Categories: Vacancies, May 2026

Registrar

Location: Samara, Ethiopia

Organization: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

Deadline: 17 January 2025

Job Description

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is looking for qualified candidates to fill the following position.

Purpose of the Job:

To receive human rights complaints and process through the case management system. Maintain record of cases, issue summons and copies of decisions with the direction of case managers. Maintain communication with complainants.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Rule on admissibility and preside over proceedings, as appropriate;
Has principal user responsibility for a state-of-the-art on-line/manual interactive case management system;
Oversees compilation, recording, verification, and dissemination of all data related to complaint lodging and processing;
Provides information, assistance and referrals to people who come to lodge complaints;
Work with case managers to issue summons and decisions;
Serves as a resource to the commission’s community regarding complaint receiving, directing, and handling system;
Input reviews of systems, policies, guidelines, manuals, tools; and recommends changes;
Aggregate data on compliant handling process, response time and thematic areas;
Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

POSITION	Registrar
LOCATION	Samara City Office
№ of Position	1
REPORT TO	Coordinator, Monitoring & Investigation/Head of City Office
DURATION	Open contract/indefinite period
SALARY RANGE	Gross monthly salary of ETB 23,126.00 – ETB 26,219.00 plus ETB 8,640.00 Housing allowance and ETB 3,300.00 Transport allowance, depending on candidates qualification, experience and earning history

About You

Qualifications and Experience:

LLM/LLB in Human Rights Law, International Law.
6 years of relevant experience for LLB and 4 years of relevant experience for LLM.
Computer literate
Knowledge of Amharic and English is required
Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous.

Required Skills

Effective communication and sociability
Communication
Leadership

How to Apply

Interested candidates should write a covering letter, explaining why they are interested in this role, why you are the right person for the job with a recent CV which should be sent to the following email address: HRM@ehrc.org.

Please include the name of the position and location on the subject of the email. Candidates who didn’t follow the procedure will be rejected automatically. Please do not respond to the automatic reply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for written exam and interview.

Women candidates and candidates with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

Deadline for application: Friday, January 17, 2025

EHRC is committed to protecting all children from all forms of harm and to creating a safe and welcoming work environment. EHRC has zero-tolerance approach on sexual harassment and any harm

against children. Hence, EHRC will only hire candidates whose background and behaviour is aligned with anti-sexual harassment and child safeguarding principles.

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