Here is the Fairtrade Africa Job Advertisement They are hiring a Human Rights Advisor. The Human Rights Advisor will work as an expert and coordinator of Fairtrade Africa’s work on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD).
Responsibilities:
- To manage regional HREDD dialogue project,
- To advice other projects under DONUTS programme on human rights issues,
- To coordinate and contribute to Fairtrade Africa’s participation in Fairtrade-wide HREDD work.
Key Performance Areas
Project Management
- Develop the participatory HREDD dialogue concept together with Fairtrade’s Centre of Excellence for HREDD,
- Write the plan and budget for the project,
- Coordinate the project implementation,
- Support rightsholder-driven identification and assessment of salient human rights and environmental issues and their root causes in the participating countries and sectors,
- Develop dialogue formats and facilitation methods, to ensure meaningful discussions between the stakeholders,
- Arrange trainings, organize workshops and dialogue events,
- Update the HREDD dialogue concept based on participants’ feedback and lessons learned,
- Monitor the project, supported by DONUTS programme MEL manager,
- Write reports (quarterly and annually).
Advise other projects under DONUTS programme on human rights issues
- Support and provide advice for these projects in the human rights’ issues such as risk identification and mitigation
- Provide training for the programme team on issues such as human rights, workers’ rights and HREDD.
Coordinate and contribute to Fairtrade Africa’s participation in Fairtrade-wide HREDD work
- In collaboration with other FTA staff, contribute to Fairtrade-wide HREDD workstreams: System development, Business services, Advocacy and Capacity building. This includes concrete collaboration with Fairtrade colleagues from around the world.
- Coordinate FTA’s participation in Fairtrade-wide work on human rights and environmental risk assessment, which includes
- Expert input to risk assessment plans
- Liaison with Heads of Regions, Product managers, and Fairtrade Centre of Excellence on HREDD
- Support for workshops and surveys with producers
- Support and provide advice for HREDD related capacity development work
- Provide training for FTA staff on human rights and HREDD.
Other tasks
- Submit necessary monitoring and reports as per required timelines
- Develop own expertise
Qualification For The Fairtrade Africa Job Advertisement
Bachelors Degree in Human Right or related field
Fairtrade Africa Job Advertisement – How To Apply
Forward your up to date CV with cover letters and copies of relevant certificates to e-mail: recruitment@fairtradeafrica.net
Closing Date: 21st September, 2022
