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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