Assistant Gender Affairs Officer

The role

The Assistant Gender Affairs Officer will assist in researching, collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing information related to the human rights of women and girls, and on gender equality in the mission area of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

What you'll do

• Assist in researching, collecting, verifying, analyzing, and synthesizing significant amounts of information related to the human rights of women and girls and on gender equality.
• Assist in liaising with appropriate de facto authorities, civil society, UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes, and other relevant stakeholders to monitor developments in the human rights situation of women and girls and on gender equality.
• Assist in the development of initiatives to strengthen the response to systematic and/or emerging patterns of human rights violations and abuses against women and girls, particularly as regards gender discrimination.
• Attend meetings, including with local de facto authorities, the UN agencies, funds and programmes, civil society and human rights actors, and raise awareness about human rights issues and concerns in relation to women and girls, and on issues of gender inequality.
• Assist in the fact-finding process of human rights and international humanitarian law violations.
• Assist with the collection and analysis of data based on human rights monitoring, as well as the preparation of data presentations and reports, for information-sharing, responding to queries, knowledge-management, planning and decision-making.

What it takes

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, human rights, gender, social sciences, humanities, economics, business administration or related fields is required.
• A minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in policy development and/or programme implementation – with United Nations agencies or other international aid agencies – related to gender equality, child-rights and women's rights is required.
• Experience in human rights monitoring and reporting, and in raising awareness and building capacity for the promotion and protection of human rights of women and/or children, is required.
• Experience working with national and/or international human rights standards, instruments and/or mechanisms is required.
• Previous experience in database management and data analytics, project management, and in assisting victims of human rights violations, is desirable.
• Fluency in English and Dari and Pashto is required.

What you'll bring

How to apply

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