Job Title: Resettlement
Assistant
Assistant
Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR)
for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10013116
Reports to: Associate Protection Officer
Vacancy Notice: 021/2013
Duty Station: Kyaka, Uganda
About UNHCR:
The Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December
14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead
and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee
problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and
well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the
right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to
return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.
It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December
14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead
and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee
problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and
well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the
right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to
return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.
It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Prepare
written documentation for resettlement submission, ensure that records/
files of individual cases are updated in a systematic and timely manner - Assess
and review individual resettlement cases and prepare individual / group
submission for scrutiny by the supervisor - Follow-up
on case from time of submission to final decision and departure - Comply
with UNHCR’s standard operating procedures on resettlement, ensuring
timely action on cases - Assist
in logistical arrangements of selection missions by resettlement countries - Coordinate
travel and departure arrangements for refugees accepted for resettlement - Assist
in maintaining and updating progress or Consolidated Online Resettlement
Tracking System (CORTS) database. - Assist
in conducting preliminary inteviews and initial assessments, to process
refugees for resettlement following established procedures - Provide
counselling to persons of concernoffer administrative support for related
training activities, including organisation of resettlement workshops and
meetings as required. - Offer
administrative support for resettlement training activities including
organization of resettlement workshop and meetings as required. - Assist
in maintaining accurate resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date
records on individual cases - Assist
in preparation of reports - Draft
routine correspondence to field offices/ regional offices and headquarters - Assist
in mitigating resettlement fraud by reporting suspected fraud. - Perform
other duties as instructed.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
- The
prospective employee should have completed secondary education with
certificate - Additional
training in international relations, international law or related fields. - The
candidate should possess at least two years previous job experience in a
related or similar job role
Personal Competencies:
- Computer
literacy skills - Fluency
in both written and oral English. - Knowledge
of another UN or local language
How to Apply:
All Interested
candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their applications, under
confidential cover, quoting the Post No addressed to:
The Senior Administrative/ Finance Officer,
UNHCR Representation in Uganda,
P.O. Box, 3813, Kampala, Uganda
candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their applications, under
confidential cover, quoting the Post No addressed to:
The Senior Administrative/ Finance Officer,
UNHCR Representation in Uganda,
P.O. Box, 3813, Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 3rd October 2013 –
5pm
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