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Organizational Setting and Reporting

This is a place within the Office of the Human Rights Service of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The Human Rights Officer shall be based mostly in Kabul, an “E” hardship and non-family obligation stations, and can report back to the Human Rights Officer/Team Leader, beneath the steerage of the Senior Human Rights Officer and course of the Chief, Human Rights Service.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority and beneath the supervision of the Human Rights Officer/Team Leader and steerage of the Senior Human Rights Officer, the Human Rights Officer shall be accountable for the next duties: Supports the Human Rights Officer/Team Leader in main the administration and implementation of the human rights work within the assigned space in accordance with the UNAMA Human Rights Service workplan, and administration of staff members. Supports the Human Rights Officer/Team Leader in planning and coordinating the implementation of actions associated to thematic mandate of the UNAMA Human Rights Service, together with from a gender perspective, inter alia: safety of civilians, together with proper to life and proper to bodily integrity; points associated to the rights of girls, kids, individuals disadvantaged of their liberty, prevention of torture and ill-treatment, human rights defenders, media employees, and different weak teams; and monitoring of the basic freedoms and financial, social and cultural rights state of affairs. Integrates UN-developed methodology within the human rights monitoring, reporting and fact-finding actions. Conducts substantive analysis and evaluation of girls’s human rights, and gender-based violence, points based mostly on subject monitoring and assesses their influence on the human rights and gender equality state of affairs. Collects and analyses human rights knowledge and indicators within the assigned space, together with gender- particular knowledge and indicators. Contributes to the event of initiatives to strengthen the response to systematic and/or rising patterns of human rights violations in opposition to ladies and women – with specific give attention to financial, social and cultural rights – and on gender-based violence in opposition to ladies and women. Formulates significant suggestions and techniques to raised promote and defend the human rights of girls and women in Afghanistan, with a view to deal with human rights violations and gender-based violence, search remedial motion by the de facto authorities and forestall recurrence. Ensures the mixing of human rights concerns in relation to ladies and women within the work and programmes of UNAMA, its subject places of work and the UN Regional Teams and humanitarian actors, and of the UN Country Team, the place relevant. Follows up on reported conditions/incidents/circumstances of human rights violations in opposition to ladies and women, in addition to on gender-based violence in opposition to them, and ensures well timed entry of correct and verified circumstances into established databases, in compliance with established requirements, guaranteeing high quality assurance controls. Plans and/or coordinates the gathering and evaluation of human rights monitoring knowledge and knowledge, in addition to the preparation of information displays and studies, for information- sharing, responding to queries, knowledge-management, planning and decision-making. Plans and/or coordinates visualisations and the updating of data supplies, equivalent to brochures, internet pages, and many others. Organises and/or maintains steady exploratory conferences with de facto authorities, for functions of sustaining direct engagement and phone on, and maintaining abreast of, human rights state of affairs/points in relation to ladies and women and on gender-based violence in opposition to them, and for advocacy, the place acceptable. When attainable, organises visits to locations of detention, services operated by the de facto police, intelligence, juvenile rehabilitation centres, and provincial prisons – for constructive engagement on points pertaining to deprivation of liberty and prevention of torture and ill- therapy in opposition to ladies and women, based mostly on related requirements. Conducts human rights awareness-raising discussions with de facto authorities on worldwide human rights requirements, devices and mechanisms. Drafts quite a lot of merchandise (equivalent to studies, briefings and different varieties of communications) regarding human rights issues, in compliance with established requirements. Represents the UNAMA Human Rights Service at conferences and thematic occasions associated to the UNAMA human rights mandate, as required. Serves as Officer-in-Charge of the Team within the absence of the Human Rights Officer/Team Leader. Performs different associated duties, as required.

Competencies

PROFESSIONALISM: Good data of human rights points and talent to determine associated issues of their political, ethnic, racial, gender equality and socio-economic dimensions in a humanitarian and battle setting. Good data of worldwide human rights legislation requirements and worldwide humanitarian legislation. Good data of the human rights-based strategy to human rights subject work. Good data of operational strategies of labor on: safety of civilians together with the appropriate to life and bodily integrity, safety of girls and baby victims of human rights violations, safety of victims of torture and ill-treatment, baby safety, and human rights defenders, and monitoring of basic freedoms and financial, social and cultural rights. Good analysis and analytical abilities, together with capability to guage and combine data from quite a lot of sources and assess influence on the human rights state of affairs within the space of task, and talent to determine and take part within the decision of human rights points. Ability to determine sources for knowledge assortment, analysis and analyze data and draft human rights studies. Shows pleasure in work and in achievements; demonstrates skilled competence and mastery of subject material; is conscientious and environment friendly in assembly commitments, observing deadlines and reaching outcomes; is motivated by skilled fairly than private considerations; reveals persistence when confronted with troublesome issues or challenges; stays calm in irritating conditions. Takes duty for incorporating gender views and guaranteeing the equal participation of men and women in all areas of labor. ACCOUNTABILITY: Takes possession of all obligations and honours commitments; Delivers outputs for which one has duty inside prescribed time, price and high quality requirements; Operates in compliance with organizational laws and guidelines; Supports subordinates, gives oversight and takes duty for delegated assignments; Takes private duty for his/her personal shortcomings and people of the work unit, the place relevant. TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to attain organizational targets; solicits enter by genuinely valuing others’ concepts and experience; is prepared to study from others; Places staff agenda earlier than private agenda; helps and acts in accordance with remaining group resolution, even when such choices might not fully replicate personal place; Shares credit score for staff accomplishments and accepts joint duty for staff shortcomings. MANAGING PERFORMANCE: Delegates the suitable duty, accountability and decision-making authority; Makes certain that roles, obligations and reporting strains are clear to every workers member; Accurately judges the period of time and assets wanted to perform a activity and matches activity to abilities; Monitors progress in opposition to milestones and deadlines; Regularly discusses efficiency and gives suggestions and training to workers; Encourages risk-taking and helps creativity and initiative; Actively helps the event and profession aspirations of workers; Appraises efficiency pretty.

