Human Rights Officer

The Human Rights Officer will coordinate the Human Rights Training Unit at the UN Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region in Doha. The role involves managing staff, coordinating human rights training programmes, developing training materials, conducting needs assessments, and ensuring quality and impact of training activities in line with OHCHR methodology.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Coordinator of the Human Rights Training Unit with responsibility for work coordination and managing staff.
• Leads coordination of all human rights training programmes of the Unit; develops and supervises production and delivery of training materials and methodologies.
• Undertakes needs assessment exercises to identify areas for training programme development or customization.
• Ensures all training activities apply OHCHR methodology and exercises quality control on work products.
• Coordinates closely with OHCHR Methodology, Learning, Policy and Practice Section to exchange experience and optimize training effectiveness.
• Prepares strategy and annual workplan for the Unit including resource requirements and reporting.
• Provides specialized training methodology support and advice to OHCHR field offices in the region.
• Develops partnerships with training institutions and relevant UN entities.
• Ensures gender equality considerations are integrated into training policies and programmes and monitors programme accordingly.
• Drafts reports and documents; evaluates human rights technical projects and makes recommendations.
• Manages and coordinates Unit activities and staff including performance management and supervision.
• Represents the Centre in meetings as required.
• Performs other related duties as requested by the Head of Centre.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, human rights, political science, international relations, social sciences or related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least seven (7) years of professional experience in human rights, education, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
• Experience in designing, managing and delivering human rights training and education programmes is required.
• Experience in working with governments and stakeholders (NHRIs, civil society, others) including through capacity building is desirable.
• Experience in managing and supervising staff is desirable.
• Experience in a field operation of the UN Common system or a comparable international organization is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• Arabic is required at UN Level III proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Human Rights Training
• Training Program Management
• Needs Assessment
• Capacity Building
• Staff Supervision
• Human Rights Education
• Stakeholder Engagement
• International Relations
• Law
• Political Affairs
• Human Rights Monitoring
• Training Material Development
• UN Field Operations
• OHCHR Methodology
• English Language Proficiency
• Arabic Proficiency

Languages

English, Arabic