Human Rights Officer

OHCHR seeks a P-4 Human Rights Officer in Geneva to serve the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The officer will lead monitoring, evidence collection and verification, field and investigative missions, human-rights reporting, accountability advice and support to international mechanisms. The role also provides technical support to national counterparts, mobilizes resource...

• Lead human-rights and humanitarian-law monitoring and follow-up
• Manage evidence collection, documentation and quality control
• Coordinate field verification and investigative missions
• Produce human-rights reports and analytical papers
• Advise on human-rights integration, protection and accountability
• Support treaty bodies, special procedures and commissions of inquiry

• Advanced degree in human rights, law, political science, international relations, social sciences, economics, public policy, sustainable development, humanitarian affairs or related field
• At least seven years of human-rights or related experience
• Human-rights monitoring, documentation, analysis and reporting knowledge
• English fluency

• French or Spanish
• Human-rights work in humanitarian contexts
• Data analysis and project-management skills

• Human rights monitoring
• Investigations
• Legal analysis
• Evidence management
• Human rights reporting
• Team management

• Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances secretariat role