Education

An superior college diploma (Master’s diploma or equal) in legislation, human rights, gender, political science, worldwide relations, social sciences, humanities, or associated subject. A primary-level college diploma together with two extra years of qualifying work expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior college diploma.

Job – Specific Qualification

Not out there.

Work Experience

A minimal of 5 years of progressively accountable expertise in human rights points and related skilled expertise is required, significantly on points pertaining to discrimination in opposition to ladies and women with regard to their civil, political, financial, social and cultural rights, and on gender-based violence in opposition to them. At least two years’ expertise – in a UN peace operation, UN human rights presence, or worldwide organisation, outdoors the nation of origin – in human rights fact-finding, documentation and reporting in battle and/or post-conflict settings is required. At least two years’ expertise in main, managing and supervising multicultural groups is required. At least two years’ expertise in coordinating and managing inter-thematic collaborations, workflows and processes is fascinating. Experience in human rights case administration and knowledge analytics, human rights evaluation and human rights reporting together with human rights public reporting, is fascinating. Knowledge of the UNAMA Human Rights mandate, and former expertise in Afghanistan, is fascinating.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the place marketed, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of Pashto and Dari is fascinating.

Assessment

Evaluation of certified candidates might embrace an evaluation train.

Special Notice

This place is quickly out there till 31 December 2025 with risk for extension. If the chosen candidate is a workers member from the United Nations Secretariat, the choice shall be administered as a brief task. While this non permanent task might present the profitable applicant with a chance to achieve new work expertise, the choice for this place is for a restricted interval and has no bearing on the long run incumbency of the publish. Subject to the funding supply of the place, the eligibility for this non permanent job opening could also be restricted to candidates based mostly on the obligation station. This non permanent job opening could also be restricted to “internal candidates,” who’ve been recruited by a aggressive examination administered based on workers rule 4.16 or workers choice course of together with the overview of a central overview physique established based on workers rule 4.15. Staff members of the United Nations widespread system organizations who will attain the obligatory age of separation or retirement inside the period of the present non permanent want interval are usually not eligible to apply. Submitting an software or choice for the present non permanent job opening doesn’t delay or improve the obligatory age of separation. Retirees above the obligatory age of separation who want to be thought-about for the present non permanent job opening should point out the rationale for their final separation as “retirement.” Such retirees shall not be employed by the Organization, until (a) the operational necessities of the Organization can’t be met by workers members who’re certified and out there to carry out the required features; and (b) the proposed employment wouldn’t adversely have an effect on the profession growth or redeployment alternatives of different workers members and represents each an economical and operationally sound answer to satisfy the wants of the service. At the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the recruitment and employment of workers is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic range. All employment choices are made on the premise of {qualifications} and organizational wants. The United Nations is dedicated to creating a various and inclusive surroundings of mutual respect. The United Nations recruits and employs workers no matter gender id, sexual orientation, race, spiritual, cultural and ethnic backgrounds or disabilities.

United Nations Considerations

According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity. Candidates won’t be thought-about for employment with the United Nations if they’ve dedicated violations of worldwide human rights legislation, violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are cheap grounds to consider that they’ve been concerned within the fee of any of those acts. The time period “sexual exploitation” means any precise or tried abuse of a place of vulnerability, differential energy, or belief, for sexual functions, together with, however not restricted to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of one other. The time period “sexual abuse” means the precise or threatened bodily intrusion of a sexual nature, whether or not by pressure or beneath unequal or coercive circumstances. The time period “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature which may fairly be anticipated or be perceived to trigger offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a situation of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work surroundings, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who’ve dedicated crimes apart from minor visitors offences will not be thought-about for employment. Due regard shall be paid to the significance of recruiting the workers on as vast a geographical foundation as attainable. The United Nations locations no restrictions on the eligibility of women and men to take part in any capability and beneath circumstances of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking surroundings. Reasonable lodging could also be offered to candidates with disabilities upon request, to help their participation within the recruitment course of. By accepting a letter of appointment, workers members are topic to the authority of the Secretary-General, who might assign them to any of the actions or places of work of the United Nations in accordance with workers regulation 1.2 (c). Further, workers members within the Professional and better class as much as and together with the D-2 degree and the Field Service class are usually required to maneuver periodically to discharge features in several obligation stations beneath circumstances established in ST/AI/2023/3 on Mobility, as could also be amended or revised. This situation of service applies to all place particular job openings and doesn’t apply to non permanent positions. Applicants are urged to fastidiously observe all directions out there within the on-line recruitment platform, inspira, and to seek advice from the Applicant Guide by clicking on “Manuals” within the “Help” tile of the inspira account-holder homepage. The analysis of candidates shall be performed on the premise of the knowledge submitted within the software based on the analysis standards of the job opening and the relevant inside legislations of the United Nations together with the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and pointers. Applicants should present full and correct data pertaining to their private profile and {qualifications} based on the directions offered in inspira to be thought-about for the present job opening. No modification, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to functions which were submitted. Candidates beneath critical consideration for choice shall be topic to reference checks to confirm the knowledge offered within the software. Job openings marketed on the Careers Portal shall be eliminated at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee

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