Job Opportunity: Human Rights Officer, Monitoring and Investigation position available at Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in Dessie City Office, Not Specified. Legal jobs in Ethiopia are in high demand. Apply now through GeezJobs - Ethiopia's leading job portal.

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is looking for qualified candidates to fill the following position

Purpose of the Job:

Manage individual human rights complaints, plan, and implement monitoring of places of detention and emergencies, finalize reports and issue recommendations. Develop and implement advocacy and follow up strategy. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage investigation of human rights complaints assigned to him/her;
• Contribute to decisions in consultation with coordinators and Senior Human Rights Officers;
• Conduct monitoring of places of detention and draft reports; 
• Conduct human rights monitoring during emergencies; 
• Issue recommendations: develop and implement advocacy and follow up strategy; 
• Proposes areas for systemic investigation and refer them to thematic functions in consultation with the Senior Human Right Officer/Coordinator; 
• Manage partnerships and relationships with stakeholders;
• Conducts research on human rights issues as appropriate; 
• Provide input on revisions of systems, policies, guidelines, manuals, and tools; 
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience:

• LLM/LLB Degree in Law, Human Rights Law, International Law.
• 4 years of relevant experience for LLB and 2 years of relevant experience for LLM.
• Computer literate.
• Knowledge of Amharic required. Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous

How To Apply

Interested candidates should write a covering letter, explaining why they are interested in this role, why you are the right person for the job with a recent CV which should be sent to the following email address: HRM@ehrc.org

Please include the name of the position and location on the subject of the email. Candidates who didn’t follow the procedure will be rejected automatically. Please do not respond to the automatic reply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for written exam and interview.

Women candidates and candidates with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

Deadline for application:  Monday 8th of December, 2025.

EHRC is committed to protecting all children from all forms of harm and to maintaining a safe, respectful, and inclusive work environment. We have a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment and any harm against children, and expect all employees, partners, and candidates to uphold EHRC’s Child Safeguarding and Anti-Sexual Harassment policies. As such, we will only hire individuals whose background, behaviour, and values align with these principles.