Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Senior Human Rights Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
Formulates human rights strategies, including from a gender equality perspective; develops a vision or direction for the work of the human rights Unit and creates the conditions for implementing that vision or direction.
Advises the High Commissioner and Regional Representative on human rights matters in Kenya.
Represents the High Commissioner on matters of human rights related to Kenya, including in the United Nations Country Team, Humanitarian Country Team and other inter-agency fora.
Proposes policy directives and plan of action to appropriate United Nations bodies for immediate and long- range solutions to human rights problems in general and specific geographical areas.
Supports the UNRC and the United Nations Country Team and Humanitarian Country Team (UNCT/HCT) in integrating human rights into their programmes and activities, in particular the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and other key strategic planning tools, including by building UNCT/HCT capacities to apply a human rights-based approach to their programmes and activities.
Designs, develops and implements significant policy and programme changes to address regional or global human rights issues, including their gender dimensions.
Formulates the programme of work, budget and medium-term plan of the unit and participates in the overall formulation and approval of the programme of work, and administrative matters concerning the country programme.
Prepares human rights reports on key sectors or key regional developments.
Develops and maintains relations with officials at the highest levels of Government and advises them on human rights issues and policies.
Coordinates and oversees human rights research initiatives.
Manages, coordinates, organizes and supervises other human rights officers or organizational segments as assigned.
Performs other related duties as required.
Education
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences or related area.
A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience
A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
Out of the ten (10) years, a minimum of five (5) years of experience working within international or regional organizations is required.
Experience working on human rights mainstreaming in development and/or humanitarian programming in a field context is required.
At least three years of experience in managing small teams (at least 7 persons) is required.
Experience working on human rights issues related to the African region or similar field contexts is desirable.
Deadline: Aug 31, 2024
