United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan Human Rights Officer Jobs in South Sudan
Org. Setting and Reporting
This position is located in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) with duty station, Juba . The incumbent reports to the Team Leader of Conflict Related Violence and Rapid Investigation Team in Juba under the overall guidance and direction of the Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division (HRD).
Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Human Rights Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
Plans, coordinates and leads multidisciplinary teams in the conduct of investigations into alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in South Sudan in compliance with UN standards.
Formulates recommendations and suggests strategies to better promote and protect human rights in the mission area, including for peace processes.
Drafts, reviews, and coordinates the timely delivery of a variety of reports, briefings and other type of communications in compliance with established standards, including with regard to public human rights reports; Analyses and synthesizes significant amounts of information of relevance to human rights;
Develops the methodology and tools to collect and process all data including for the identification of perpetrators and contributes to the development of human rights profiles of individuals involved in serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in accordance with UN standards.;
Works directly with other UNMISS components, including the police and military, to integrate human rights considerations into the planning and review of their programs and operations, including through developing procedures and policies, as appropriate.
Ensures, coordinates and supervises the timely entry of accurate and verified human rights cases into an established database; conducts quality control and delivers statistics and trend reports as required;
Ensures the integration of UN-developed methodology into human rights monitoring, reporting, protection and investigation activities;
Develops information gathering and operational plans, including interviews and the collection and analysis of open sources material;
Maintains OHCHR Database up to date and clear documentation systems;
Contributes, and where required, coordinates the implementation of the Human Rights Due- Diligence Policy on UN support to non-UN forces including by coordinating risk assessments and ensuring relevant human rights monitoring information is gathered, as well as advises on support and follow-up for the implementation of the Policy;
Contributes to the integration of human rights in the mission’s protection of civilians (PoC) efforts and, where relevant, coordinates such efforts including by, inter-alia, mapping and reporting protection risks, early warning, advising UN uniformed personnel on human rights issues during the conduct of their operations, and participating or coordinating in Joint Protection Teams, as required; in compliance with established standards, including with regard to public human rights reports;
Plans, designs, implements and evaluates strategies for the mainstreaming of human rights in the activities of the UNCT and advocates for the integration of human rights in all programmes;
Contributes to the integration of human rights in humanitarian action, through participating or coordinating emergency preparedness and response activities including in the work of the Protection Cluster, as appropriate;
Establishes and maintains contact with state authorities, civil society, UN Agencies, Funds/ and Programmes with complementary mandates, and other relevant partners to inform on the human rights situation in the mission area and advises on strategic and policy issues to better protect and promote human rights;
Contributes to the integration of gender perspectives/considerations and specific women/girls’ rights issues in all activities, programmes and strategies;
Facilitates cooperation and appropriate communication with OHCHR in the establishment of policies and sharing of best practices;
Designs, coordinates and evaluates 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;
Designs, delivers, coordinates and evaluates human rights training programmes for national officials, civil society representatives, human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs), National Human Rights Institutions and other national stakeholders;
Coordinates with other UN mission components, UN actors and other regional and international organizations to create opportunities to integrate human rights into their training and cooperation programmes, including those aiming at legislative, rule of law and security sector reforms.
Supports a human-rights based approach in the design and implementation of UNMISS preventive diplomacy, good offices, peace-agreement-related initiatives, and other matters as appropriate;
Performs other related duties as required.
Competencies
Professionalism: Knowledge of relevant human rights standards and exposure to a range of human rights issues including approaches and techniques to address sensitive and complex human rights problems in their political, ethnic, racial, gender and socio-economic dimensions. Knowledge of institutional mandates of human rights organizations, prevailing policies and procedures.
Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors’ language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
Planning and Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences, information systems management or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in human rights monitoring and investigation, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
A minimum of one (1) year of experience working in UN field locations is required.
At least one year experience in leading and conducting human rights in-depth investigations and fact-finding missions in the field is required.
Experience in organizing and managing a large volume of information, including of sensitive nature and to provide analytical reports on the same is required.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan Human Rights Officer Jobs in South Sudan
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