The Human Rights Officer will lead and coordinate monitoring and implementation of human rights and international humanitarian law, manage evidence collection and reporting, conduct field and investigative missions, provide substantive advice and technical support to national and regional counterparts, and manage team activities within the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the monitoring of the implementation of human rights and international humanitarian law and ensure appropriate follow-up on recommendations from human rights mechanisms, including treaty bodies, the UPR, special procedures and investigative findings, to support compliance with human rights and advance accountability.
- Coordinate and manage the collection, documentation, and quality control of evidence-based information on civil, cultural, economic, social and/or political rights, including the right to development, to support early warning, accountability and informed decision-making, identifying gaps and ensuring the proper handling and sharing of human rights data, including from gender and leave no one behind perspectives.
- Lead the coordination 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 ensure comprehensive reporting on findings and recommendations.
- Coordinate and lead fact-finding or investigative missions to document violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, ensuring technical adherence to victim and witness protection standards and managing cross-component collaboration as necessary.
- Lead and coordinate the production and substantive review of human rights reports, briefings and other communications, with legal analysis as appropriate, and prepare analytical papers to inform strategies, policies, programmes, crisis management, guidance and decision-making, with attention to gender integration and leave-no-one-behind perspectives.
- Lead and conduct collection, verification and analysis of multi-source information relevant to the human rights thematic and/or country-specific situation, ensuring data quality and methodological compliance, including from a gender perspective, leaving no one behind.
- Lead the provision of substantive advice and technical support to national and/or regional counterparts to strengthen their human rights systems, institutions and frameworks, including complaints mechanisms, victim and witness support services, and engagement with human rights mechanisms, including reporting and implementation of recommendations.
- Advise UN leadership and UN partners on the integration of human rights into protection, rule of law, economic policy, transitional justice and accountability leading substantive advisory inputs within assigned areas of responsibility.
- Lead and coordinate substantive support to treaty bodies, special procedures, the UPR and/or commissions of inquiry through research, coordination and follow-up.
- Manage and coordinate fundraising and resource mobilization activities to advance the Office’s goals, including planning initiatives, engaging donors and partners, and ensuring effective implementation within assigned areas of responsibility.
- Collect and analyse data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables, and report using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation, and reporting.
- Maintain confidentiality and integrity and handle sensitive information with discretion, ensuring compliance with the UN data privacy, security requirements, and standards.
- Manage and coordinate the activities of the team, including hiring, training, assigning tasks and responsibilities, and ensuring that deadlines are met.
- Plan and manage required resources to implement the responsibilities, projects, and activities.
- Provide guidance to team members to promote professional development and a positive team culture.
Requirements
- 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.
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in human rights or related areas is required.
- Relevant experience may include, but is not limited to political affairs, public affairs, international relations, law, social sciences, economics, development, humanitarian affairs, or other related areas.
- Knowledge of international human rights law, norms, and standards is required.
- Knowledge of human rights monitoring, documentation, analysis, research and reporting methodologies, including planning, coordinating and conducting field missions is required.
- Skills in drafting human rights reports, policy and other documents is required.
- Knowledge of regional and international human rights mechanisms is required.
- Ability to conduct legal analysis is desirable.
- Knowledge of the application of human rights in humanitarian contexts is desirable.
- Skill in collecting, processing, and analysing large volumes of unstructured and structured data is desirable.
- Project management skills are desirable.
- English is required at UN Level III for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
- Either French or Spanish is desirable at UN Level I for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Skills
- International Human Rights Law
- Human Rights Monitoring
- Human Rights Documentation
- Human Rights Analysis
- Human Rights Research
- Human Rights Reporting
- Field Mission Coordination
- Human rights report drafting
- Policy drafting
- Regional Human Rights Mechanisms
- UN Human Rights Mechanisms
- Legal Analysis
- Human Rights in Humanitarian Contexts
- Data Collection
- Data Processing
- Data Analysis
- Project Management
Languages
English, French, Spanish
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