Overview
This role involves conducting research and analysis on human rights issues related to sustainable development, poverty, and inequalities, and providing policy advice.
Key Responsibilities
- Conducts substantive research and analysis and provides policy advice on human rights issues in the context of sustainable development, with focus on poverty, inequalities and development financing.
- Reviews, monitors and evaluates activities relating to the implementation of international human rights instruments, including recommendations of treaty bodies and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, with focus on sustainable development, poverty and inequalities
- Prepares relevant human rights parts of reports for the General Assembly, HRC, etc. notes on the status of ratification of human rights instruments, etc.
- Works with UN staff, national officials as well as development and economicofficers and civil society to plan projects and review project activities.
- Works with UN and non-governmental programmes in the country/region to integrate human rights, including their gender dimensions in their programs; helps design and implements the human rights program and designs the organization and focus of the evaluation.
- Ensures up-to-date information regarding substantive matters in the field of human rights and sustainable development and makes recommendations on actions to take.
- Makes contact with other sectors of the UN, other international organizations and governments on coordination and policy matters; brief representatives and provides, as appropriate suggestions and recommendations.
- Assists UN country teams to develop and implement training in the field of human rights and sustainable development, with attention to gender perspectives.
- Serves as team leader with responsibility for carrying out, in consultation with the Chief of the Section, work coordination and administrative functions relating to the staff, planning and budget.
- Trains and supervises new/junior staff.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, economic affairs, development, international relations or related area is required. Two years or more of experience in integrating human rights into sustainable development at the global and/or country level is required. Three years or more of experience working on poverty and inequalities in the context of development financing is required. At least 5 years of work experience as an economist engaged in economic policy and human rights issues is desirable. Work experience with the United Nations, regional institutions or similar international settings is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, development economics, international relations, social sciences or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage.
