30 June 2016

Fresher UN Protection Assistant Jobs - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)






Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

(UNHCR)


Position Number: 10016823


Reports to: Associate Protection Officer


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 Assistant will provide functional

and administrative support to the protection unit on protection related

liaison, correspondence, monitoring, case management and reporting activities.

The incumbent will also support the protection unit in designing a

comprehensive protection strategy and in providing quality, timely and

effective protection responses to persons of concern. The jobholder will liaise

externally with local authorities and partners on correspondence and/or

protection issues as guided by the supervisor. 
The

Protection Assistant will also facilitate the involvement of persons of concern

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.



Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Consistently apply International and National

    Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of

    conduct.

  • Observe and respect protection related

    Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

  • Offer functional and administrative support

    in all protection related Age Gender Diversity (AGD) based programming

    with implementing and operational partners.

  • Provide functional and administrative support

    in implementing participatory approaches, needs assessments, monitoring,

    reporting and case management.

  • Support assessments on durable solutions

    through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate,

    resettlement.

  • Serve as a liaison with competent authorities

    for the issuance of personal and other relevant documents.

  • Assist in drafting reports, routine

    correspondence, updating relevant databases and compiling statistics for

    the protection unit/section


Key Performance Indicators: 

  • 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 supporting participatory, rights and community based

    approaches.


Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations

    UNHCR Protection Assistant job opportunity should have completed Secondary

    education. Additional Training courses in protection related issues

    required.

  • Two years of related work experience

  • Good computer skills

  • Fluency in English and working knowledge of

    another relevant UN language or local language.


All

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their applications,

under confidential cover to: Senior Admin/Finance Officer, UNHCR Representation

in Uganda via E-mail quoting the above vacancy notice and position number:

UGAKAHR@unhcr.org.




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