Human Rights Officer-Capacity Building

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Overview

Coordinate human rights activities and support capacity building efforts

You have:

• Degree in human rights, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
• Experience in drafting various documents, including reports on human rights issues, and in research will be an asset.
• Experience on the design and management of capacity building programmes is required.
• Human rights training experience is desirable.
• Peacekeeping and/or peace building experience is an advantage.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft suite.

Contract

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

La MONUSCO a remplacé la précédente opération de maintien de la paix - la MONUC - le 1er juillet 2010, selon le mandat établi par la résolution 1925 (2010) du Conseil de sécurité du 28 mai. Ce changement reflè;te la nouvelle phase dans laquelle le pays est entré. La MONUSCO est autorisée À recourir À tous les moyens nécessaires pour mener À bien son mandat concernant, entre autres, la protection des civils, du personnel humanitaire et des défenseurs des droits de l’homme immédiatement menacés de violence physique, ainsi que le soutien du Gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo dans ses efforts de stabilisation et de consolidation de la paix. https://monusco.unmissions.org/mandat

Under the overall supervision of the Director of the UNJHRO and the direct supervision of the Unit Coordinator where s/he will be deployed, the Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Plans and coordinates activities related to thematic and country mandates on human rights, including from a gender perspective. • Conducts substantive research and analysis of human rights issues/events and assesses their impact on the human rights situation in assigned region or country. • Collects and analyses human rights data and indicators in country/region of assignment, including gender-specific data and indicators. • Plan, design, implement and evaluate strategies for the mainstreaming of human rights in the activities of the Mission and the UNCT and advocates for the integration of human rights in these programmes; and suggest strategies to better promote and protect human rights in the Area of Responsibilities. • Provides support to sub-commissions, commissions, and other bodies; follows-up on implementation of decisions rendered by policy-making bodies. • Assist in the design, delivery, coordination, and evaluation of human rights training programmes for national officials, civil society representatives, human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs), National Human Rights Institutions and other national stakeholders. • Design, coordinate and evaluate capacity building efforts, including those supporting institution-building and institutional reforms, for alignment with international human rights norms and to meet international human rights Law. • obligations. • Assists country military and police to develop and implement a training program in the field of human rights, international humanitarian law, democracy, and the rule of law, with attention to gender perspectives. • When working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-)governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs), the incumbent is strongly encouraged to set aside dedicated time for capacity development through coaching, mentoring and formal and on-the-job training. • Any other related duties as may be required.

Client Orientation, Communication, Creativity, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

in human rights, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required. Experience in drafting various documents, including reports on human rights issues, and in research will be an asset; Experience on the design and management of capacity building programmes is required. Human rights training experience is desirable. Peacekeeping and/or peace building experience an advantage.

Computer skills: Excellent computer skills in Microsoft suite

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country located in Central Africa. It was formerly called Zaire (1971–1997). It is, by area, the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, the second-largest in all of Africa (after Algeria), and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of over 84 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country, the fourth-most-populous country in Africa, and the 16th-most-populous country in the world. Eastern DR Congo has been the scene of ongoing military conflict in Kivu, since 2015.

The post is located in Butembo.

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