Human Rights Officer Gender and Security ODIHR (Norwegian nationals only)

Warsaw

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Warsaw
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Human Rights
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
- Security and Safety
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Operations
- Journalism
- Human rights
- Democracy and Human Rights
Closing Date: Closed

NORCAP is the Norwegian Refugee Council’s expert deployment capacity. It consists of several, world-leading standby rosters, one of which is NORDEM, the Norwegian resource bank for democracy and human rights. NORCAP strengthens international and national partners’ capacity to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crisis. We do this by delivering the right expertise, building strategic partnerships and advocating for more effective action. Our NORDEM experts specialise in human rights and support for democracy.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Provide expert advice, identifying, developing, implementing and evaluating programmatic activities and projects with a focus on human rights and gender mainstreaming in the security sector
Contribute to and co-ordinate development of tools and publications on human rights, gender and security
Develop and perform training on the gender aspects of security
Promote gender awareness among participating States, OSCE institutions and field operations
Establish and maintain contacts with external and internal stakeholders on issues related to human rights, gender equality and security
Contribute to the overall work of the Human Rights Department in other areas with special attention to gender issues
Performing other related duties as assigned

Necessary Qualifications

First-level university degree in international relations, political science, social sciences, law or other disciplines related to human rights
Six years of progressively responsible and relevant experience in the field of human
rights and gender, including experience at the international level in an advisory function
Experience in designing and implementing projects on human rights and gender aspects of security
In-depth knowledge of women’s human rights and security-related issues
Knowledge of UN, Council of Europe and OSCE human rights and gender equality standards
Knowledge of human rights monitoring and reporting methodology and practice
Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective
Ability to work in a team and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of different national and cultural backgrounds
Professional fluency in the English language, both oral and written

Desirable Qualifications
Working knowledge of other OSCE languages, especially Russian
Experience working in or with the security sector