OHCHR Senior Human Rights Officer Jobs 2022 – Uganda NGO Jobs. OHCHR Uganda looking for “Senior Human Rights Officer“. Applicants with a degree in Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) may apply on or before Sep. 19, 2022.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) or the United Nations Human Rights Office, is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 1993 in the wake of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights.
OHCHR Senior Human Rights Officer Jobs 2022
The OHCHR has published a job vacancy announcement on Sep. 07, 2022 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Human Rights Officer to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
| Recruiter | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| Position | Senior Human Rights Officer |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) |
| Experience Required | Minimum Ten years |
| Application Deadline | Sep. 19, 2022 |
OHCHR Job Vacancy 2022
Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Senior Human Rights Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
- Formulates human rights strategies, including from a gender equality perspective; develops a vision or direction for the work of the human rights office and creates the conditions for implementing that vision or direction.
- Represents the High Commissioner on matters of human rights.
- Proposes policy directives and plan of action to appropriate United Nations bodies for immediate and long- range solutions to human rights problems in general and specific geographical areas.
- Designs, develops and implements significant policy and program changes to address human rights issues, including their gender dimensions.
- Formulates the programme of work, budget and medium-term plan of the office and participates in the overall formulation and approval of the programme of work, and administrative matters.
- Prepares human rights reports on key sectors or key regional developments.
- Develops and maintains relations with officials at the highest levels of governments and advises them on human rights issues and policies.
- Coordinates and oversees human rights research initiatives.
- Manages, coordinates, organizes and supervises the human rights office.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Position in Organization:
- Posting Title: SENIOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER (TJO), P5 (Temporary Job Opening)
- Job Code Title: SENIOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER
- Department/Office: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Duty Station: KAMPALA
- Posting Period: 06 September 2022 – 19 September 2022
- Job Opening Number: 22-Human Rights Affairs-OHCHR-190071-J-Kampala (X)
- Staffing Exercise: N/A
Qualification:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in human rights political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
- Out of the ten (10) years, at least two (2) years of experience in managing teams is desirable.
- Field experience is desirable.
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English, (both oral and written) is required; Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
How to Apply OHCHR Senior Human Rights Officer Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=190071
The Closing Date: Sep. 19, 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.ohchr.org |
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