Human Rights Officer (Gender Adviser/GBV Investigator)New

OHCHR seeks a P-4 Human Rights Officer in Vienna for the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. The officer will lead gender-sensitive investigation and analysis of human-rights and gender-based violations, advise the Commission and Secretariat, protect victims and witnesses during evidence gathering, conduct field missions, and integrate gender perspectives into reports and recommendations.

• Advise the Commission and Secretariat on gender dimensions of human-rights violations
• Research and collect information on women's human rights and gender issues
• Document, preserve and analyse sexual and gender-based violence evidence
• Conduct gender-sensitive interviews and evidence-gathering activities
• Participate in field missions for information gathering
• Draft reports and recommendations integrating gender perspectives
• Advise on gender-sensitive investigation methods, protection and safe data handling

• Advanced university degree in law, political science, international relations or another human-rights related discipline
• First-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted
• At least seven years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, international humanitarian law or international criminal law
• At least two years of experience in women's human rights, gender integration or sexual and gender-based violence
• English at UN Level III across reading, writing, listening and speaking

• Experience providing gender analysis in human-rights monitoring or investigations
• Relevant working experience in or on the region
• Russian or Ukrainian at UN Level III

• Human-rights investigations
• Gender analysis
• GBV documentation
• Victim and witness protection
• Evidence preservation
• International law
• Analytical report drafting

• Position is temporarily available until 31 December 2026 subject to availability of funds and mandate extension