Job Title: Associate Field Officer
Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Duty Station: Rwamwanja, Uganda
About US:
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.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identify vulnerable groups or individuals who may need special attention or special arrangements and make recommendations on the needs of different groups of refugees.
- Assess protection and assistance needs of refugees and asylum-seekers in the region and monitor implementation of refugee assistance programmes.
- In co-ordination with implementing partners, handle the reception, registration and provision of assistance to persons of concern to UNHCR.
- Provide inputs for project submissions and periodic narrative and financial reports for the annual programme.
- Develop and maintain relations with local authorities ensuring smooth negotiations in all aspects of UNHCR’s mandate for the benefit of refugees.
- Monitor the security situation in the area and intervene as appropriate with the local authorities.
- Submit recommendation for protection interventions to the designated officer.
- Negotiate with local authority counterparts, partners and populations of concern.
- Approve expenditures within the DOAP.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work.
- Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
- Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Associate Field Officer job should have at least three years of relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree in Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field.
- Certificates and/or Licenses: UNHCR Protection Learning Programme. UNHCR Operations Management Learning Programme.
- Field experience is required
- IT-Computer Literacy
- PG-UNHCR’s Programmes
- Language Requirements: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
Desirable
- Knowledge of refugee law.
- Good knowledge of UNHCR’s programmes.
- Good knowledge in Protection and refugee situation
- Familiarity with UNHCR field operations in similar context as Uganda operations
- Experience and knowledge on age, gender and diversity, PSEA, Anti-Fraud and community reporting and feedback mechanism
- Experience in emergencies and responding to refugee influx and asylum procedures
- Experience in inter-agency and inter-sector coordination and working with local authorities
- Experience in hosting and coordinating internal and external and high-level missions
- Experience in durable solutions for refugees, including voluntary repatriation and peaceful co-existence of refugees and host communities
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.
Deadline: 4th August 2025
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