Assistant Human Rights Officer

About the role

The Assistant Human Rights Officer supports the Human Rights Service of UNAMA, working from the headquarters in Kabul and regional offices in Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif. Reporting to Human Rights Officers and Team Leaders, the role contributes to the implementation of UNAMA's human rights mandate with a strong gender perspective.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in planning, coordinating and implementing human rights activities, including protection of civilians, fundamental freedoms, and the rights of women, children and vulnerable groups.
• Research, collect, verify and analyse information from open sources and field observations related to human rights in the mission area.
• Integrate UN‑developed methodology into monitoring, reporting and investigation processes.
• Liaise with local authorities, civil society, UN agencies and other stakeholders to monitor developments.
• Support the development of initiatives to address systematic or emerging human rights violations.
• Verify and enter human rights violation cases into databases in line with established standards.
• Plan, coordinate and conduct detention‑monitoring visits where feasible.
• Prepare data visualisations, reports, briefings and other communications on human rights matters.

Required profile

• Demonstrated experience in human rights monitoring, research and analysis.
• Ability to work effectively in a gender‑sensitive environment and promote equal participation of women and men.
• Strong written and oral communication skills for drafting reports and briefings.
• Capacity to liaise with diverse stakeholders, including local authorities and civil‑society organisations.

Required skills

• Data analysis and synthesis.
• Report writing and briefing preparation.
• Research methodology and open‑source information gathering.
• Gender‑perspective integration in program activities.