Human Rights Officer- 2 positions

Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships:

This position is located in the Office of the Representative of High Commissioner for Human Rights Liberia. Incumbents report administratively to the Deputy Chief who is the supervisor.

• Using the human rights based approach, identifies, designs and delivers a range of training and awareness raising activities to build understanding of human rights, empower interlocutors, and improve respect for human rights in practice. 
• Through development of an effective contact network and stakeholder consultations, identifies training needs and target groups from among local Government officials, civil society, communities, and UN partners.
• Based on consultations, and analysis of monitoring information, design appropriate, relevant training and awareness raising projects for a variety of audiences, Conducts, alone or in collaboration with others, training and awareness raising projects and programmes and human rights to targeted groups.
• Working with appropriate partners including the Office of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights, Government, and civil society, research, monitoring and analysis of the human rights situation in the geographic area of operation to create baseline data for effective interventions, and evaluative data to ensure that interventions including capacity building are having a positive impact.
• By continually assessing the social, political and legal context, and through extensive contacts with a wide range of interlocutors, identify critical human rights issues and civil society groups in the area of responsibility.
• Develop close and professional working relationship with county duty bearers in order to advocate for better protection of human rights, correct current violations and strengthen compliance with human rights standards to empower state/ county and civil society actors to take responsibility to effectively address concerns and improve the human rights situation.
• Through ongoing monitoring and analysis, assess whether the interventions conducted including capacity building and awareness rising have had a positive impact on respect of human rights in the area of operations.
• Write clear and objective regular and analytical reports with recommendations (daily, weekly, notes to file, project reports) relating to human rights matters for submission to relevant colleagues at HQ and in the Field Office.
• Provide independent status reports on the status of implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan, once finalized, as relevant to the geographic area of responsibilities
• As required, write analytical reports on key issues in the area of operation, and contribute to section public reports and conducts specific tasks on instruction of the Chief or Deputy Chief of Section relating to Monrovia- based institutions including Ministries and Independent National Commission on Human Rights
• Produce accurate, timely notes for the file to ensure a proper institutional record of contacts with interlocutors among local Government, civil society, and UN and other international partners.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Section work plan and county level One UN filed office work plan.
• Produce an individual work plan based on agreed Section priorities which also takes into account priorities in the area of operation. Contribute with other UN colleagues, to the development of a coordinated field office work plan which ensures the use of human rights based approach and gender and human rights mainstreaming.
• Perform other responsibilities as required.

• Assist in developing operational approaches to mainstream human rights and implement a human rights-based approach to programming;
• Designs and maintains database to track project progress;
• Support knowledge building and the dissemination of lessons learned on human rights and protection. 
• Support national authorities in their implementation of recommendations by UN Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures and other mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council.

• Identify target groups in need of capacity development in human rights and the rule of law, including national police and other law enforcement agencies, and civil society organizations, among others, to strengthen national capacity in the area of human rights;
• Design training programmes and tools for civil society organizations, national officials and other national stakeholders which should include a component on monitoring and evaluation of the  results of these programmes;
• Provide technical and operational support in implementing the Office workshops, outreach programmes, and other related activities;
• Advise and mentor national counterparts at the county level on taking ownership to promote and protect human rights.
• Engage with civil society councils and protection-related taskforces and working groups on human rights; including SGBV.     
• Work directly with other UN peace operation components/sections, including the police and military, to integrate human rights considerations in their respective activities;
• Identify priority human rights and protection areas of intervention for the Office’s activities through consultations with stakeholders, including civil society organizations and communities.
• Undertake any other activities in the Office  as designated by the Deputy or the Chief;

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