{"id":93806,"date":"2024-04-05T11:01:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T11:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=93806"},"modified":"2024-05-22T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T18:25:04","slug":"international-service-for-human-rights-ishr-geneva-consultant-full-time-fellowship-africa-programme-2","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.cagi.ch\/fr\/?post_type=job_listing&p=93806","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship Africa Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International Service for Human Rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","job_listing_type":[97],"job_listing_category":[49],"job_listing_location":[90],"job_listing_tag":[],"class_list":["post-93806","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_type-fixed-term-contract","job_listing_category-advocacy","job_listing_location-geneva"],"metas":{"job-description":"<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>Length: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 year<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Work percentage:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Full-time (37.5 hours\/week)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Based in: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire or remotely in Africa<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Reports to:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Africa Programme Manager<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Start date: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2 September 2024<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Remuneration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 1000<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-2000\u20ac \/ month <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(depending on location, qualifications and experience).<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>Application deadline:<\/b> <b>22 May 2024 (Midnight, Geneva time)<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><b>About ISHR<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is an independent, non-profit organisation with offices in Geneva and New York. This fellowship offers a unique opportunity to view the international and regional human rights systems at work. It provides hands-on experience working for an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) as well as the opportunity to contribute to our work supporting human rights defenders, strengthening human rights systems, legal frameworks, building and leading human rights coalitions, and responding to significant and systemic human rights concerns. For more information, consult our website <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ishr.ch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.ishr.ch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>About the position<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ISHR seeks to host a <\/span><b>postgraduate Fellow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to support our work within the Africa Programme.Working in a small team, the Fellow will have the opportunity to learn at close hand what it means to work for an international human rights advocacy organization. The Fellow will also have the opportunity to collaborate with ISHR staff in all locations.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a year\u2019s work with ISHR, the Fellow will gain experience monitoring a number of deliberations and negotiations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (ACHPR) and lobbying and advocating in those fora in line with ISHR\u2019s mandate and priorities. The Fellow will gain hands-on experience on the application of international and regional human rights law in a multilateral human rights system, including advocacy on normative and policy advances for the protection of human rights defenders in Africa.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fellow will also contribute to our work on capacity development and legislative protection of defenders at the national level. There may also be opportunities to work at the international level with the United Nations human rights mechanisms.<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>Scope of work<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through a combination of research and analysis, advocacy, and capacity building, the Fellow will work closely with the Africa Programme Manager, contributing to our work supporting human rights defenders in Africa, strengthening human rights systems, building and leading human rights coalitions, and responding to significant and systemic situations of concern.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key tasks include:<\/span><\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supporting research on the situation of defenders in Africa as well as the legal frameworks that protect and infringe on their rights and advocacy for policy changes<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supporting the Africa Programme in preparing submissions to national, regional and international human rights mechanisms and courts<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assisting with research and drafting of submissions to regional and international human rights mechanisms, including the ACHPR\u2019s State Periodic Review, the UN Universal Periodic Review and the UN treaty bodies<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Representing ISHR at meetings and in coalition work with other NGOs and UN contacts<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assisting with ISHR\u2019s work with regional human rights defenders\u2019 networks and human rights bodies at the regional level<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monitoring and taking minutes at ACHPR and UN meetings<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contributing to ISHR\u2019s publications, including through drafting and editing online web articles, briefing papers, and other reports as needed.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4><b>Training and Opportunities<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ISHR has a long-standing history of hosting Fellows. Our Fellows are fully included as part of the team, including in staff meetings, which provide a comprehensive understanding of the work of an international human rights NGO. Fellows also have opportunities to interact and network with human rights defenders, diplomats or other UN and NGO professionals.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where appropriate or necessary for their work, ISHR staff will provide practical sessions and guidance, for example, on monitoring UN mechanisms, drafting reports and advocacy documents, utilizing communications technologies, etc. An <\/span><b>onboarding training process will be set to ensure compliance, clarify roles and create connections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The Fellow will get a chance to know ISHR, including the staff, the programmes and organization\u2019s work culture.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fellows will be supervised by one programme manager and supported in achieving the learning objectives through regular check-ins with the Intern Coordinator.<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>Fellowship modalities<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fellowship is expected to be a full-time (37.5 hours per week) position and will take place remotely \/ in Abidjan (if eligible) for a duration of a year.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remuneration: 1000<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-2000\u20ac \/ month <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(depending on location, qualifications and experience).<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>Requirements<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The successful Fellow must:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be a recent Master or LL.M graduate in human rights law, international public law or equivalent. Recent graduates from other relevant graduate-level programs will be considered as well<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have working knowledge of international and regional human rights law<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Demonstrate familiarity with the African Union and the ACHPR mechanisms, as well as issues faced by human rights defenders in Africa; familiarity with the UN system is also an advantage.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have strong drafting and research skills<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be able to report thoroughly and accurately on meetings<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be flexible and self-motivated<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be able to work as a member of an international and multicultural team and willing to participate in a variety of tasks, as required<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ability to effectively work remotely and independently<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have <\/span><b>excellent written and oral communication skills in French and English, both languages being mandatory for this position<\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowledge of official ACHPR languages, especially Arabic and Portuguese is an advantage.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4><b>Equal opportunity\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ISHR is firmly committed to having a diverse team and to the principle of equal employment opportunity. ISHR's policy is to practice fair and non-discriminatory recruitment and selection procedures and strive for diverse, international and multicultural personnel.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We welcome all kinds of diversity. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction including on grounds of race, colour, national origin, age, religion, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or sex characteristics, pregnancy, genetic information, protected veteran status, socio-economic status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We particularly welcome applications from systematically, historically and\/or traditionally discriminated against under-represented groups, including women, persons of colour, LGBTIQ+ persons candidates, persons with disabilities and other groups.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>How to apply<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please submit your application by filling out<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/app.smartsheet.com\/b\/form\/46829f198113417c98e1c5814d32aad9\"><b>this form<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and attaching a cover letter, a CV (maximum 2 pages with no profile photo), 1 relevant writing sample (no more than 5 pages including bibliographies).\u00a0In their cover letter, candidates should demonstrate their commitment to human rights and social change.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please kindly note that due to the high volume of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 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