Associate Human rights Officer ODIHR(Norwegian nationals only)

Background

The ODIHR Human Rights and Anti-Terrorism Programme operates under the auspices of ODIHR's Department of Human Rights. The Programme's principle objective is to assist OSCE participating States in developing and implementing innovative, effective and human rights-compliant counter-terrorism measures by facilitating cooperation between state and non-governmental actors and by promoting States' compliance with international human rights standards and OSCE human dimension commitments.

Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Monitor and analyse national anti-terrorism legislation, practices and country-specific developments with regard to factors that may violate human rights, engender terrorism or relate to the prevention of terrorism and of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT).

2. Prepare general and issue-specific reports and/or other background materials related to human rights.

3. Assist with identifying, developing and implementing programmatic activities and projects, including training on key human rights issues arising in the anti-terrorism context.

4. Respond to requests to ODIHR for information about the implementation of OSCE human dimension commitments in preventing and countering terrorism and VERLT.

5. Build alliances and networks with independent experts, international and national governmental and nongovernmental actors.

6. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Necessary Qualifications

• First-level university degree in law or related field, preferably with a specialization in human rights;
• Minimum four years of progressively responsible experience in the field of human rights and/or criminal justice, including experience at the international level;
• Excellent knowledge of UN and CoE human rights standards and OSCE human dimension commitments
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing projects and delivering presentation at conferences
• Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities;
• Ability to work in a team and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of different national, cultural and professional backgrounds;
• Computer literate with practical experience with Microsoft applications.

We offer:

Salary range NOK 464 800 - 488 500 + allowances