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Job Title: Senior Human Rights Coordinator

Organisation: SeaOwl Energy Services

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

SeaOwl manages the complete recruitment cycle from sourcing, recruitment, mobilization and personnel planning for energy customers. It is specialized in highly-skilled profiles and the underlying activity of designees / staff mainly covers drilling and off-shore oil rig management. It also provides scalable, integrated operations & maintenance resources and services covering the lifecycle of energy assets, as well as tele-operated surveillance and maintenance services.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Subsidiary to adhere to TotalEnergies’ Human Rights commitments including to implement the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the United Nations Global Compact Principles, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organization and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
• Supports implementation of the Subsidiary Human Rights Policy
• Support implementation by the Subsidiary of Ugandan laws and policies with respect to Human Rights including the Ugandan National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
• Ensure the implementation by the Subsidiary and the Tilenga Project of the Human Rights Impact Assessment and assist with the conduct of any future Human Rights Impact Assessment.
• Oversee Subsidiary human rights due diligence including assisting with the organization and secretariat of the Subsidiary Human Rights Committee, ensuring that decisions are documented and monitoring implementation.
• Proactively promote awareness and understanding of the Company, Subsidiary and Tilenga Projects’ Human Rights commitments both internally and externally.
• Ensure adequate systems, tools and processes are in place to appropriately monitor Human Rights issues and to ensure mitigation of Human Rights measures.
• Ensure adequate Human Rights Reporting including in relation to the Human Rights Impact Assessment Action Plan
• Carry out research and provide advice on matters of concern in relation to human rights matters
• Attend where requested external meetings and webinars relevent to the role
• Carry out verifications to ensure compliance with international & local human rights laws
• Conduct site verification visits when required
• Performs other related duties as required

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant must hold a Degree Qualified in law, human rights, political science, business or a related degree Law firm experience is added advantage but is not essential
• At least eight years’ experience as a lawyer, in human rights field or in a related discipline
• A mature, interpersonal and confident individual with good interpersonal skills.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Communication skills –must be able to communicate effectively, articulate their view verbally and actively listen to other points of view
• Excellent writing skills are essential
• Good organizational skills with a proven ability to multi-task whilst prioritizing own work, with minimum supervision.
• IT literacy – must be proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word and Access); familiarity with modern records management software applications is an added advantage.
• Good capacity to work to tight deadlines and in a team
• Reporting and summarizing skills

How to Apply:

All Interested applicants who meet the criteria as outlined above are encouraged to send a detailed CV ONLY by email to: career.ea@seaowlgroup.com

Subject of your email should be the position you are applying for

Do not hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions or need any clarifications

Deadline: Tuesday 15^th November 2022 at 5:00pm

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