UN Jobs – Senior Protection Assistant at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
Position No.: 10018194
Reports to: Assistant Protection Officer
Vacancy Notice: 008/2016
Duty Station: Uganda
Post Grade: GL5
About UNHCR:
The
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on
December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under
the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees;
seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee
rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of
statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Job Summary: The Senior Protection Assistant keenly monitors
protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection
delivery in line with international standards and provides functional
protection support to information management and programme staff. The incumbent
provides quality, timely and effective protection support to persons of concern
and identifies opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and
safeguards in operational responses. The jobholder also contributes to
designing a comprehensive protection strategy and may liaise externally with
local authorities and partners on protection issues as guided by the
supervisor. The incumbent also ensures that persons of concern are involved
with the Office in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing
their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To
achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective
interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and
assistance partners.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of the
Assistant Protection Officer, the incumbent will undertake the following
duties;
  • Consistently apply International and National
    Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of
    conduct.
  • Provide counselling on protection issues to
    persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the
    issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
  • Offer technical support activities in
    protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational
    partners.
  • Carry out preliminary information gathering and
    interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable
    solutions and social needs assessment.
  • Significantly contribute to measures to
    identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
  • Contribute to a country-level child
    protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
  • Contribute to a country-level education plan
    for persons of concern as part of the protection strategy.
  • Keenly monitor Standard Operating Procedures
    (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
  • Actively participate in individual protection
    case management including cases of SGBV and child protection. Monitor and
    report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
  • Render support in identifying durable
    solutions for persons of concern in voluntary repatriation, local
    integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
  • Actively contribute to the design,
    implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming
    with implementing and operational partners.
  • Assist in drafting reports, routine correspondence,
    updating relevant databases and compiling statistics for the protection
    unit / section.
  • Contribute to initiatives to enhance national
    and local protection capacities.
  • Perform any other duties as required by the Assistant
    Protection Officer.
Key Performance Indicators:  
  • The protection of populations of concern is
    met through the application of International and National Law relevant
    UN/UNHCR protection standards and IASC principles.
  • Protection activities are guided by the UNHCR
    country protection strategy.
  • The participation of persons of concern is
    facilitated through supporting participatory, rights and community based
    approaches.
  • Support is provided to identify and report
    protection incidents
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations
    UNHCR Assistant Protection Officer career opportunity should have
    completed secondary school. Additional Training courses in protection
    related issues.
  • At least four years of related work
    experience
  • Fluency in English and working knowledge of
    another relevant UN language or local language
  • Good computer skills.
  • Completion of the Protection Learning
    Programme is desired
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 via
E-mail quoting the vacancy notice and position number to: UGAKAHR@unhcr.org.
Deadline: 26th April, 2016
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