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• Stay abreast of
  political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact
  on the protection environment.
• The Protection Officer
  will assist in the consistent application and implementation of
  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.
• Offer legal advice and
  guidance on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent
  authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant
  documentation.
• Carry out eligibility
  and status determination for persons of concern in compliance with UNHCR
  procedural standards and international protection principles.
• Routinely promote and
  contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
• Actively 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.
• Provide inputs for the
  development of global / regional international protection policies and
  standards.
• Implement and 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 expulsion and other protection incidents.
• Assess needs for
  Promote and find durable solutions for the largest possible number of
  persons of concern through voluntary repatriation, local integration and
  where appropriate, resettlement.
• Assess resettlement
  needs and apply priorities for the resettlement of individuals and groups
  of refugees and other persons of concern.
• Contribute to the
  design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based
  programming with implementing and operational partners.
• Contribute to and
  facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy with sectorial and/or
  cluster partners.
• Contribute to and
  facilitate effective information management through the provision of
  disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.
• Contribute to
  capacity-building initiatives for communities an individuals to assert
  their rights.
• Participate in
  initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to
  strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
• Perform other duties as instructed.

• 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 protection strategy and respect the policy of UNHCR on
  age, gender and diversity (AGD).
• Active participation
  of persons of concern is assured through continuous assessment and
  evaluation using participatory, rights and community based approaches.
• Protection incidents
  are immediately identified and addressed to ensure that the needs of
  persons of concern in the country are assessed and analysed in a
  participatory manner using an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective
  to form a firm basis for planning and as well as ensuring that
  Implementing Partner (IP) agreements are established in a timely manner,
  regularly monitored and reported on in compliance with established
  guidelines and procedures.

• The candidate should
  have a broad understanding and relevant field experience.
• Excellent IT skills
  including database management skills.
• The candidate must
  have ideally completed the Protection Learning Programme, Refugee Status
  Determination, Resettlement Learning Programme.

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