Forced Recruitment/Forced Disappearance Expert – Colombia At American Bar Association

Project Background

USAID’s Venezuelan Migrant Human Rights Activity (or CCD for its Spanish name Conectando Caminos por los Derechos) supports medium and long-term development for Venezuelan migrants, Colombian returnees and receptor communities in Colombia. CCD’s goal is to increase community cohesion and citizen security by ensuring that all members of society live free from crime and violence, regardless of their legal status in the country. CCD is implemented through a consortium between Freedom House, Pact, the American Bar Association (ABA ROLI) and Internews.

CCD operates in metropolitan areas with large migrant populations like Riohacha, Maicao, Cúcuta, Bucaramanga, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Cali, Medellín, Bogotá, Pasto and Ipiales. CCD seeks to address those human rights violations that are most prevalent in receptor communities and have the highest risk of reducing community cohesion and security. The activity supports prevention and protection of people from labor exploitation, sexual exploitation, forced recruitment, human trafficking, enforced disappearance and gender-based violence. Among CCD’s prioritized populations, emphasis is placed on women, youth, indigenous people, Afro-Colombians and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) persons.

Consultant Duties and Responsibilities

• Attend meetings on behalf of ABA ROLI Colombia
• Present and validate the Departmental Guide for the harmonization and/or construction of the Protection and Prevention Route for the Prevention of Recruitment, Use, Utilization and Sexual Violence of Children and Adolescents, and the training strategy for CIPRUNNA officials.
• Develop working sessions with the representatives of the departmental committees for the elaboration of work plans for the adjustment of routes in the municipalities targeted from the migratory context.
• Provide technical assistance to the departments and entities that make up the departmental committee for the prevention of recruitment for the implementation and monitoring of the plan and the adjustment of the routes of the municipalities that have been targeted.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in areas relevant to the project, such as human rights, international law, immigration law, etc.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated professional experience in forced recruitment and/or forced disappearance.
• At least five (5) years of relevant technical and academic experience in investigation of human rights violations, preferably in the context of forced recruitment and forced disappearance.
• Experience in the analysis and writing of training content.
• Work experience in a professional environment with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Strong commitment to rule of law principles.
• Fluency in Spanish is required (written and oral).
• Experience with Microsoft Office Software.