Associate Human Rights Officer

Purpose of the Job:

Provide overall support in day to day activities of the function related to Civil rights, and Political rights.

 Main duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in monitoring on selected institutions to assess whether their policies and procedures are in compliance with international and regional human rights standards that are relevant to Civil and Political rights;
• Assist in investigation of cases of human rights violations involving rights of Civil and Political as needed;
• Support in mainstreaming of Civil and Political rights as relevant in other EHRC’s activities and programming;
• Support in the researching and compiling of data to support development new guidelines, policies and laws; 
• Assist in conducting capacity-building activities on relevant human rights and in developing and implementing training programmes; 
• Support in  drafting various human rights reports, communications, briefing notes, statement or other products;
• Support in following up on recommendations forwarded by EHRC and deliver statistics and trend reports as required;
• Support team members in maintaining contacts with technical staff of various partners focusing on monitoring of Civil and Political rights;     
• Support in mapping of stakeholders and set up referral system to provide support to women and children who suffered human rights violation and are in need of support;
• Support on awareness raising and campaigns on Civil and Political rights to ensure adherence to national and international protection standards and guidelines;
• Perform additional assignments and delegations given by the Director.       

Qualification and Experience: