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Job Title:      Protection Associate

Organisation: United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Position No.: 10028968

Vacancy Notice: Internal/ External Vacancy Notice Number 021/2019

Duty Station: 
Uganda

Reports to: Protection
Officer or the Senior Protection Officer

Grade: GS-6

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 Protection Associate is expected to
coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of
populations of concern and identify opportunities to mainstream protection
methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in
all sectors.  He/she contributes to
designing a comprehensive protection strategy and liaises externally with
authorities and partners on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor.
The Protection Associate 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. He/she 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.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural
  developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable
  UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
• Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation
  related to persons of concern.
• Provide advice on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise
  with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other
  relevant documentation.
• Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for
  persons of concern.
• 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 as part of the
  protection strategy.
• Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all
  protection/solutions activities.
• Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child
  protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and
  other protection incidents.
• Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible
  number of persons of concern through 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.
• Contribute to effective information management through the provision
  of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant
  institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related
  legislation and procedures.

Key Results:

• 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
  continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and
  community based approaches.
• Protection incidents are immediately identified and reported.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNHCR Protection
  Associate job placement should have completed secondary school. Additional
  certificate/training in International Law, Political Science or related
  field. 
• Six years of relevant work experience
• Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN
  language or local language
• Good computer skills.
• Completed Protection Learning Programme
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Analytical Thinking
• Political Awareness
• Stakeholder Management

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.

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Deadline: 17^th October 2019

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