Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
No.: 10020899
to: Associate Field
Officer
Notice: 001/2014
Station: UNHCR Field Unit
Kyangwali Uganda, Uganda
UNHCR:
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.
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 cases 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
proGres or Consolidated Online Resettlement Tracking System (CORTS)
database. - Occasionally, assist in carrying out
preliminary interviews and initial assessments, to process refugees for
resettlement following established procedures. - Occasionally, provide counselling to
persons of concern. - Provide administrative support for
resettlement-related training activities, including organization of
resettlement workshops and meetings as required. - Provide administrative support for
resettlement-related training activities, including organization of
resettlement workshops and meetings as required. - Assist in maintaining accurate
resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date records on individual cases;
assist in the preparation of reports. - Draft/ type routine correspondence to
Field Offices / Regional Offices / Headquarters. - Systematically apply an Age, Gender and
Diversity perspective in all aspects of the resettlement process; - Comply with UNHCR policy and guidelines
on HIV/AIDS. - Assist in mitigating resettlement fraud
by reporting suspected fraud. - Perform
other duties as instructed.
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
Competencies:
- Computer
literacy skills - Fluency
in both written and oral English. - Knowledge
of another UN or local language
to Apply:
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: 22nd January 2014
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