Categories: Vacancies, November 2026

Senior Human Rights Officer (Technical Support Expert)

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Organization: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

Deadline: 10 Feb 2025

Job Description

About the Job

Purpose of the Job: To provide technical support to Senior Director and Regional Directors of the Monitoring and Investigation Department in undertaking legal research, development of departmental policies, guidelines, manuals and tools.

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

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Undertake human rights research and systemic investigation on laws, practices and issues pertaining treatment of suspects, detainees and prisoners as well as administration of prisons and police custody
Draft model laws and guidelines that could be used by prison and police commissions for treatment of suspects, detainees and prisoners and could serve as a basis for EHRC advocacy
Review and draft departmental guidelines, manuals, tools and systems
Assist in drafting and reviewing monitoring/investigation and quarterly and annual performance reports
Perform additional assignments provided by senior and regional directors

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About You

Qualifications and Experience:

LLM/LLB in Human Rights, LLM in International Law, LLM in law (Public Law relevant to human Rights)
Candidates with bachelor of Law (LLB) but with exceptional experience can be considered.
5 years of relevant experience for LLM
Computer literate
Knowledge of Amharic and English is required
Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous

Requirement Skill

Oral and written communication
Time management
Problem solving

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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: 10 February 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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