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Job Title: Protection Associate
Organisation: United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Duty Station: Uganda
Vacancy Notice Number: 011/2019
Position Number: 10027159
Position Grade:
GS-6
About US:
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 Associate normally reports to
the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer. He/she monitors protection standards,
operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with
international standards and provides functional protection support to
information management and programme staff.
The Protection Associate is expected to coordinate quality, timely and
effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern and
identify opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and integrate
protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors. He/she contributes to designing a
comprehensive protection strategy and liaises externally with authorities and
partners on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor. The
Protection Associate also ensures that persons of concern are involved 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:
- Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural
developments that have an impact on the protection environment. - Consistently apply 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. - Provide advice on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise
with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other
relevant documentation. - Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for
persons of concern. - Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce
statelessness. - 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. - 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 refoulement, expulsion and
other protection incidents. - Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible
number of persons of concern through voluntary repatriation, local
integration and where appropriate, resettlement. - Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of
protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational
partners. - Contribute to effective information management through the provision
of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems. - Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant
institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related
legislation and procedures.
Key Result Areas:
- 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
continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and
community based approaches. - Protection incidents are immediately identified and reported.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNHCR Protection
Associate job placement should have completed secondary school. Additional
certificate/training in International Law, Political Science or related
field is required. - Six years of relevant work experience
- Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN
language or local language - Judgement and Decision Making
- Analytical Thinking
- Political AwarenessStakeholder Management
- Good computer skills.
- Completed Protection Learning Programme
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: 13th June 2019
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