Human Rights Officer, Monitoring and Investigation Full Time

Hiring organization: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

Job title: Human Rights Officer, Monitoring and Investigation

Reports to: Coordinator, Monitoring & Investigation/Head of City Office

Employment type: Full-time

Deadline: January 29, 2025

Job category: Legal, Social Sciences and Community Service

About Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC):

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is looking for qualified candidates to fill the following position.

Job Summary:

Manage individual human rights complaints, plan, and implement monitoring of places of detention and emergencies, finalize reports and issue recommendations. Develop and implement advocacy and follow up strategy.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage investigation of human rights complaints assigned to him/her;
• Contribute to decisions in consultation with coordinators and Senior Human Rights Officers;
• Conduct monitoring of places of detention and draft reports;
• Conduct human rights monitoring during emergencies;
• Issue recommendations: develop and implement advocacy and follow up strategy;
• Proposes areas for systemic investigation and refer them to thematic functions in consultation with the Senior Human Right Officer/Coordinator;
• Manage partnerships and relationships with stakeholders;
• Conducts research on human rights issues as appropriate;
• Provide input on revisions of systems, policies, guidelines, manuals, and tools;
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Job Requirements:

• LLB/LLM in Law, Human Rights Law, International Law.
• 4 years of relevant experience for LLB, and 2 years of relevant experience for LLM.
• Computer literate
• Knowledge of Amharic is required
• Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous.

Required Skills:

• Oral and written communication
• Time management
• Problem solving

Salary: Gross monthly salary of ETB 20,400.00 – ETB 23,683.00 plus ETB 8,640.00 Housing allowance and ETB 3,300.00 Transport allowance, depending on candidates qualification, experience and earning history

How To Apply:

Interested candidates should write a covering letter, explaining why they are interested in this role, why you are the right person for the job with a recent CV which should be sent to the following email address: HRM@ehrc.org

Please include the name of the position and location on the subject of the email. Candidates who didn’t follow the procedure will be rejected automatically. Please do not respond to the automatic reply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for written exam and interview.

Women candidates and candidates with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

Deadline for application:  Wednesday 29th of January, 2025.

EHRC is committed to protecting all children from all forms of harm and to creating a safe and welcoming work environment. EHRC has zero-tolerance approach on sexual harassment and any harm against children. Hence, EHRC will only hire candidates whose background and behaviour is aligned with anti-sexual harassment and child safeguarding principles.