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• Be fully informed about community structures and the protection and
  security situation of the population of concern and develop strong links
  with a cross-section of members of refugee/IDP/stateless communities,
  using an AGD approach.
• Through relationships with persons of concern and network of
  partners stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural
  developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide
  advice to senior management.
• Ensure that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the
  persons of concerns are reflected in the protection strategy, planning
  processes and operations plan addressing the specific protection needs of
  women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with
  disabilities, and marginalized groups.
• Ensure through direct action and advocacy with more senior
  protection staff that the necessary resources are allocated to enable
  community work to identify and address protection and assistance gaps.
• Support a consultative process with government counterparts at local
  levels, partners and persons of concern to develop and implement
  integrated strategies that address the key protection priorities,
  including, for example, child protection, education and SGBV, and
  solutions approaches.
• Offer technical guidance and support to UNHCR and partners and
  implement and oversee Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on all
  community-based protection related issues.
• Support the design, implementation and evaluation of protection
  centred and solutions oriented programming with implementing and
  operational partners guaranteeing that community-owned activities are
  integrated.
• Support communities in establishing representation and coordination
  structures
• Promote confidence building and conflict resolution among
  populations of concern, authorities and host communities
• Maintain protection presence through regular field missions and
  reports, making direct contact with persons of concern, host communities,
  local authorities and partners. In operations applying the humanitarian
  cluster system, contribute to ensuring that the response of the Protection
  Cluster is grounded in an AGD-compliant strategy which covers all assessed
  and prioritized protection needs of the affected populations.
• Support the Operations work to ensure the protection strategy is
  fully integrated into the Country Operations Plan, the UN Development and
  Assistance Framework (UNDAF), the Humanitarian Country Teams common
  humanitarian action plan where applicable
• Actively contribute to the Protection teams information management
  component which: provide disaggregated data on populations of concern and
  their problems; researches, collects and disseminates relevant protection
  information and good practices to enhance protection delivery and provide
  technical advice if necessary
• Ensure participatory, community-based protection and AGD approaches
  are included in strategies and plans in the Country Operation.
• Ensure community understanding of UNHCRs commitment to deliver on
  accountability and quality assurance in its response.
• Support persons of concern to develop structures that enhance their
  participation and protection.

• Effective and timely support is provided to the formulation of a
  clear and coherent protection and solutions oriented strategy, which
  incorporates a thorough age, gender and diversity analysis and reflects
  the Organizations global, regional and country level priorities.
• AGD sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities provides
  the essential basis for all of UNHCRs work.
• The participation of persons of concern is assured through
  continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and
  community based approaches, which inform protection and assistance
  programming and ensure that UNHCR meets its commitments to accountability
  to persons of concern.
• National protection capacities are improved through direct
  engagement, research and advocacy with all relevant external
  interlocutors.
• Protection incidents and needs are immediately identified and
  addressed through direct intervention, advocacy and public exposure

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNHCR Assistant
  Protection Officer (Community Based) job opportunity should hold a
  University degree in International Development, Cultural Studies, Human
  Rights, International Social Work, Social Science, Political Science,
  Anthropology, International Law or other clearly related disciplines
• At least two years of professional working experience.in the areas
  of community services, social work (e.g., gender, SGBV programs, womens
  empowerment and protection, work with refugees) or/and human rights or
  related tasks in government, NGO or international organisation.
• Excellent knowledge of English and working knowledge of another UN
  language.
• Diverse field operational experience.
• Good IT skills including database management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Extensive knowledge of community communication and engagement
  approaches
• Broad knowledge and understanding of and demonstrated competencies
  in forced displacement and protection, particularly SGBV prevention and
  response, child protection, education, gender equality, and the
  application of the Age, Gender and Diversity Policy.

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