Human Rights Officer International Post at the United Nations Mission Integrated Office in Haiti

Finance October 24, 2023

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An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences or a related area. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Human Rights Officer International Post at the United Nations Mission Integrated Office in Haiti

The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) was established by Security Council resolution 2476 and is mandated to promote and strengthen political stability and good governance in Haiti; including the rule of law, preserving and advancing a peaceful and stable environment, supporting an inclusive inter-Haitian national dialogue, and protecting and promoting human rights.

The position is located within the Human Rights Unit of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). The Human Rights Officer reports to the Chief Human Rights Officer. The Human Rights Officer will act as team leader for the human rights capacity building portfolio, as determined by the mission’s mandate and develop advice to the Head of the Human Rights Pillar.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Human Rights Officer will be responsible for the following
duties:
1. Formulates recommendations and suggests strategies to better promote and protect human rights in the mission area.
2. Develops and reinforces partnership with national actors to develop human rights capacity programs.
3. Supports outreach activities, including fundraising and grant-writing; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
4. Works directly with other components of the UN peace operation, including the police, to integrate human rights considerations into the planning and review of their programs and operations, including through developing procedures and policies, as appropriate.
5. Plans, designs, implements and evaluates strategies for the mainstreaming of human rights in the activities of the UN peace mission and the UNCT and advocates for the integration of human rights in these programmes.
6. Contributes to advocacy strategies, advocates and advises relevant authorities, inducting State officials, the UN Country Team (UNCT) and the Humanitarian Country Team HCT), UN and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) senior management on strategies to better protect and promote human rights and mechanisms to stop impunity and redress human rights violations.
7. Contributes to the integration of gender perspectives/considerations and specific women/girls’ rights issues in all activities, programmes and strategies.
8. Represents the human rights component in decision-making fora as appropriate.
9. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other UN and non- UN actors, state authorities, donors and other stakeholders for effective policy and project coordination.
10. Analyses and synthesizes significant amounts of information of relevance to human rights, including from open sources.
11. Reaches out to various UN actors to collect and analyze information of relevance to human rights.
12. Assists in the development, coordination and implementation of the human rights work plan; Evaluates or assists in the evaluation of its progress and suggests adjustments as needed.
13. Serves as team leader with responsibility for carrying out, in consultation with the Head of the Human Rights component, work coordination and administrative functions relating to the staffing, planning and budgeting.
14. Trains, coaches and supervises new and junior staff, manages their performance, and assists in training needs assessments.
15. Perform other related duties as required.

Competencies

Professionalism: Shows pride in work and achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

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.

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.

Judgement/decision making: Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly. Gathers relevant information before making a decision. Considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them. Takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization. Proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information. Checks assumptions against facts. Determines that the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision. Makes tough decisions when necessary.

Education

Work Experience

A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in the human rights or closely related field, of which at least half in the area of human rights is required.

Experience in human rights advocacy and in the design and management of capacity building programmes is required.

A minimum of 2 years’ experience in grants writing and/or fundraising is desirable

A minimum of one year’s experience providing services in the field of Human Rights or in a field operation of the United Nations Common System or a comparable international organization or non-governmental organization is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English and French (both oral and written) is required.

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