Human Rights Officer (Deputy) (TJO)

The Human Rights Officer (Deputy) will act as deputy to the Chief of the OHCHR Mission in Bangladesh, managing daily operations, coordinating human rights programs, donor relations, and representing OHCHR with national authorities and international stakeholders. The role involves supervising staff, data analysis, and ensuring integration of human rights perspectives in UN and non-governmental programs.

Responsibilities

• Act as the deputy to the chief of the OHCHR mission in Bangladesh.
• Manage the daily operations of the field presence in line with its mandate, annual work and cost plan.
• Prepare relevant human rights parts of reports for the General Assembly, HRC, etc.
• Serve as team leader with responsibility for work coordination and administrative functions relating to staff, planning and budget.
• Develop and maintain relationships with donors, prepare concept notes and proposals, monitor and report on donor-funded projects.
• Represent OHCHR in interventions with national authorities and other international actors and stakeholders.
• Work with UN and non-governmental programmes to integrate human rights and gender dimensions in their programs.
• Design and implement the human rights program and evaluation focus.
• Ensure up-to-date information on substantive human rights matters and make recommendations.
• Coordinate and liaise with other UN sectors, international organizations and governments on policy matters.
• Collect and analyse data to identify trends and enable data-driven planning and reporting.
• Train and supervise new, national and junior staff.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences or a related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
• A minimum of two years of experience in managing and supervising small teams (minimum three staff members) is required.
• A minimum of two years of experience in managing and implementing human rights programmes (planning, budgets, reporting etc.) is required.
• Experience in donor relations and resource mobilization is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level III in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Skills

• Human Rights Program Management
• Team Supervision
• Donor Relations
• Resource Mobilization
• Human Rights Monitoring
• Data Analysis
• Budget Management
• Reporting
• Stakeholder Engagement
• International Relations
• Legal Analysis
• Political Affairs
• Programme Planning
• Operations Management

Languages

English