International Junior Professionals Programme

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ILGA World

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: CHF1,000 CHF / monthly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 24/09/2023
  • Location: Remote (global)
LBTIQ+ women’s rights LGBTQI+ rights/ SOGIESC Trans rights
Tasks and responsibilities
  1. Organising notifications of ILGA World members on the upcoming deadlines and opportunities related to Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, SDGs, Human Rights Council and UPR
  2. Collecting, organising and supporting the internal database of Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, SGDs and UPR practice on SOGIESC
  3. Compiling periodic reports on UN human rights mechanisms sessions, analysing recommendations and preparing video materials
  4. Supporting drafting and delivering statements for dialogues at the Human Rights Council, including with Special Procedures
  5. Supporting drafting or drafting submissions to Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures and UPR on particular topics and/or countries
  6. Attending Treaty Bodies, Human Rights Council and UPR sessions and other relevant meetings, either in person or virtually
  7. Support the coordination of meetings between ILGA World members and Special Procedures mandate holders during country visits
  8. Providing support in the development of training materials
  9. Assisting ILGA World’s UN Programme staff in the development of new activities
  10. Carrying out organisational and administrative tasks together with other UN Programme staff members.
 
Requirements
General requirements
All candidates should:
  • have a particular interest in and commitment to LGBTI/SOGIESC human rights
  • have experience (paid or unpaid) in NGO work, community or grassroots organising, advocacy or other activist work, preferably in the LGBTI sector
  • be well organised, motivated and able to work remotely
  • have a good internet connection during the Junior Consultancy period
  • have a very good level of written and spoken English. 
Requirements specific to the UN Programme

All candidates should:
  • have at least a basic understanding of the UN human rights system and mechanisms gained through study, work or other experience in the UN system
  • possess good research skills in law, policy, social sciences or a relevant field
  • pay attention to details and have the willingness and ability to work with large amounts of data and information
and should preferably also:
  • have direct experience of engagement with/on one or more human rights mechanisms - especially Human Rights Council, UPR, Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, and/or SDGs;
  • have knowledge or experience on intersectional forms of discrimination, including gender, disability and/or race, and
  • speak and write in another UN language (particularly Spanish, but also French, Arabic, Russian or Chinese) at a good level.
We especially encourage applications from persons with diverse SOGIESC and from persons living in the Global South.

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