English-speaking Tutor for Minority Rights and Advocacy course
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30 Jun 2025
Title
English-speaking Tutor for Minority Rights and Advocacy course
Location: Remote
Timeline: Planned starting date for 2025 – 1st August 2025
Minority Rights Group is seeking to recruit a tutor for our English-language online course for human rights defenders and civil society organisation representatives on minority rights and freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Southeast and South Asia.
The tutor must have a strong background and demonstrated experience in human and minority rights, preferably in the Southeast and South Asia regions, with highly developed skills in communication, excellent writing, liaison and analytical skills, and ability to teach and supervise others. They will have a strong understanding of international and regional advocacy mechanisms (in particular the UN and ASEAN mechanisms) and the human and minority rights issues and challenges in these regions.
The tutor shall be responsible for overseeing course delivery, providing student support, assessment, feedback and reporting on approximately 20-25 students’ progress per course to MRG.
Programme background: Asia Action for Freedom of Religion or Belief
This programme aims to secure the right to freedom of religion or belief, and all rights of religious minorities in Asia. Freedom of religion or belief is a key component of civil and political rights, and without this protection, minorities struggle to achieve their economic, social and cultural rights. We therefore target all key actors to achieve this goal, including civil society, human rights defenders, and decision-makers at the local, national, regional and international levels.
The programme aims to achieve its goals through capacity-building, networking and awareness-raising, as well as advocacy and legal mechanisms. With capacity building at the centre of the intervention, the programme empowers civil society organisations and human rights defenders. It builds advocacy opportunities, raises public awareness and builds alliances. We also utilize strategic litigation to contribute towards repealing discriminatory laws, policies, measures and practices against persons belonging to religious minorities, also including persons with non-theistic beliefs or those who do not profess any religion or belief.
What is the course about?
This free English-language online course addresses minority rights and FoRB in Southeast and South Asia. It offers a tutored 6-week intensive training for human rights defenders and CSO representatives in the regions.
The training covers basic concepts in human and minority rights, international and regional human and minority rights mechanisms (e.g. UN, ASEAN) with a specific focus on FoRB. It also includes a practical introduction to creating and implementing advocacy campaigns and initiatives. During the training, there will be a live webinar organized with a high-level expert. The course includes short exercises, forum discussions, and a final assignment where participants can design their own advocacy plan.
The course has at least 1 round each year over 4 years. Each round will have 20-25 participants. In 2025, 1 round will take place. Commitment for tutors is expected until the end of the programme.
Key tasks:
- Mentoring and teaching on minority rights and freedom of religion or belief in Southeast and South Asia according to the above-mentioned timeline in 2025 (August-September 2025)
- Grading and provision of constructive feedback on assignments (in written format)
- Attending and moderating webinars (1 webinar/round)
- Active facilitation of online interactions and forum discussions according to the course content (multiple discussions, at least 1 in each unit)
- One-on-one work with training participants (via the Moodle platform) – 30 minutes/participant
- Assistance with completing assignments, answering training participants’ content-related questions
- The tutor will carry out these tasks relying on the provided online curriculum
- Feedback and regular reporting on trainees’ progress to MRG
Experience and expertise required:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field
- Extensive knowledge on human and minority rights, and freedom of religion or belief in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and a strong understanding of international and regional advocacy mechanisms (in particular the UN and ASEAN mechanisms)
- Expertise on one or more of these countries is an asset: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand
- Demonstrated experience in online training, online teaching and supervising others
- Excellent English language skills
- Demonstrated experience in teaching human rights or minority rights is an asset
- Experience in human rights advocacy mechanisms, especially in minority rights and FoRB are an asset
- Experience with and knowledge of the Moodle e-learning platform is an asset
- Ability to develop an online relationship with the trainees and:
- Be able to build rapport, generate enthusiasm, maintain interest and help work through a variety of issues
- Be proactive, assisting learners getting going on the course, recognize when action needs to be taken and take it. Fix problems before they arise, always be one step ahead, providing what the trainee will need next.
- Understand each learner’s need
- Be confident and understand how online learning works
- Be empathetic to the learner and give honest and constructive feedback
- Have a strong desire to improve the human rights knowledge of trainees
- Have sensitivity to cultural differences
Fees: Gross 2,500 EUR (including applicable taxes, contributions, or 27% Hungarian VAT depending on the applicant’s status) per course
Deadline for applications: 30 June 2025, 11:59 pm CET.
Application process
Applicants need to submit the following documents.
- CV
- Motivation letter (please include at least 1 referee)
- Declaration of absence of conflict of interest
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