Kenya
Human Rights Commission
Job Title: Programme Advisor– Legal Affairs and Human Rights Monitoring
Job Title: Programme Advisor– Legal Affairs and Human Rights Monitoring
Department: Institutional Support
and Development
Reporting
to: Deputy
Executive Director
Contractual
Period: Two
year renewable contract based on performance and funding
Target Group: Human
Rights Workers and Partners at County, National, Regional and
International levels
Overall
Purpose of Role: To
contribute to the fulfilment of the organization’s Vision, Mission and
Strategic Objectives by providing technical expertise and leadership in various
aspects of legal aid, public interest litigation, human rights monitoring
and response and institutional and programmatic liaison and accountability.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
1. Legal Aid Work
Key Duties & Responsibilities
1. Legal Aid Work
- Offer
legal aid and support to victims of human rights violations;
- Coordinate
and supervise weekly and monthly legal aid clinics;
- Organize
legal aid clinics for County Based Human Rights Networks(HURINETs);
- Ensure
a continuous assessment and improvement of the legal aid clinic;
- Institute
and prosecute select cases on behalf of Legal Aid Clients(see below);
- Document
the human rights violations reported at the LAC in the electronic
database.
2. Public Interest Litigation
- Develop
and implement the public interest litigation strategy;
- Develop
quarterly status and periodical reports on the current KHRC’s PIL
cases;
- Institute
and sustain other PIL and strategic cases on the emerging human rights
violations;
- Hold
briefing meetings with lawyer’s claimants, petitioners and witnesses as
necessary;
- Ensure
return of KHRC’s funds paid as bails in court(to the Director
of Finance and Administration);
- Prepare
and publish case digests on identified cases and issues.
3. Human Rights Monitoring and Response
- Monitor
and document the emerging human rights and governance issues in the
society;
- Track
the constitutionality of public policies and performance of relevant
public institutions;
- Prepare
and publish quarterly and state of human rights reports and the UPR
report;
- Coordinate
urgent actions, rapid responses and other interventions on emerging human
rights issues;
- Engage
with the county, national, regional and international human right
mechanisms over emerging issues;
- Advocate
for a responsive and conducive operational environment for CSOs and other
organizations.
4. Institutional and programmatic liaison and accountability
- Act
as the legal advisor to the organization, both in its programmes and
operations;
- Work
with team members in dealing with the legal and human rights issues within
their areas;
- Participate
in the internal committees and overall activities/ affairs of
the organization;
- Represent
the KHRC in all the relevant networks and partnerships at all levels.
- Supervise
researchers, interns , consultants and other staff or human resources
assigned to this project.
- Ensure
timely reporting and accountability in line with KHRC and donor’s
schedules and policies.
- Undertake
other tasks and interventions as may be assigned from time to time by your
immediate supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in Law.
- An
advocate of the High Court of Kenya, with a practicing certificate and in
good standing.
- A
minimum 3-4 years of related experience preferably in the NGO
sector.
- Ability
to network with or develop a broad array of partnerships with both state
and non-state actors.
- A
solid understanding of the human rights discourse and its application in
the promotion of good governance.
- A
solid understanding of the county, national, regional and international
human rights mechanisms.
- Previous
exposure to work at the regional or international levels will be an added
advantage.
- Proven
track record in undertaking policy research and advocacy on governance and
human rights issues.
- Demonstrable
experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods including
experience of developing human rights-based indicators.
- Demonstrable
experience working with or coordinating partners with community and
national levels organizations and networks.
- Good
understanding of programmes and project management.
- Willing
to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision;
Personal Attributes and Skills
The job holder should possess the following skills and behavioral competencies:
The job holder should possess the following skills and behavioral competencies:
- Passionate
and committed to respect for human rights, diversity, integrity and
transparency
- Ability
to fundraise and mobilize resources.
- Planning,
Organizing and Delivery of Results
- Adapting
and Coping; demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage
complexities.
- Results-driven,
flexible, analytical and a practical problem solver.
- Ability
to work in teams
- Good
communication and interpersonal skills
If you believe you fit the profile, submit your application and
CV detailing your suitability for the post including a daytime telephone
contact and three referees, preferably your current or previous line managers
to vacancies@khrc.or.ke quoting the title of the position you are applying for
in the subject line.
The
closing date for this position is on Friday 8th April, 2016.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
KHRC
is an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring diversity and gender
equality within our organization and will seek to recruit the most qualified
person for the job irrespective of race, color, marital status, ethnicity,
disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation or nationality. All qualified
persons are encouraged to apply.
Canvassing
will automatically lead to disqualification.
Only
successful candidates will be contacted