About the job
** Deadline to apply is 3 July 2025 **
Task description
Support the implementation of the mandate of the Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Department
• Support the HRMA in the effective implementation of its mandate on minority inclusion, interfaith harmony, and peacebuilding across Punjab.
• Draft high-quality briefing notes, talking points, speeches, and policy memos for the Department’s officials to use in legislative sessions, inter-ministerial dialogues, media engagements, and community events.
• Support the implementation of HRMA Strategic Plan 2024–2029, including activities related to digital inclusion, grievance redressal, legal reform, and interfaith harmony.
• Contribute to the operationalization of strategic objectives such as expanding access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities for minority communities.
• Contribute to strengthening protection mechanisms against discrimination, promoting interfaith harmony, and ensuing coordination with development partners.
• Coordinate Department’s reporting for GSP+ and human rights monitoring, treaty implementation, and international cooperation on human rights.
• Record and maintain accurate documentation of meetings, consultations, and high-level events chaired or attended by the HRMA leadership.
• Liaise with HRMA staff to ensure follow-up on action items.
• Ensure effective coordination between HRMA and UNDP-DHL project team, supporting technical cooperation and knowledge exchange.
• Facilitate the HRMA inputs into UNDP-supported activities for the promotion and protection of minority rights and ensure alignment with provincial priorities and policy frameworks.
Stakeholder Coordination and Engagement
• Identify and map key stakeholders working on minority rights and interfaith harmony in Punjab, including community-based organizations, government departments, legal aid providers, private sector, academia, and religious leaders.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with provincial departments such as Education, Health, Social Welfare, and Law to advance cross-sectoral initiatives on inclusion.
• Facilitate consultations and dialogues between the HRMA and civil society actors, minority representatives, private enterprises, and community peacebuilders, ensuring grassroots voices are reflected in provincial strategies.
• Engage the private sector in promoting human rights, diversity, equity, and inclusion in workplaces, and explore opportunities for engagement in minority-focused initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison between the HRMA and national human rights institutions such as the NCHR and relevant provincial institutions to explore joint advocacy and programming opportunities.
• Facilitate coordination between the HRMA and the Provincial Task Force on Human Rights, as well as district committees.
Communications, Advocacy, and Awareness
• Support the development and implementation of the HRMA Communication Policy to engage with the key stakeholders on human rights monitoring and implementation, including with relevant Federal Government Departments, Ministry of Commerce, and Multilateral organizations.
• Develop and disseminate materials to raise awareness of minority rights, interfaith harmony, and peaceful coexistence.
• Contribute to the development of advocacy messages, campaign materials, and knowledge products focused on minority inclusion, community peacebuilding, and interfaith engagement.
• Organize thematic workshops, policy roundtables, public awareness campaigns, and commemorative events (e.g., National Minorities Day, International Day for Tolerance) in coordination with partners.
• Coordinate the HRMA’s communication strategy to raise awareness of its work and highlight positive narratives of coexistence.
Facilitate Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing
• Design and support strategic communication campaigns aligned with the HRMA strategic plan.
• Support the planning and implementation of capacity-building initiatives for HRMA officials and civil society actors on topics such as grievance redressal, rights-based service delivery, digital safety, and inclusion.
• Promote academic collaboration, including policy dialogues, fellowships, curriculum development, and research on minority issues.
• Coordinate the development and roll-out of training materials for Provincial Task Force and District Committee members on minority rights and strategic priorities.
Monitoring, Reporting, and Documentation
• Maintain a comprehensive record of the HRMA activities related to minority inclusion, interfaith harmony, and peacebuilding.
• Prepare regular progress reports and summaries for the Minister for Minorities Affairs, Secretary HRMA, UNDP, and other stakeholders, highlighting successes, challenges, and recommendations for course correction.
• Monitor ongoing initiatives and provide analysis of impact, implementation gaps, and emerging risks, with a focus on gender-sensitive and community-based approaches.
• Document outcomes of stakeholder engagements, capacity-building activities, and community consultations for reporting and knowledge-sharing purposes.
• Contribute to donor reporting and inputs to provincial/national policy forums through strategic data, lessons learned, and case studies.
Relevant experience
1 year
Languages
English, Level: Working knowledge, Required
Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights, Law, Communications, Business Administration, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or relevant field.
Skills and experience
• National and/or international level in human rights, minority affairs, governance, law, and policy development with a focus on human rights, research, advocacy & stakeholder coordination, or public sector engagement
• Experience supporting or working within the Government of Pakistan, particularly in a human rights institution with demonstrated knowledge of Pakistan’s human rights governance and reporting structures is desirable.
• Experience working with the UN or other international development organization is an asset.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development;
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel;
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment;
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;
• Have affinity with or interest in human rights volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.
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