Programme Assistant

Details

Mission and objectives

The UN Human Rights Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) is located in Lebanon and covers the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. As a convenor of regional dialogues on human rights issues, ROMENA-led activities involve government and civil society actors from the region. ROMENA’s primary function is to advance human rights in the countries that it covers through monitoring, reporting and advocacy on the human rights situation, and through active engagement with governments, including the provision of technical assistance, in cooperation with the UN Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre in Doha.

Context

This UNV assignment is part of the Technical Cooperation Project in Saudi Arabia, which is part of the United Nations High Commissioner Office for Human Rights. The project has been designed to build national capacities in the field of human rights promotion and protection in Saudi Arabia. It has been developed pursuant to the signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights and Saudi Arabia through the Saudi Human Rights Commission in 2012.
National UN Specialist Volunteers in Saudi Arabia are entitled to:
– Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) in the amount of SAR 13,616.74
– Entry Lumpsum USD 400
– Annual and learning leaves;
– Free Medical and life insurance; and
– Free access to different learning platforms.
For more information on UN Volunteer benefits, entitlements and support, please visit: https://www.unv.org/volunteer-your-country-conditions-service

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the National Human Rights Officer at duty station, the national UN Volunteer specialist will Join the TCP- OHCHR team to support and assists its work on; international organizations and support for civil society. His/her roles will be as follow;
1. Collect reports of international organization working in the field of human rights and summaries issues of concern.
2. Support in gathering human rights materials in print, electronic and audio-visual formats and make them available to the project.
3. Support in designing training workshops and seminars.
4. Support in drafting concept notes, agenda, ToR’s and other materials related to the activities.
5. Drafting activity/weekly/monthly reports.
6. Participate as a resource person in organizing human rights activities such as forums and seminars.
7. Monitor and observe activities of UN human rights mechanisms including units dealing with civil society.
8. To provide support and assistant in the task as requested.
9. Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer
Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.