Closing Date: 15 September 2025
Work fully remote as a Human Rights Officer at the Africa Albinism Network
Are you a legal expert with a passion to advance justice for persons with disabilities, including persons with albinism, across Africa?
Join the Africa Albinism Network’s dynamic team as its new Human Rights Officer— a fully remote, full-time role starting this October.
About
The Africa Albinism Network (AAN) is an African-led charity founded in 2021 by the inaugural UN Independent Expert on albinism. AAN is committed to creating an inclusive world where persons with albinism can live free from brutality and discrimination. AAN promotes the rights, well-being, and inclusion of persons with albinism in Africa through advocacy, capacity development, collaboration, and research. It focuses its efforts on strengthening leaders of albinism groups across twenty-five African countries to enable concrete protection and inclusion of persons with albinism in their communities.
The AAN is seeking an initiative-taking and experienced Human Rights Officer with a background in law, human rights advocacy, excellent communications skills in oral and written English, who can support the human rights work of AAN. This fully remote, desk-based role includes regular communication, supervision, and occasional travel. The contract is expected to last for a 24-month period, with the possibility of extension (subject to funding).
Essential Duties:
- Support the preparation and submission of shadow/alternative reports to the United Nation (UN) and African Union (AU) Human Rights Treaty Bodies (e.g., CRPD, UPR, ACHPR, ACERWC).
- Coordinate the participation of African human rights defenders with albinism in high-level international and regional advocacy convenings and trainings (e.g., ACHPR and ACERWC sessions, COP, Human Rights Council sessions).
- Draft statements, policy briefs, and reports that amplify the human rights concerns of persons with albinism in Africa.
- Ensure human rights language and standards are mainstreamed in all organization documents and communications.
- Review draft communications and organization report to ensure human rights standards.
- Support the preparation of activity and quarterly reports for the Human Rights Advocacy Department.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the human rights-based curriculum development and other planning of Capacity Development workshops on Human Rights mechanisms for African albinism groups in multiple regions.
- Collect and analyze data and feedback from African human rights defenders with albinism who participate in project activities.
- Attend pre-approved meetings, including weekly team meetings to support any of the above processes
Required skills/experience/attributes:
- Masters degree in law or international human rights law.
- A minimum of 2 years of full-time professional experience in human rights advocacy.
- Demonstrated experience engaging with United Nations (UN) or African Union (AU) human rights mechanisms is a strong advantage.
- Prior work experience with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), donor agencies, international institutions, or academic institutions is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to write and speak in English effectively and analyze and summarize complex information for diverse audiences.
- Advanced research skills, including human rights and academic research.
- Demonstrated experience producing policy briefs or reports for the AU, UN, or other intergovernmental agencies.
- Exceptional advocacy skills – written and oral.
- Familiarity with interest and enthusiasm for human rights in general and the rights of people with disabilities.
- Ability to work independently without little to no supervision, managing own workload to meet specific project deadlines with careful attention to detail.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
- Ability to work in a relatively small / new organization
How to Apply
Applicants are requested to submit the following documents in English to [email protected] no later than the deadline:
- Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
- CV (maximum 2 pages)
- An original, unedited writing sample (maximum five pages) analyzing the situation of persons with albinism in the context of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for their country.
Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome to apply.
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