UNHCR Social Work Jobs – Resettlement Assistant at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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Organisation: United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position
No.: 10020899
Reports
to: Associate Field
Officer
Vacancy
Notice: 001/2014
Duty
Station: UNHCR Field Unit
Kyangwali Uganda, Uganda
Post Grade: GL4
About
UNHCR:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General
Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate 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. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
Key
Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Prepare written documentation for
    resettlement submission; ensure that records / files of individual cases
    are updated in a systematic and timely manner.
  • Assess and review individual
    resettlement cases and prepare individual / group submission for scrutiny
    by the supervisor.
  • Follow-up on cases from time of
    submission to final decision and departure.
  • Comply with UNHCR’s standard operating
    procedures on resettlement, ensuring timely action on cases.
  • Assist in logistical arrangements of
    selection missions by resettlement countries.
  • Coordinate travel and departure
    arrangements for refugees accepted for resettlement.
  • Assist in maintaining and updating
    proGres or Consolidated Online Resettlement Tracking System (CORTS)
    database.
  • Occasionally, assist in carrying out
    preliminary interviews and initial assessments, to process refugees for
    resettlement following established procedures.
  • Occasionally, provide counselling to
    persons of concern.
  • Provide administrative support for
    resettlement-related training activities, including organization of
    resettlement workshops and meetings as required.
  • Provide administrative support for
    resettlement-related training activities, including organization of
    resettlement workshops and meetings as required.
  • Assist in maintaining accurate
    resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date records on individual cases;
    assist in the preparation of reports.
  • Draft/ type routine correspondence to
    Field Offices / Regional Offices / Headquarters.
  • Systematically apply an Age, Gender and
    Diversity perspective in all aspects of the resettlement process;
  • Comply with UNHCR policy and guidelines
    on HIV/AIDS.
  • Assist in mitigating resettlement fraud
    by reporting suspected fraud.
  • Perform
    other duties as instructed.
Qualifications,
Skills & Experience:
  • The
    prospective employee should have completed secondary education with
    certificate
  • Additional
    training in international relations, international law or related fields.
  • The
    candidate should possess at least two years previous job experience in a
    related or similar job role
Personal
Competencies:
  • Computer
    literacy skills
  • Fluency
    in both written and oral English.
  • Knowledge
    of another UN or local language
How
to Apply: 
All Interested candidates who meet the above
criteria should submit their applications, under confidential cover, quoting
the Post No addressed to:
The Senior Administrative/ Finance Officer,
UNHCR Representation in Uganda,
P.O. Box, 3813, Kampala, Uganda

Deadline: 22nd January 2014

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