Overview
Provides direct and timely support to the Director of the Thematic and Special Procedures Division, including strategic planning, reporting, advocacy, and guidance on thematic human rights issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides direct and timely support to the Director, including with regard to strategic planning, reporting, advocacy and guidance on thematic human rights issues.
- Reviews, monitors and evaluates activities relating to the implementation of international human rights instruments, including recommendations of treaty bodies and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council.
- Supports the work of treaty-established bodies and extra-conventional mechanisms and special procedures.
- Prepares relevant human rights parts of reports for the General Assembly, HRC, etc. notes on the status of ratification of human rights instruments, etc.
- Works with UN and non-governmental programmes in the country/region to integrate human rights, including their gender dimensions in their programs; helps design and implements the human rights program and designs the organization and focus of the evaluation.
- Ensures up-to-date information regarding substantive matters in the field of human rights and makes recommendations on actions to take.
- Makes contact with other sectors of the UN, other international organizations and governments on coordination and policy matters; brief representatives and provides, as appropriate suggestions and recommendations.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
- Trains and supervises new/junior staff.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required. Experience working within the human rights system on a range of rights and regions is required. Experience in UN system-wide processes or inter-agency collaboration on human rights is required. Experience with human rights activities and operations in the field is required. Experience in advising senior leadership on strategic implementation of thematic human rights mandates, is required. Experience in strategic planning and/or results-based programming is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences or related field. 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.
