Human Rights Officer, Monitoring and Investigation

Job Description

Human Rights Officer, Monitoring and Investigation

Human Rights Monitoring and Investigation

Internal/External Announcement

About Human Rights Monitoring and Investigation

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 

Qualifications and Experience:

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

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

Job Requirements

• Education  MA/LLB Degree Law, LLM, Human Rights Law, International Law.

• Experience4 years of relevant experience for LLB and 2 years of relevant experience for MA/LLM.

• Other RequirementsComputer literate.  

• Knowledge of Amharic is required.

• Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous.
  

How To Apply

Apply using the link; Human Rights Officer, Monitoring and Investigation | HRIS