HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER (Gender Adviser/GBV Investigator), P4

United Nations - UN •Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Vienna, Austria

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Overview

The Human Rights Officer (Gender Adviser/GBV Investigator) will advise on gender dimensions of human rights violations and investigate cases of sexual and gender-based violence.

Key Responsibilities

Advises on gender dimensions of human rights violations, including gender analysis and training.
Researches, documents, and collects information on women's human rights and gender issues related to the Commission's mandate.
Recommends referral pathways for victims and survivors.
Ensures documentation, collection, preservation, analysis, and reporting on sexual and gender-based violence and other gender-based human rights violations.
Conducts interviews and evidence gathering, ensuring gender-sensitive protection and confidentiality for witnesses and victims.
Participates in field missions for information gathering.
Contributes to drafting the final report, recommendations, and other analytical documents, ensuring integration of a gender perspective and gender-sensitive language.
Suggests gender-specific priority recommendations.
Provides advice on gender-sensitive information gathering methods.
Performs other duties as required.

Required Experience

A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible work experience in human rights, international humanitarian law or international criminal law is required. A minimum of two (2) years of experience working on women's human rights, gender integration and/or on sexual and gender-based violence is required. Experience in providing gender analysis in human rights monitoring or human rights, international humanitarian law or criminal law investigations is desirable. Relevant working experience in or on the region is desirable.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in law, political science, international relations or another discipline related to human rights 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 degree.