Coordinator (NCHR)

Volunteering

Overview

Support the NCHR Sindh Office in fulfilling its human rights mandate.

You have:

• 3-5 years of professional work experience in governance, law, or international development issues.
• Knowledge of Pakistan's human rights governance and reporting structures.
• Experience working with the UN or other international development organizations.

Contract

This is a UNV National Expert contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Expert contracts.

UNDP works to improve the lives of vulnerable communities, with the overarching objective of preventing loss of development gains, promoting human rights, and finding sustainable pathways to development. UNDP projects under the democratic governance portfolio aims to strengthen state institutions, support democratic development and the rule of law, ensure crisis prevention, support policy development, and integrate gender equality into all areas of work. UNDP works to support the human rights ecosystem by strengthening human rights institutions to promote and protect human rights for all.

This UNV assignment is part of UNDP Pakistan’s Decentralization, Human Rights and Local Governance (DHL) project. The DHL project is a multi-sector project aimed at strengthening rights-based development, community stabilization, gender equality, and social inclusion across all regions and provinces of Pakistan. The core objective of the project is to ensure inclusive and equitable service delivery by providing technical assistance and capacity development support to relevant federal ministries, provincial line departments, statutory bodies, civil society, and private sector organizations. A key aim is to support the creation of an enabling environment for accelerated access to rights, people-centered justice, and people-centered security. The project focuses on institution building while connecting with vulnerable and at-risk communities to build trust between rights holders and duty bearers for inclusive, expeditious, and transparent access to rights and services.

Under its human rights programme, UNDP-DHL has supported the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) to build its technical capacity at the federal and provincial levels for the fulfilment of its mandate as an autonomous national human rights institution and watchdog body. This support contributed to the NCHR's accreditation as a national human rights institution (NHRI) through the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) accreditation process. UNDP-DHL's support has included, for example, technical support for addressing human rights complaints, planning, legal review, grievance redressal mechanisms, international reporting obligations, and knowledge production. This has also included support to increase NCHR's visibility, awareness, and reach, establishing linkages with civil society organizations and regional and international NHRIs for the exchange of information and best practices. In May 2024, the NCHR was awarded ‘A status’ accreditation by GANHRI. This accreditation signifies the Commission's independence, authority, and status in the international human rights system. Achieving ‘A status’ also means the NCHR has a greater role in promoting and protecting human rights in Pakistan and requires ongoing support to strengthen its ability to fulfil its mandate and maintain its accreditation, particularly in its provincial offices.

The incumbent UNV will be stationed at the NCHR Sindh Office in Karachi and will be responsible for supporting the Commission by strengthening its ability to fulfil its mandate in the province.

• Support the NCHR Sindh Office in the effective implementation of its mandate. • Lead coordination with the federal NCHR office to ensure cohesive and coordinated efforts in line with strategic priorities. • Prepare substantive briefs for the NCHR Member Sindh on key human rights issues in the province. • Provide investigation support to the NCHR Member Sindh and prepare investigation reports into human rights violations for the Commission’s record. • Submit regular reports to the relevant focal person at the NCHR Federal Office for inclusion of activities in Sindh to the NCHR Annual Report.
• Record meeting minutes for NCHR Member Sindh. • Lead coordination with the NCHR Sindh on UNDP’s rights-based development initiatives in the province. • Maintain a record of NCHR Sindh activities in the province, including those pertaining to investigating violations of human rights.

• Establish partnerships and open channels of communication in the province. • Identify and map key human rights stakeholders in Sindh, including those from civil society, NGOs, international agencies, government, private sector, etc. • Coordinate with stakeholders in Sindh to schedule meetings on behalf of the NCHR for further cooperation on human rights initiatives. • Maintain and build the NCHR Sindh’s relationships with key provincial departments to get timely updates on the progress of human rights related matters, laws, rules, regulations and policies. • Develop and maintain strong relationships and strategic linkages with provincial human rights institutions and government departments including the Sindh Commission on Human Rights, the National Commission on the Rights of the Child; the Human Rights Department, Government of Sindh; the Government of Sindh provincial line departments on minority affairs, education, health, environment, and other relevant areas. • Develop and maintain strong relationships and strategic linkages with civil society organizations (CSOs), human rights defenders, community leaders, and other relevant stakeholders in Sindh. • Develop concept notes and strategies for joint collaboration in key priority areas between NCHR Sindh and key stakeholders. • Develop and maintain strong relationships and strategic linkages with higher education institutions in Pakistan to promote human rights education. • Prepare substantive briefs for NCHR Sindh office on possible areas of cooperation and opportunities for joint initiatives with identified stakeholders to strengthen their engagement with the Commission. • Ensure the regular consultation of NCHR Sindh Office with relevant CSOs and strengthen the Commission’s linkages with grassroots actors.

• Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic area(s). • Organize trainings, workshops, events, report launches, etc with NCHR Sindh in a consultative manner, involving technical experts and stakeholders from the government, private sector, CSOs, academia and other relevant partners. Ensure that these activities specifically address key human rights concerns in Sindh. • Participate in knowledge networks and consultations with international organizations and CSOs in Sindh.Support the NCHR by organizing activities promoting human rights education in the province. • Collaborate with relevant partners, stakeholders, and UNDP to raise awareness, engage in policy dialogues, and advocate for meaningful change. • Map key international days, focused on those related to human rights, and develop key messages on those themes for the NCHR Sindh office.

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management

•Supporting or working within the Government of Pakistan, with demonstrated knowledge of Pakistan’s human rights governance and reporting structures. •Professional work experience at the national and/or international level in coordination, stakeholder engagement, governance, law, or international development issues, with a focus on human rights and legislative and policy development and implementation. •Experience working with the UN or other international development organization is an asset.

As this is a national UNV assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials.

UNV Field Unit will help you open a Pak rupee bank account with Standard Chartered Bank or any other local bank at your duty station.

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