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

REPORT TO: Director, Human Rights Education

DURATION: 1 year fixed term consultancy contract with a possibility of moving to long term employment in line with the new organizational design

Purpose of the Job:

To perform the day-to-day activities in Human Rights Education Delivery by collecting the required resources, preparing, and maintaining up to date data regarding the activities of the section and communicate with other officers within the section to facilitate work. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Conduct regular monitoring on selected institutions and identification of various ways of delivering human rights education and trainings, including designing workshops, seminars, conferences, etc.
• Support the successful implementation of human rights education delivery initiatives, performance improvement plans and service satisfaction goals. 
• Deliver human rights education and training for identified groups using adequate tools, methodologies and materials designed by EHRC content development team.
• Update the central system of training schedules to monitor progress of plans.
• Collect disaggregated data regarding human rights education and support in analysis of data.
• Support in collection and analysis of feedback on the training to measure the true effectiveness of the human rights training programs. 
• Contribute to the revision of existing human rights education delivery mechanisms in line with the strategic objectives of the Commission.
• Work on the evaluation of outcomes regarding functional performance, internal operation, new innovations, environmental analysis related to human rights education, etc., from various internal and external sources to revise the human rights education delivery. 
• Collaborate with other officers in the Department to set discussion forums within the Department to have a shared understanding of best practice in human rights education.
• Collaborate within the functions of the Department to optimize project and program costs.
• Participate in relevant working groups/committees, staff meetings.
• Keep the Director informed with regular detailed and accurate reports on progress and hurdles of human rights education work.  
• Perform additional assignments and delegations given by the Director.  

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• MA or BA Degree in LLM, Human Rights Law, International Law, or related fields.
• 4 years of relevant experience for BA and 2 years of relevant experience for MA;
• Proficient computer skills.
• Knowledge of Amharic and English is required.  Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous.  

How to Apply

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

Women candidates are encouraged to apply

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

The selection process will be solely based on interview and/or written exam Internal successful candidates will be required to resign from their current position to take up the new role.