Overview
This role serves as an SGBV investigator, responsible for researching, collecting, and analyzing information related to sexual and gender-based violence.
Key Responsibilities
- Serves as SGBV investigator and takes the lead in researching, collecting and analysing information and documentation related to sexual and gender-based violence.
- Provides advice on the drafting of the information gathering plan with respect to sexual-based violence-related issues.
- Proposes information gathering methods and tools to conduct investigations into sexual gender-based violence, including interviews with victims and witnesses.
- Conducts investigations, including through interviews with victims and witnesses, to gather information and corroborate allegations of violations of international human rights, humanitarian or criminal law.
- Conducts timely monitoring of trends and patterns of violations.
- Employs monitoring and mapping tools and multi-source, including open sources material and satellite imagery, to support geolocation of incidents and to assess the authenticity of collected materials and testimonies.
- Identifies alleged perpetrators based on agreed information gathering methods.
- Participates in and organizes missions to sites of violations or other places as required.
- Develops analytical reports following fact finding missions.
- Ensures that all measures are taken for the protection of victims and witnesses, especially women and girls.
- Ensures that the information and documentation related to the investigation is protected, stored and preserved safely.
- Undertakes preliminary analysis of information gathered and drafts analytical documents, including a gender analysis.
- Drafts relevant sections and provides inputs for the Commission’s report.
- Ensures that gender perspective and gender-sensitive approaches are integrated at all stages of the investigation, analysis and report drafting.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible work experience in human rights is required. A minimum of two (2) years of experience carrying out human rights investigations is required. A minimum of two (2) years of experience carrying out investigations on sexual and gender based violence or conflict related sexual violence is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences 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.
