UN Senior Protection Assistant (Community Based) Careers – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Organisation: United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10022178
Vacancy Notice: 021/2017
Duty Station: Uganda
Post Grade: GL5
Reports to: Protection
Officer
About UNHCR:
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 Senior
Protection Assistant (Community-Based) is a member of the Protection Unit in a
Country Operation and may report to the Protection Officer, Protection Officer
(Community-Based), or another more senior staff member in the Protection Unit.
Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with
other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, the Senior
Protection Assistant (Community-Based) works directly with communities of
concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to
protect themselves, their families and communities. The incumbent may have
direct supervisory responsibility for part of the protection and/or support
staff and supports the application of community-based protection standards,
operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at
the field level. To fulfil this role the Senior Protection Assistant
(Community-Based) is required to spend a substantial percentage of her/his time
working outside the office, building and maintaining networks within
communities of persons of concern. The development and maintenance of
constructive relationships with persons of concern that measurably impact and
enhance protection planning, programming and results forms the core of the work
of the Senior Protection Assistant (Community-Based). The incumbent also
supports the designing of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring
that it is based on consultation with persons of concern.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Support functional units, the
    Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate
    participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection
    delivery strategy.
  • Through relationships with persons of
    concern and network of partners stay abreast of political, social,
    economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection
    environment and provide advice to the protection team. Understand the
    perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the persons of concern
    and advise the protection team accordingly, highlighting the specific
    protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons,
    persons with disabilities, marginalized groups.
  • Assist in initiatives with host communities
    to involve national civil society groups in the protection of persons of
    concern.
  • The incumbent will support implementing
    and operational partners as well as displaced and local communities to
    develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the
    social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational and
    livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and
    response to SGBV.
  • Render support in the analysis that
    identifies the capacities of communities of concern and risks they face.
  • Support participatory assessments by
    multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
  • Support efforts to build the office
    capacity for community-based protection.
  • Support communities in establishing
    representation and coordination structures
  • Ensure community understanding of UNHCRs
    commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its
    response.
  • The jobholder will collect data for
    monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
  • The incumbent will draft and type routine
    correspondence, documents and reports using word processing equipment and
    maintain up-to-date filing systems.
  • Serve as interpreter in exchange of
    routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond
    directly to routine queries.
  • Perform other relevant duties as required.
Key Performance Indicators:
  • Effective support is provided to promote
    AGD sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities as the essential
    basis for all of UNHCRs work.
  • AGD sensitive analysis of community risks
    and capacities provides the essential basis for all of UNHCRs work.
  • The participation of persons of concern is
    assured through continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory,
    rights and community based approaches, which inform protection and
    assistance programming and ensure that UNHCR meets its commitments to
    accountability to persons of concern.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations
    UNHCR Senior Protection Assistant (Community Based) career placement
    should have completed secondary education;
  • Additional training in International
    Development, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, International Social Work,
    Social Science, Political Science, Anthropology, International Law or
    other clearly related disciplines.
  • At least four years of previous relevant
    job experience.
  • Good computer skills (MS Office, including
    Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access).
  • Fluency in English and working knowledge
    of another relevant UN language
  • Working knowledge of
    Administrative/financial rules, procedures, processes in the context of
    UNHCR offices and Field operations is desired
  • UNHCR learning programmes (PLP) and
    knowledge of MSRP will be added advantages
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: 19th June 2017
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