Child Protection Specialist (Human Rights)New

Provides specialist human-rights support for UNICEF’s Joint Programme on Human Rights in Somalia. The role advises government and national institutions, strengthens rights-based programme quality, and supports monitoring, reporting and capacity development. It helps partners advance child rights, gender equality, inclusion and accountability across federal and state-level implementation.

• Provide legal and technical guidance to government counterparts on human-rights institutions and mechanisms
• Advise the National Independent Human Rights Commission on its promotion and protection mandate
• Support human-rights complaints handling, monitoring and reporting systems
• Strengthen government cooperation with UN and regional human-rights mechanisms
• Develop civil-society capacity and support human-rights defenders and marginalised groups
• Contribute human-rights inputs to programme monitoring tools, reviews and corrective actions
• Build partnerships with government, national stakeholders, donors and academia

• Advanced university degree in law, political science, social science, development studies, international relations, human rights or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree with two additional years of relevant experience
• At least five years of progressively responsible human-rights experience, including two years supporting accountability, access to justice or human-rights capacity-building projects
• At least three years of proven experience building and maintaining civil-society partnerships in Somalia
• Fluency in English and Somali

• Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language
• Knowledge of Arabic
• Country-level experience in development, fragile settings or humanitarian contexts

• Human Rights Monitoring
• Legal Research
• Policy Analysis
• Capacity Building
• Partnership Development
• Human Rights Reporting
• Programme Quality Assurance
• Gender Mainstreaming

• OHCHR Methodologies

• Temporary appointment for 364 days
• National Officer and General Service candidates must already be able to obtain visa and work authorisation