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Job Title:  Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer (UN Jobs)

Organisation: United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

Placement Organization: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duty Station: Moyo, Uganda

About US:

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. We work with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated and well-supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism. UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and reports to the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board.

About UNHCR:

The Office of the UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 by the UN General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country (www.unhcr.org). In line with this mandate UNHCR supports the Republic of Uganda in protecting individuals who seeks asylum in the country as well as those in the country at risk of being stateless or who already are considered stateless. UNHCR also provides direct assistance through implementing partners to refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda. UNHCR puts a strong effort into identifying durable solutions for all refugees in Uganda and to reduce the risk of persons in the country becoming stateless.

Job Summary:  The Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer will, in collaboration with protection, programme, field and technical teams, support the office to develop and transition towards implementing cohesive self-reliance/solutions-oriented approaches, distinct from the prevailing partner frame agreement dominated emergency response/care-and-maintenance oriented approaches whereby UNHCR continues to engage stakeholders in sectoral silos. The incumbent will participate in consultative processes within UNHCR and with external partners to promote area-based programmes, and ensure through collaboration with protection, programme, field, and technical teams, that refugees and nearby host communities (Sub County level) are appropriately engaged community-based assessments and responses.

UNHCR Field Office Moyo collaborates with the Office of the Prime Minister, Moyo and Obongi District Local Governments incorporating relevant line ministries, UN, and NGO partners to provide protection, basic social services and livelihood support for refugees and host communities in Palorinya Settlement, Obongi District.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of Head of Field Office, the Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer will undertake the following tasks:

• Maintain close contact and cooperation with partners to facilitate the economic inclusion of refugees, such as line ministries, private sector and development actors in accordance with UNHCR Global and Country level policies, priorities, and strategies, in particular the Global Compact on Refugees. This includes advocating with public and private sector ser-vices providers to include UNHCR POC in supporting services (business development, micro-finance, training, saving accounts, poverty alleviation and social protection, etc.).
• Work with the multi-functional team, more specifically with the Protection Unit, to assess the legal framework for the right to work and rights at work and recommend/implement advocacy initiatives and policy reforms to improve UNHCR POC’s economic inclusion, rights and access to work.
• Build on UNHCR databases to support regular information sharing and coordination among different humanitarian, developmental and governmental stakeholders. This includes supporting the implementation of socioeconomic and wealth ranking surveys utilizing community-based strategies to inform targeting, monitoring and facilitation of development programmes.
• Conduct necessary assessments in collaboration with relevant private and public stake-holders such as JICA, including impact assessments on local economies and surveys that help to identify investment and funding opportunities that enhance the economic inclusion of UNHCR POC.
• In case UNHCR is implementing specific livelihoods activities, strengthen, guide and monitor the livelihoods interventions to help ensure they are market-based, and that the role of UNHCR has been strategically determined in consideration of its comparative ad-vantage vis-à-vis other partners.
• Support and monitor implementation of settlement livelihoods and economic inclusion strategy, including developing partnerships with development actors and private sector, and developing linkages with existing programmes/projects in the districts to bring them closer to/within the settlements, among others.
• Take lead in regular mapping exercises of the various stakeholders/partners in the districts determine gaps, capacity, and comparative advantage of different actors.
• Together with Office of the Prime Minister and the Districts Local Government, co-chair, monthly livelihoods sector working group coordination meetings and facilitate/support joint monitoring and other sector working group activities.
• Monitor and report on Implementing Partner and Operational Partner implementation of livelihoods and economic inclusion projects.
• Be part of district planning processes, developing gap and needs assessments,

This assignment is funded by JICA, therefore only former Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JICA-JOCV) who could get recommendation by JICA-JOCV Secretariat are eligible to apply. Please check your application eligibility on the JICA website (https://www.jica.go.jp/volunteer/obog/career_support/unv/index.html).

The assignment is planned to start October/November 2023.

Nationality: Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the UNV Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer job must hold a Bachelor degree or equivalent in Law/International Law, Political Science, Social Science Economics, International Relations, Socio-Economic Development, Development Planning, Rural Development, Economics, Business Administration, or related fields
• Three years of experience in humanitarian and development contexts, or private sector engagement.
• With a minimum of 2 years field experience.
• Area(s) of expertise: Community development, Development programmes
• Languages: English, Level: Fluent, Required
• Age: 27 – 80 years

Competencies and values

• Accountability
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Building Trust
• Client Orientation
• Commitment and Motivation
• Communication
• Creativity
• Empowering Others
• Integrity
• Knowledge Sharing
• Managing Performance
• Professionalism
• Self-Management
• Technological Awareness
• Working in Teams

How to Apply:

All candidates for the aforementioned United Nations Volunteers (UNV) job should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 21st June 2024

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