Result of Service

Product 1 - Submitted within 2 weeks of contract start date and provides a clear, coherent and actionable inception framework for both projects, including methodology, workflow, country coverage, quality assurance approach, risk mitigation considerations, implementation priorities, and a realistic schedule for coordination and feedback meetings, aligned with project objectives and validated by the supervisor.

Related Payment: USD 1.875.
Product 2 - Submitted within 5 weeks of contract start date and includes an operational data collection package for both projects that is methodologically consistent, usable across countries, aligned with agreed conceptual dimensions and adequate to support structured, traceable and comparable data collection.
Related Payment: USD 2.500.
Product 3 - Submitted within 10 weeks of contract start date and includes a first consolidated and quality-reviewed data package showing satisfactory progress in country coverage, data organization, traceability, cleaning and harmonization, including review and improvement of previously collected data where applicable, together with a progress note that identifies bottlenecks, gaps and follow-up needs.
Related Payment: USD 2.500.
Product 4 - Submitted within 15 weeks of contract start date and demonstrates measurable improvement in data quality, completeness and usability, incorporates OHCHR feedback received through periodic technical review processes, and includes an analytical progress note that supports internal monitoring, methodological adjustment and follow-up action.
Related Payment: USD 2.500.
Product 5 - Submitted by the end of the contract and includes final cleaned and organized datasets, updated source and contact resources, structured filing materials and a handover note that supports continuity, institutional memory and future operational and analytical use by OHCHR ROSA.
Related Payment: USD 3.125.

Work Location

Remote working from home residence

Expected duration

12.09.26 - 12.01.27

Duties and Responsibilities

I. Strengthened operational readiness of the two regional initiatives through the establishment of harmonized workflows, data collection arrangements, source identification practices, and quality control procedures across the seven target countries. II. Improved availability of structured and regularly updated information on attacks against human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists through systematic open-source monitoring, traceable data entry and organized maintenance of the regional dataset. III. Improved quality, consistency and usability of the attacks monitoring dataset through preliminary verification support, data cleaning, standardization, de-duplication and source cross-checking. IV. Strengthened regional knowledge of civil society organizations working on human rights through the structured collection and organization of information on their profiles, thematic focus, geographic reach, capacities, needs, networks and exposure to risk. V. Improved institutional organization, continuity and analytical use of information generated under both projects through the maintenance of shared working resources, source and contact files, reference materials and periodic progress updates. VI. Strengthened technical alignment, coordination and adaptive implementation of the two initiatives through regular follow-up meetings, technical review sessions, and feedback loops with the Emergency Response Team, the designated Human Rights Officer and Information Management Officer, relevant thematic focal points in the Regional Office, and OHCHR Headquarters, as applicable. Where relevant to the objectives of the consultancy and to the improvement of the technical quality of the outputs, the consultant may also participate in virtual meetings organized by the ERT with representatives of civil society organizations.

Qualifications/special skills

First university degree in information management, social sciences, political science, international relations, human rights, development studies, statistics, data management, communications, law or another relevant field required.

Demonstrated experience in data collection, information management, desk research, database maintenance and quality assurance.
Experience supporting human rights monitoring, civic space, democracy, rule of law or related thematic work.
Experience working with structured datasets, online forms, Excel and similar tools. Knowledge of Power Query, Power BI, Seatable, ActivityInfo or similar tools is desirable.
Ability to conduct open-source monitoring, organize traceable source records, and maintain structured shared filing systems.
Familiarity with Latin American contexts, especially South America, is desirable.
Ability to work in a highly coordinated environment, participate in regular technical review meetings, and incorporate substantive and methodological feedback from multiple stakeholders into ongoing work and revised outputs.

Languages

Working knowledge of Spanish and English, spoken and written.

Knowledge of Portuguese is highly desirable.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

Consultant in human rights monitoring, civic space, democracy, rule of law, or related thematic work.