Human Rights Officer – Women’s Rights

Key responsibilities

• Conduct monitoring of institutions to assess compliance with human-rights standards.
• Conduct fact-finding missions and investigations into violations of women's rights.
• Prepare human-rights reports, briefing notes, statements and communications.
• Follow up on recommendations from human-rights bodies.
• Produce statistics, trend reports and monitoring updates.
• Coordinate with government institutions, NGOs, CSOs, UN agencies and development partners.
• Support capacity-building and human-rights training activities.
• Mainstream gender, women's rights and GBV considerations into EHRC programs.
• Participate in investigations involving women.
• Provide technical support concerning women's human rights.
• Report regularly on progress, challenges and monitoring activities.

Qualifications & experience

🎓 Education: LLB, LLM or MA in:

• Law
• Human Rights Law
• International Law

💼 Experience:

• LLB: 4 years relevant experience
• LLM/MA: 2 years relevant experience

💻 Other requirements:

• Computer literacy
• Amharic required
• Knowledge of other Ethiopian local languages is an advantage.
• Women candidates and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Shortlisted candidates will take a written exam and interview.

📅 Deadline: September 2, 2026

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