Senior Human Rights Officer/deputy Representative

hace 4 semanas

Bogota, Colombia United Nations A tiempo completo

This position is located in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Bogotá City, Colombia. The incumbent reports to the Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia.

**Responsibilities**:
Within delegated authority, the Senior Human Rights Officer/Deputy Representative will be responsible for the following duties:

- Supports the Representative in coordinating the work of OHCHR-Colombia following its mandate of monitoring, advisory services, technical cooperation, protection, and promotion of human rights.
- Contributes to the formulation of human rights strategies, including from a gender equality perspective; develops a vision or direction for the work of the Colombia Office and creates the conditions for implementing that vision or direction.
- In the absence of the Representative, represents the High Commissioner on matters of human rights.
- Maintains relationships with the Colombian authorities when needed, Heads of UN Agencies and other intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations on human rights issues and implementation of programmes.
- Advises the Government of Colombia on human rights matters.
- In the framework of the 2030 Agenda and the UNSG reform of the UN Development System, advises the UN Resident Coordinator and the UN Country Team on strategies to build and strengthen national capacities and institutions for the promotion and protection 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.
- Prepares human rights reports on key sectors or key regional developments.
- Coordinates and oversees human rights research initiatives.
- Manages, coordinates, organizes and supervises the coordinators of the Analysis team, the Public Information team, the Ethnic and Peace and Security Advisors, as well as the Reporting Officer.
- Performs other related duties as required.

Competencies

COMMUNICATION: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; Solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; Is willing to learn from others; Places team agenda before personal agenda; Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

LEADERSHIP: Serves as a role model that other people want to follow; Empowers others to translate vision into results; Is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives; Establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support; Anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions; Drives for change and improvement; Does not accept the status quo; Shows the courage to take unpopular stands. Provides leadership and takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work; demonstrates knowledge of strategies and commitment to the goal of gender balance in staffing.

JUDGEMENT / DECISION-MAKING: Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; Gathers relevant information before making a decision; Considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; Takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization; Proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information; Checks assumptions against facts; Determines that the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; Makes tough decisions when necessary.

Education
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.

Work Experience
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 years, at least two (2) years of experience managing a large team (at least 10 people) is desirable.

Experience monitoring and/or investigating human rights

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