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Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Legal Services
Law
Jijiga
2 years - 4 years
1 Position
2025-05-02
to
2025-05-14
defend human rights
Law
Human Rights
Full Time
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Job Description
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.
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.
LLM/LLB Degree 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 required. Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous
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: Tuesday 13th of May, 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.
Fields Of Study
Law
Human Rights
Skills Required
defend human rights
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