Job Title: Senior Protection Assistant
Organisation: United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10028934
Vacancy Notice: 051/2018
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Protection
Officer
Officer
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.
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 mainly 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 Senior Protection Assistant
provides quality, timely and effective protection support to persons of concern
and identifies opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and
safeguards in operational responses. He/she 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
Senior Protection Assistant 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.
operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with
international standards and provides functional protection support to
information management and programme staff. The Senior Protection Assistant
provides quality, timely and effective protection support to persons of concern
and identifies opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and
safeguards in operational responses. He/she 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
Senior Protection Assistant 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:
- 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. - Support activities in protection related
AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. - Conduct preliminary information
gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination,
durable solutions and social needs assessment. - 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. - Monitor Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities. - 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. - Assist in identifying durable solutions
for persons of concern in voluntary repatriation, local integration and
where appropriate, resettlement. - Contribute to the design, implementation
and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with
implementing and operational partners. - Provide support in drafting reports,
routine correspondence, updating relevant databases and compiling
statistics for the protection unit / section. - Actively contribute to initiatives to
enhance national and local protection capacities.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Select persons of concern for preliminary interviews and decide
which relevant information to share. - Enforce integrity in the delivery of protection services by local
implementing partners.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United
Nations UNHCR Senior Protection Assistant job opportunity should
have completed secondary school. Additional training courses in
protection related issues. - At least four years of experience
- Fluency in English and working knowledge
of another relevant UN language or local language - Good computer skills.
- Completed Protection Learning Programme.
How to Apply:
All interested
Ugandan nationals who wish to join the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to click on the
link below and follow the application instructions after reviewing the job
details.
Ugandan nationals who wish to join the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to click on the
link below and follow the application instructions after reviewing the job
details.
Deadline: 28th October 2018
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