Human Rights Programme Director (80-100%)

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: CHF85,000 CHF-CHF98,000 CHF / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 27/04/2025
  • Location: Switzerland
Human rights
Who We Are
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a global membership-based feminist peacebuilding organisation that works to create a world of permanent peace built on feminist foundations of freedom, justice, nonviolence, human rights, and equality for all. WILPF is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) with National Sections in over 40 countries, an International Secretariat based in Geneva, and a New York office.

Main Responsibilities
Advance WILPF’s Human Rights Work 
  • Lead the design and implementation of WILPF’s advocacy with UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva. 
  • Oversee and implement human rights advocacy activities, including research reports, advocacy submissions and statements to UN human rights mechanisms, in collaboration with the other HRP members and other relevant WILPF teams. 
  • Contribute to crisis response work, advising on advocacy opportunities within the UN human rights system and reviewing WILPF statements and policy documents. 

Support to WILPF’s Sections, Groups and Partners 
  • Provide strategic advice to WILPF Sections, Groups, and partners enabling timely, safe and effective use of human rights advocacy opportunities in their work.  
  • Collaborate with WILPF’s MENA Advocacy Coordinator in Geneva to provide strategy advice to WILPF partners in the MENA region wishing to engage with UN human rights advocacy .   
  • Lead or contribute to organising advocacy missions to Geneva by WILPF Sections and Groups, as well as partners as relevant.  This includes, but is not limited to, setting up meetings and private briefings with state representatives and UN actors.   

Human Rights Programme Management 
  • Lead recruitment, coaching, and mentoring of HRP staff, interns, and consultants, fostering empathy and building strong relationships within the team and across the IS. 
  • Support the team’s growth by providing guidance, mentorship, and feedback, and help manage workloads effectively. 
  • Coordinate HRP’s implementation of the International Programme (IP), including the development of annual workplans and strategies aligned with the IP. 

Qualifications and Experience
  • A graduate-level degree in gender studies, human rights, international law, international relations, or a related field is preferred.
  • A minimum of ten years of relevant work experience, of which at least seven are in advocacy with UN human rights mechanisms, ideally with a focus on gender, non-discrimination, and/or peace and security issues.
  • A keen interest and commitment to WILPF’s values and mission, with a demonstrated commitment to human rights, feminist values and intersectional feminism.
  • Demonstrated understanding of diverse forms and realities of feminist movement organising locally and globally, especially in a diverse membership-based and volunteer-based organisations.
  • Excellent practical knowledge of international human rights frameworks and mechanisms, especially the UN Human Rights Council, the treaty monitoring bodies, the Universal Periodic Review, and UN Special Procedures.
  • Knowledge and experience of advocacy work at the intersection of human rights, gender issues, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda is desirable.
  • Fluency in English is required. Fluency in French or Spanish is required;

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