The Ugandan Jobline

• Regularly monitor the projects executed by
  the programme through the preparation of programme/projects guidelines.
• Support the Deputy Representative in the
  submission of the country strategy and priorities for final approval by
  the Regional Office.
• Contribute to preparing documentation and
  reports.
• Work in liaison with all protection and
  programme sections to ensure the smooth and coordinated delivery of
  substantive inputs, tools and technical advice.
• Keenly review and analyse issues and
  trends as well as impacts against progress made in cross cutting themes
  specially youth, gender and cohesively guide colleagues on the
  mainstreaming of tools in these areas. Make presentations on assigned
  topics and activities for the sake of clarity.
• Support he management to enhance the
  adequate delivery of services through the two priority pathways; emergency
  response and solutions oriented programming.
• Attempt to revisit all protection SOPs
  with a view indexing all reported gaps in order to to suggest key steps to
  improve outreach and relentless approaches to the Transit Center, legal
  assistance for individual cases, the prisons, resettlement procedures,
  border management and safe heavens within the area of operations. 
• Make a top priority, the relevance and
  clarity of the proposed programme specific health indicators and how the
  expected outputs will contribute to the results.
• Regularly monitor whether the quantified
  target values for indicators are realistic and effective.
• Address the gap of low primary/secondary
  school enrolment, lack of adequate infrastructures in the education
  sector, lack of practical skills at most level and scholarships. 
• Strengthen the livelihoods activities
  through development of the plan to efficiently address key steps of the
  interventions and concise data collection to better guide the collective
  response.
• Strive to put a particular emphasis on
  solutions which provide refugees with shelters that respect the privacy,
  security and protection.
• Provide support in the monitoring the
  respect of agreed standards of health workers and respect of ethics in
  various medical centres.
• Ascertain the improvement of learning
  environment, capacity development for teachers and education structures
  and training of school management committees. 
• Guide on issues of congestion in school
  and assess the existing situation to address long distances to school
  given that most children are still walking between 8 to 10 kms per day to
  reach their structures against the 5 kms recommended policy.
• Attempt to review the lack of motivation
  of teachers, re-assess a few aspects of scholastic materials for a proper
  decision making purpose. Consider looking into issues of starvation in
  schools and related concerns. Consider re-evaluating the ratio
  teacher-student and crucial aspects of perceived language barriers.
• Help support refugees with disabilities
  and their families in realizing their claims for equal recognition in
  policies and operation procedures and for equal access to humanitarian aid
  and services.
• Ensure access to quality basic health care
  service to all referred refugee patients to the designated medical
  referral structure.
• Closely work with Programme and Community
  Services colleagues in the assessment and improvement of youth cultural,
  sporting and child friendly spaces across the board.
• Lead/participate in the collection of
  technical data so as to appropriately feed the country’s overall
  structural mapping matrix.

• Responsive to policy: closely linked to the policy
  interventions supported. That they should capture the essence of a result
  according to a reasonable argument about which features they can and
  cannot represent.
• Normative: having a clear and
  accepted normative interpretation (i.e. there must be agreement that a
  movement in a particular direction is a favourable or an unfavourable
  result).
• Robust: reliable, statistically
  validated.
• Timely collection of data:
  available when needed, with room built in for debate and for revision when
  needed and justified.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  UNHCR Operation Monitoring Officer job placement should possess a
  University degree in International Humanitarian or Human Rights Law, Law,
  International Development, International Relations, Social Sciences or a
  related field.
• At least eight years (6 with advanced
  university degree) of relevant professional working experience, including
  three years at the international level in a relevant field(s).
• Previous exposure and experience in
  protection, or community based protection work with UNHCR.
• Previous exposure and experience of programme
  or project design.
• Good coordination and strategy development
  skills. 
• Advanced computer skills.
• A demonstrated results orientation in work
  methods, ability to work independently and in a fast-paced, demanding work
  environment.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing
  circumstances and to handle requests or issues as they arise.
• Work experience in protection programming
  and coordination in humanitarian settings.
• Demonstrated capacities in Results-Based
  Management, including monitoring and evaluation, linking protection
  programmes and budgets.
• Previous exposure and experience in
  designing and implementing planning processes, including strategic
  planning.
• Excellent English drafting and
  communication skills and working knowledge of another UN language. 

• Judgement and Decision Making
• Managing Performance
• Managing Resources
• Analytical Thinking
• Technological Awareness
• Planning and Organizing

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