materials, tools and learning methodologies in identified priority areas, for use by the Centre, relevant OHCHR offices, government and other institutions, NHRIs, civil society organizations, and other audiences and stakeholders, including on human rights based approaches, relevant to the Centre’s mandate, to strengthen their capacity in the field of human rights; and develops dissemination strategies for training and education materials.
- Undertakes needs assessment exercises, based on OHCHR priorities in the region, to identify areas where human rights training programmes or materials need to be developed, updated or customized, through consultative processes involving national and regional actors, OHCHR, including field offices, UN departments and agencies.
- Ensures that all Centre's human rights training activities apply OHCHR methodology, including appropriate needs assessment and evaluation, to ensure their relevance, quality and impact; provides guidance to the Unit's staff to this end, and exercises quality control on the Centre's work products in this field.
- Coordinate closely with OHCHR Methodology, Learning, Policy and Practice Section (MLPP) at Global Operations Division, particularly the Human Rights Training Unit, with regard to the application of OHCHR training methodology, and to ensure that experience on training at global, regional and country level is exchanged, good practices identified and applied to optimize training effectiveness and impact.
- Prepares a strategy and an annual workplan for the Unit, including relevant resource requirements, as part of the overall workplan of the Centre and based on identified needs and priorities, to ensure implementation of the Centre's human rights training mandate; ensures reporting on activities and results as required.
- Provides specialized training methodology support and advice to OHCHR field offices in the region to support country-level activities.
- Develops partnerships with training institutions, selected relevant institutions, and relevant UN entities.
- Ensures that gender equality considerations are integrated into human rights training policies and programmes and evaluation processes and provides effective monitoring of the Centre's programme in this regard.
- Drafts reports and a variety of other documents for the Centre; drafts and evaluates human rights technical projects and other activities as required and makes recommendations on actions to take.
- Manages and coordinates the activities and staff of the Unit, including managing performance, providing supervision and guidance, training, assigning tasks and responsibilities, and ensuring that deadlines are met.
- Represents the Centre in meetings as required.
- Performs other related duties as requested by the Head of Centre.
Required Experience
At least seven (7) years of professional experience in human rights, education, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required. Experience in designing, managing and delivering human rights training and education programmes is required. Experience in working with governments and stakeholders (NHRIs, civil society, others) including through capacity building is desirable. Experience in managing and supervising staff is desirable. Experience in a field operation of the UN Common system or a comparable international organization is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, human rights, political science, international relations, social sciences or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
