Assistant Human Rights Officer

The Assistant Human Rights Officer supports human rights monitoring, data collection, reporting, and capacity-building activities under close supervision. The role involves engagement with UN colleagues, local authorities, and civil society to gather and verify information on human rights concerns and assist in the preparation of reports and training programmes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the collection of data for human rights monitoring and provide technical support for the tracking of recommendations from human rights mechanisms.
• Assist in collecting, documenting, and managing evidence-based information on civil, cultural, economic, social and/or political rights, including the right to development, contributing to analysis, early warning and response, accountability and informed decision-making; and to identifying data gaps.
• Assist in the preparation and conduct of human rights monitoring and field verification missions, including assessments and early-warning exercises, in accordance with UN methodology, gender indicators and victim/witness protection standards, and provide input to drafting reports on findings and recommendations.
• Assist in drafting human rights reports, briefings and other communications and provide technical support for the preparation of analytical papers that inform decision-making, incorporating gender and leave no one behind considerations under close supervision.
• Assist in the delivery of human rights capacity-building programmes for State institutions, security forces, NHRIs, civil society and other stakeholders, contributing to materials and activities that incorporate human rights-based approaches and reflect gender and leave no one behind considerations under supervision.
• Assist in efforts to promote transitional justice processes, including truth-seeking, prosecutions and reparations, contributing basic research and preparatory tasks to support activities aimed at fighting impunity under supervision.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity and handle sensitive information with discretion, ensuring compliance with the UN data privacy, security requirements, and standards.
• Assist in supporting the delivery of training programmes and workshops using various platforms for different audiences by carrying out preparatory, logistical and administrative tasks to enhance the capacity of UN staff and partners.

Requirements

• 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.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• For candidates who hold a first level university degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent), a minimum of two years of progressively responsible professional experience at national and/or international levels in the human rights field is required.
• No experience is needed for candidates who hold an advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent).
• Ability to mobilize support from a wide range of partners and stakeholders is required.
• Knowledge of international human rights law, norms, and standards is desirable.
• Skills to integrate a human rights-based approach, leave no one behind, gender equality and women's empowerment into all areas of work is required.
• Knowledge of human rights monitoring, documentation, analysis, research and reporting methodologies, including planning, coordinating and conducting field missions, is desirable.
• Ability to conduct legal analysis is required.
• Skills in incorporating a survivor-centred approach and survivor-led design into programmes and projects is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level II for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Human Rights
• Human Rights Monitoring
• Legal Analysis
• Human Rights Reporting
• Human Rights Documentation
• Human Rights Research
• Field Mission Coordination
• Human Rights Approaches
• Gender Equality Integration
• Survivor Centred Approaches
• Stakeholder mobilization
• Capacity Building
• Data Collection
• Report Preparation
• Training Program Development
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

English