Associate Transitional Justice Officer

Contract

This is a UNV International Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Youth contracts.

The Congolese leadership expressed the commitment to justice transitional, in particular through the message of the Head of State (of December 20, 2020). The outcome of various consultations with stakeholders produced a favorable climate and opportunity to thoroughly reconsider the subject of transitional justice after over ten years following the publication of the damning report of the United Nations Mapping Project in 2010 which documented international crimes committed in the DRC between 1993 and 2003. At the end of the year 2021, the Ministries of Human Rights and of Justice, with the support of the United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) in the DRC initiated consultations in some provinces to enable populations broken by decades of impunity to speak out. A Scientific committee in charge of drafting a national policy on TJ in DRC was set up and mandated by executive branch of DRC (President and Prime Minister) in October 2022 and worked for a period of three months to produce and submit a draft TJ policy which went through a validation process in January 2023.

Under the direct supervision of the Peacebuilding Advisor, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: ● Support in providing technical support to the Ministry of Human Rights, the leading Ministry of the TJ ● Support in the coordination of outputs and implementation of activities of TJ within the agreed framework with the Ministry of Human Rights; ● Contribute to the design of new activities and initiatives to support the Transitional Jus-tice process; ● Support in identifying potential partners that can support the initiatives and activities; ● Support the preparation and review of seminar, workshop, and meeting documentation before and after the event; ● Support in engagements with host Government, partners, donors and resource per-sons; ● Represent the ONU Women in relevant meetings, conferences and other initiatives undertaken by partners and international organisations, as considered appropriate by the Peacebuilding Advisor; ● Support in the promotion of a Survival-approach to TJ

☒ Accountability ☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Building Trust ☒ Commitment and Motivation ☒ Commitment to Continuous Learning ☒ Communication ☒ Creativity ☒ Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒ Knowledge Sharing ☒ Professionalism ☒ Respect for Diversity ☒ Working in Teams

(ideally) or demonstrated interest in:

• Working on transitional justice sectors (including restoration of justice for the population, transitional justice processes, community-based transitional justice processes) in conflict and post-conflict context. • Programming and capacity building in the field of transitional justice

Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa and as a result is quite diverse. Living conditions vary between duty stations, with all usual amenities present in the capital Kinshasa but only very basic conditions in remote duty stations in the provinces, where for instance, there may be no guarantee of public power supply nor running water. The ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions of developing countries is essential.

Accommodation is very expensive in both Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. Supermarkets exist in the large towns (e.g. Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani), but consumer items are generally very expensive for food, local markets offer a much cheaper alternative.

Kinshasa is classified as a family duty station. In addition to insecurity related to the relatively volatile social situation as well as various conflict situations, certain place are subject to in-creasing street and residential crime, including in Kinshasa and Goma.

All UN volunteers must ensure that they are up-to date with all appropriate vaccination, which should be clearly and properly endorsed in the international certificate of vaccination (yellow fever card). Malaria is present virtually throughout DRC and it is therefore recommended to take prophylaxis.

The unit currency is the Congolese Franc. The US dollar is the other preferred currency. It may be impossible to exchange traveler’s checks away from the capital city. Credit cards are usually accepted in major hotels in Kinshasa. In larger towns and cities (e.g. Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani, Lubumbashi), UN volunteers are recommended to open US dollar bank accounts, while in other places, bank may be absent part of their allowances to a bank ac-count abroad. In addition to French, there are four major spoken languages in DRC, namely Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili.