Senior Legal Expert

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Organization: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

Deadline: September 11, 2025

Job Description

Job Advertisement- Internal and External

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

POSITION	Senior Legal Expert
LOCATION	Head Office, Addis Ababa
№ of Position	1
REPORT TO	Director, Law and Policy
DURATION	Open contract/indefinite period
SALARY RANGE	Gross monthly salary of ETB 25,756 – ETB 30,676 plus ETB 12,000 Housing allowance and ETB 3,300.00 Transport allowance, depending on candidates’ qualification, experience and earning history

Purpose of the Job:

Undertake review, analyses and provide feedback on the documentations to be generated from the various functions of the Commission. Contribute to the development of standard tools, templates and working policies and guidelines to standardize the documentation of outputs of the Commission. Support implementation of organization-wide policies, guidelines and initiatives

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Research on legal and human rights trends, drafting policies and working procedures accordingly.
Maintain close partnership with the functions/directorates of the Commission and support to ensure quality of documentation and public outputs of the Commission.
Review, analyze and provide feedback to improve the quality of investigation and monitoring reports, training manuals and other communication outputs.
Prepare standard tools, templates, and working policies and guidelines appropriate for the different functions within the Commission.
Guiding consistent application of working policies, guidelines, tools, and templates developed to guide working practices within the Commission.
Support and assist in the creation of the Commission’s outputs.
Perform other tasks as assigned.

About You

Qualifications and Experience:

MA in Human Rights Law, LLM, International Law.
6 years of writing, editing or producing human rights related outputs.
Computer literate.
Strong knowledge of Amharic and English is required.
Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous.

Required Skills

Time management
Problem solving
Team work

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: Thursday 11th of September 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 behavior is aligned with anti-sexual harassment and child safeguarding principles.

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