Tunisia Researcher – Amnesty International عودة إلى الفرص

• JOB TITLE : Regional Researcher
• PROGRAMME MENA : Regional Office
• LOCATION : Tunis
• Directorate: Amnesty International Regional Office
• Type: Fixed Term Contract
• Duration: 18 months
• Working Hours: 35
• Salary: $71,300

JOB PURPOSE

As Amnesty International’s lead expert on specific countries or other geographical or thematic areas, to lead on the development and implementation of overarching research and campaigning strategies to deliver impact in relation to agreed priorities, providing research expertise, research management, political judgment and analytical, communication and representational skills.

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE

The MENA Regional Office plays a critical role in the Amnesty International Secretariat, gathering and communicating accurate and action-oriented human rights information and delivering on the vision to end grave human rights abuses and build societies respectful of human rights. Across the region, Amnesty International campaigns for meaningful change, supports national entities, enables effective activism and growth, and works to persuade governments and other actors to uphold universal human rights standards. The office provides strategic leadership and support and advice to the Amnesty International movement globally, fostering its contribution, presence and public accountability throughout the world. Within the RO the communications team works in a crosscutting manner closely with all country teams, regional campaigning roles and the

HRE team. The comms team leads on communications strategy development to further our campaigning, engagement and growth goals to achieve human rights impact. The team supports goal-oriented asset production to enhance our communications objectives in line with our brand values.

AIIS PURPOSE

The IS, which operates from a number of sites around the world, gathers and communicates accurate and action-oriented human rights information globally. We campaign for meaningful human rights change; enable effective human rights activism and work to persuade governments and other actors to uphold universal human rights standards. We provide strategic leadership, support and advice to the AI movement globally, fostering AI’s contribution, presence and public accountability throughout the world.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Reporting to Deputy Regional Director
• Posts this job manages : This post has no line management responsibility. However, the researcher participates in coordinating the work of the team, other participants in research and campaigning projects, temporary staff and team volunteers.
• Other key relationships : The researcher works in close collaboration with the campaigner, the research and campaign assistant and other posts in the regional office, as well as posts in the International Secretariat and in the Amnesty International movement  as relevant.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• To lead on the development and implementation of overarching research and campaigning strategies to deliver impact in relation to agreed priorities on specific countries or other geographical or thematic areas, including strategies to identify the most effective ways to address human rights concerns; and to lead on designing specific projects and producing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating plans for both these and initiatives begun by others
• To monitor, research, investigate and analyze human rights-related developments in order to provide timely, accurate, independent and impartial assessments and expert advice on the human rights situation in relevant countries or other geographical or thematic areas
• To organize, take part in and lead, where agreed, field research and other missions, leading specifically on information-gathering, fact-finding, analysis and assessment of human rights concerns, including in response to crisis situations; prepare, where necessary, security assessments, political and other briefings in relation to the mission for International Secretariat management, mission participants and internal or external stakeholders; and represent Amnesty International in the field
• To represent Amnesty International to external stakeholders, including in governmental, intergovernmental and various public forums, as well as to all forms of news media, civil society organizations and political, economic and other actors; and to communicate Amnesty International’s concerns, positions and, where relevant, campaign strategies to external and internal stakeholders
• To develop and maintain effective constituencies of public and confidential contacts and partners in and outside the organization – such as human rights activists, members of legal and other professions, UN agencies and governmental representatives – to optimize information gathering and verification and the development and implementation of effective strategies and plans
• To write reports and other materials for publication and internal use and contribute to and provide expert advice in relation to written and other materials produced by other programmes
• To manage research, oversee the research work carried out by the team and others and, as appropriate, to contribute to the selection of external consultants and supervise, support, coordinate and provide expert advice on their work
• To contribute to the development and maintenance of an effective information management system
• To contribute to the development of sub-regional and region-wide strategies and plans for research and campaigning and provide input into internal discussions on the Amnesty International mission, policy, organizational and other issues in order to increase the effectiveness of Amnesty International’s work
• In consultation with management, to participate in coordinating the work of the team, including through setting priorities, preparing work plans, monitoring their progress and contributing to maintaining basic budgets
• To contribute to the overall flexibility of resource use and provide cover for other regional office staff as agreed with management
• To perform all necessary administrative tasks to ensure effective self-servicing, participate in the recruitment and induction of new staff and consultants and perform other corporate tasks as appropriate

WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THIS JOB?

• A successful researcher will have developed and implemented an effective and deliverable strategy on the countries, other geographical areas or themes in her/his brief; produced, implemented, monitored and evaluated related action plans within set deadlines; practiced rigorous analysis and identified critical issues in a timely fashion; maintained and developed effective networks and written high quality reports and other materials for publication and internal use; and effectively represented Amnesty International and communicated its key messages
• They will have contributed to the effective functioning of the team, and to the implementation of Amnesty International’s mission, upholding Amnesty International’s values at all times.

HOW WE WORK – OUR BEHAVIOURS:

Our organisational culture; which essentially represents how we behave, our working relationships and our ability to collaborate as a movement, underpins everything we do and is pivotal to the success of our impact. Our five behaviours  form the basis of the type of culture we want to have in Amnesty:

• Accountable – I consistently strive to reach my goals in a thorough, timely way that I can be proud of, and I re-empower others to do the same.
• Considerate – I support my colleagues, and try to find out what motivates them to do their best, and what pressures they are under, so that I can consider this when we work together.
• Creative – I continuously look for new and creative solutions and encourage others’ ideas so that we can adapt and succeed in an everchanging and uncertain global environment
• Decisive – I make sound judgements within my work so that a project or activity can progress with pace and confidence.
• Respectful – I treat my colleagues with equality and dignity, and assume they have integrity. I value the different perspectives of my colleagues as well as my own and show them that their contributions and expertise
  matter.

EQUALITY STATEMENT

Equality and diversity is at the core of our values and staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Public or other activity, affiliation to or support for any group or organization, personal association or other factor which may generate a real or perceived conflict of interest with Amnesty International’s principles (specifically
independence and impartiality), or raise a security concern, or otherwise prevent the candidate from carrying out key functions of the specific post and would therefore disqualify the candidate from being appointed.