Human Rights Officer (Analyst/Reporting Officer)

The Human Rights Officer will work within the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua, analyzing information, coordinating investigations, drafting reports, and ensuring integration of gender perspectives in human rights investigations and reporting. The role requires expertise in human rights law and experience in complex human rights investigations and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyse information collected and advise Secretariat staff on addressing gaps and following leads.
• Coordinate with the Investigations Team Leader to identify gaps and orient investigations accordingly.
• Coordinate closely with the Legal Adviser to ensure information collected corresponds to required legal elements.
• Coordinate closely with the Gender Adviser to ensure gender perspectives are integrated throughout the investigation, analysis and report drafting, including on the gendered impact of violations.
• Prepare briefings, summaries of information gathered and analytical documents as required.
• Coordinate the drafting of the Group of Experts’ reports and act as its main drafter.
• Ensure that information collected is properly documented in accordance with standard OHCHR methodology in coordination with the Investigation Team Leader.
• Assist in drawing analytical conclusions and propose the structure of reports and visualization of the Commission’s findings and conclusions.
• Assist in developing actionable and gender-sensitive recommendations.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• 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.
• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible work experience in human rights, international humanitarian law or international criminal law is required.
• A minimum of two years of experience in the analysis and drafting of public human rights reports is required.
• Relevant experience working for the United Nations, or a similar institution is desirable.
• Relevant working experience in or on Latin America is desirable.
• Knowledge of human rights-related matters, international human rights law, international criminal law and international humanitarian law.
• Proven ability to analyse and report on complex human rights investigations.
• Understanding of gender dimension in the human rights field work including sexual based violence.
• Capacity to analyse and synthesize information.
• Ability to identify issues, analyze and participate in the resolution of issues/problems.
• Ability to conduct data collection using various methods.
• Conceptual analytical and evaluative skills to conduct independent research and analysis, including familiarity with and experience in the use of various research sources, including electronic sources on the Internet, intranet and other databases.
• Ability to apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan own work and manage conflicting priorities.
• Ability to incorporate gender perspectives and ensure equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

Skills

• Human Rights
• International Humanitarian Law
• International Criminal Law
• Human Rights Reporting
• Human Rights Investigation
• Data Collection
• Research and Analysis
• Gender Analysis in Human Rights
• Information Synthesis
• Problem Identification and Resolution
• Independent Research
• Use of Electronic Research Sources
• Work Planning and Prioritization
• Integration of Gender Perspectives

Languages

English, Spanish