Assessment and Intake Officer Job Careers – Refugee Law Project (RLP)

Job
Title:        
 Assessment and Intake Officer
Organization: Refugee
Law Project (RLP)
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head
of Operations and Programme Support
About US:
The Refugee Law
Project (RLP) is an outreach project of the School of Law, Makerere University.
Our Mission is to empower asylum seekers, refugees, deportees, IDPs and host
communities to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives. Refugee Law
Project’s work is currently structured in five thematic areas: Access to
Justice; Conflict, Transitional Justice & Governance (CTJ&G), Gender
& Sexuality; Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing; and Media for
Social Change.
Job Summary:  The Assessment and Intake Officer provides direct
leadership to Assessment, Intake and Community Interpretation Unit. Coordinates
the resettlement process and day to day assessment and intake of RLP clients.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
 Unit
Coordination
  • Monitoring developing of guidelines, work plans , reports and
    policies pertaining client assessment, screening and case management 
  • Coordinate staff trainings on Resettlement, Client Management System
    and RLP Case management processes.
  • Facilitate in trainings, workshops, conferences and seminars on
    Refugees and Human Rights
  • Conduct all performance evaluations in the unit including scheduled
    and emergency evaluations
  • Supervise activities of all unit staff including reception through
    staff scheduling and the delegation of shared office duties.
  • Manage the Community Interpreter’s roster to avoid colliding with
    scheduled organisational events
  • Provides recommendations for unit goals, policies and procedures,
    statistical reports, and process improvements as per the current inflow of
    clients Manage the feedback process for clients and periodically inform
    the management (HR) on client and staff inquiries and complaints in the
    case of personnel. Responsible for ensuring monthly, quarterly and final
    reports are complete, accurate and done on time.
  • Design, develop and implement required feedback and communication
    systems for office operations.
Case Management
  • Determine client’s eligibility through assessment and intake of all
    walk-in clients. Manage the process of assisting clients to
    identify/assess their needs, barriers, relevant services and options
  • Manage both internal and external referrals within the Unit.
  • Identify appropriate services and resources relevant to their needs
    Provide clients with an overview of the society and their rights and
    obligations. Provide clients with introductory and/or basic information on
    norms, services, and systems.
  • Maintain a comprehensive library of information pamphlets, booklets
    and videos in various languages.
Resettlement
Coordination
  • Identify, interview, assess resettlement needs, and process persons
    identified for resettlement following established procedures.
  • Assist in monitoring resettlement activities to ensure progress
    against targets, transparency and efficiency in case submissions and
    appropriate follow-up with resettlement agencies and other key
    stakeholders.
  • Assist in mitigating resettlement fraud through oversight advice and
    guidance. Monitor resettlement activities to ensure progress against
    targets, transparency and efficiency in case submissions and appropriate
    follow-up with resettlement agencies and other key stakeholders. 
  • Review resettlement cases before submission to the director
  • Submit approved resettlement cases to the approved service providers
Assisted Access to
Services
  • Provide clients and their families with detailed information, and/or
    guidance to navigate through specific government processes.
  • Introduce clients to relevant services and/or resources within the
    broader community that relate to their identified needs.
  • Identify barriers to accessing broader community services and assist
    to schedule appointments, prepare brief correspondences and ensure that
    interpretation and translation support is provided.
  • Provide cross-cultural orientation to clients and community service
    providers while clients access service.
  • Offer preliminary counseling to clients
Documentation
  • Maintain and safeguard confidential records of all organisational
    clients.
  • Ensure that all clients’ information is entered into the
    organisational database(s)
  • Ensure the recording of statistics for all services provided.
  • Submit an up-to-date and accurate report on resettlement cases and
    needs assessments to management as required.
  • Maintain an up to date external service providers list for external
    referrals
  • Ensure the maintenance of both hard copy and soft copy files for all
    clients falling under RLP mandate
  • Attend staff meetings and organizational planning and development
    sessions as requested.
  • Maintain a current knowledge of trends in the field and enhance
    existing skills through professional development.
Research and
Advocacy
  • Independently and/or as part of a team undertake related social
    research with the bid to publish findings on service accessibility issues
    among refugees and forced migrants in general
  • Participate in data collection processes and activities through
    interviews and focus group discussions or using any other adopted data
    selection technique
  • Identify and prepare research training materials, tools as necessary
    for the execution of specific research project.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Refugee Law Project (RLP) Assessment and
    Intake Officer job opportunity must hold a University degree in
    international law, international relations, political science, social
    sciences, Development Studies or related fields of discipline. 
  • A minimum of three years’ experience delivering frontline community
    services in a refugee and/or newcomer related setting and working with
    community based agencies
Desirable
Competencies
  • Solidly reliable with strong attention to timeliness
  • Excellent communication skills (both interpersonal and with
    supervisor)
  • Possess a great attention to detail and truly organized
  • Have a strong sense of personal initiative and be able to work
    independently in a fast – paced office.
  • An interest in international, refugee, social justice and
    humanitarian issues
How to Apply:
All candidates who
wish to join the Refugee Law Project (RLP) in this capacity are encouraged to
send a motivation letter and curriculum vita in one file not exceeding 2MBs
electronically to: 
recruitment@refugeelawproject.org
NB: The
position applied for MUST be indicated in the subject line of the email. Copies
of certificates should not be attached, but will be requested for from
short-listed candidates only.
Deadline: 28th September 2018
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