Human Rights Adviser, P3

OSCE/ODIHR - The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Warsaw, Poland

Tasks and Responsibilities

Under the general guidance and supervision of the Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department, the incumbent will co-ordinate the cross-departmental three-member Human Rights Monitoring and Response Team, one of the five teams which are part of ODIHR’s Human Rights Department. More specifically, he/she will perform the following duties:

• Monitoring and analyzing implementation of OSCE Human Dimension commitments related to human rights and fundamental freedoms including related national legislation and policies, with a view to identifying key areas of concern, assisting in the provision of advice and recommendations, and preparing general and issue-specific reports and/or other background material on incidents, priority issues and situations for ODIHR management;
• Co-ordinating the development and implementation of human rights monitoring activities;
• Developing and maintaining contacts with all relevant international and national counterparts; building alliances and networks with independent experts, international and national governmental and non-governmental actors in the field of human rights to facilitate and foster communication exchange information and co-ordinate activities;
• Responding to requests to the ODIHR on information about implementation of OSCE Human Dimension commitments related to human rights and fundamental freedoms in key areas of concern;
• Performing other related duties as assigned.

Necessary Qualifications

• University degree in law, political science, international relations or social sciences, specialization in human rights;
• At least six years of progressively responsible and relevant professional experience in the field of human rights including experience at the international level in an advisory function;
• Experience of designing and implementing projects; knowledge of results-based management would be an asset;
• Experience of human rights monitoring and reporting;
• Excellent knowledge of the United Nations, Council of Europe and OSCE human rights standards;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and under pressure;
• Discretion, tact and sound political judgement;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; knowledge of Russian strongly preferred; knowledge of other OSCE working languages would be an asset;
• Knowledge of computer applications;
• Ability and willingness to deploy to the field, sometimes on short notice, for different types of monitoring missions;
• Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities;
• Ability and willingness to work as a member of a team, tact in dealing with people of different cultural and religious backgrounds and diverse political views, maintaining impartiality and objectivity.

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