Human Rights Officer (Statistical Data)

The Human Rights Officer (statistical data) supports the development and application of statistical methodologies and data collection related to human rights indicators.

The role involves collaboration with internal and external partners, analysis and dissemination of statistical data, and contributing to the digital transformation strategy of OHCHR.

Responsibilities

• Supports development and application of definitional, methodological, data collection and disaggregation guidance, tools and documentation on indicators identified under international human rights standards, and in connection with OHCHR’s Global Human Rights Indicator Framework, indicators of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other relevant statistical indicator frameworks.
• Supports organization and delivery of training activities, technical assistance, consultations and collaboration with in-house and external partners, including human rights and statistical experts/practitioners and other stakeholders from national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations/entities active in the fields of human rights, governance, development and statistics.
• Reviews available literature, standards and practices in the field of human rights and statistics and on-going work by OHCHR, UN agencies, national human rights institutions, national statistical offices, civil society organizations and other stakeholders, in relation to the measurement and implementation of international human rights standards.
• Organizes, designs, plans and carries out the collection, evaluation, analysis, compilation and dissemination of statistical data, including data held by OHCHR, by selecting and implementing statistical methods for data collection, checking and processing for incorporation into databases, and for dissemination through global and country-level reporting.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent), preferably in Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, Law, Social Sciences or other disciplines related to human rights.
• 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.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience at national and international levels in conducting analytical work or policy-oriented research in human rights or related area, within a governmental, non-governmental or an academic environment, is required.
• Experience working on analysing, interpreting and aggregating quantitative and qualitative data for the purpose of statistical indicator production is required.
• A minimum of two years of experience in the use of statistical or econometrics software(s) (e. g., R, Python, STATA or equivalent) is required.
• Experience working in or closely with national and international human rights institutions is desirable.
• Experience working in, or closely with, national or international statistical organizations is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level III in reading, writing, listening and speaking is required.

Skills

• Statistical Analysis
• Policy-Oriented Research
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Statistical Indicator Production
• Use of R
• Use of Python
• Stata Usage
• Econometric Software
• Human Rights Analysis
• Data Interpretation
• Data Aggregation
• Statistical Methods
• Data Collection
• Collaboration with Human Rights Institutions
• Collaboration with Statistical Organizations
• Digital Transformation
• Languages
• English