Overview
In this role you support the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances within OHCHR, coordinating evidence-based monitoring and reporting to advance accountability for rights violations. You will lead field missions, data collection, and legal analysis to inform policy, crisis management, and follow-up on recommendations. You will work with cross‑functional teams to ensure gender perspectives and inclusive practices. This position offers impactful engagement in shaping human rights protections at international levels.
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Lead monitoring and follow-up on human rights and international humanitarian law implementations and recommendations.
- Coordinate collection, documentation, and quality control of evidence on civil, political, economic, social and development rights; ensure gender perspectives and Leave No One Behind considerations.
- Oversee human rights monitoring and field verification missions and report findings and recommendations.
- Coordinate and lead fact-finding or investigative missions with adherence to victim/witness protection standards.
- Oversee production and review of reports and briefings, incorporating legal analysis to inform strategies and decision-making with gender integration.
- Coordinate analysis of multi-source information to support thematic or country-specific situations with data quality and gender perspective.
- Provide substantive advisory support to national/regional counterparts to strengthen human rights systems and complaint mechanisms.
- Advise UN leadership on integrating human rights into protection, rule of law, policy, and accountability initiatives.
- Support treaty bodies and mechanisms through research, coordination, and follow-up.
- Manage fundraising and resource mobilization to advance OHCHR goals.
- Collect and analyze data for trends and present insights through visualization to support planning and reporting.
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with UN data privacy and security standards.
- Lead and coordinate team activities, including hiring, training, and meeting deadlines.
- Plan and manage resources to implement responsibilities and projects.
- Guide team development and foster a positive, professional culture.
Zentrale Anforderungen
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in human rights or related areas.
- Knowledge of international human rights law and standards.
- Experience in monitoring, documentation, analysis, research, and reporting methodologies including field missions.
- Proficiency in drafting human rights reports and policy documents.
- Knowledge of regional and international human rights mechanisms.
- Legal analysis skills (desirable).
- Experience with humanitarian contexts and handling of large data sets (desirable).
- Project management skills (desirable).
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Strong planning and organizing abilities
- Professionalism and integrity
- Data collection, processing, and analysis of large datasets
- Data visualization and report generation
- Field mission coordination
HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER in Genève Arbeitgeber: United Nations (ONU)
Als Arbeitgeber im Bereich Menschenrechte bietet die Organisation eine bedeutende und erfüllende Karriere, in der Sie aktiv zur Förderung von Menschenrechtsstandards auf internationaler Ebene beitragen können. Mit einem starken Fokus auf Teamarbeit und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit fördert die Unternehmenskultur Vielfalt und Inklusion, während Sie gleichzeitig Zugang zu umfangreichen Weiterbildungs- und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten haben. Die Position ermöglicht es Ihnen, in einem dynamischen Umfeld zu arbeiten, das sich für die Stärkung von Menschenrechtssystemen einsetzt und innovative Ansätze zur Lösung komplexer Herausforderungen verfolgt.
