Senior Protection Assistant Full-Time

The UNHCR is hiring a Senior Protection Assistant.

Objective

The Senior Protection Assistant provides quality, timely and effective protection support to supervisor and Cluster members and identifies opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and safeguards in operational responses. S/he contributes to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and may liaise externally with local authorities and partners on protection issues as guided by the supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct;
• Provide counselling on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation;
• Support activities in protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners;
• Conduct preliminary information gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable solutions and social needs assessment;
• 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 for PoC as part of the protection strategy;
• Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities;
• Participate in individual protection case management including cases of SGBV and child protection;
• Monitor and report on cases of refoulment, expulsion and other protection incidents;
• Assist in identifying durable solutions for PoC in 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;
• Draft reports, routine correspondence, update relevant databases and compiling statistics within the Area of Responsibility (AoR);
• Contribute to initiatives to enhance national and local protection capacities;
• Select PoC for preliminary interviews and decide which relevant information to share;
• Enforce integrity in the delivery of protection services by local implementing partners;
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level:

For G5 – 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.

Certificates and/or Licenses:

•  Development Studies;
• Human Rights;
• Community Development /Social Work;
• Social Science;
• Political Science;
• International Law.

Functional Skills:

• IT-Computer Literacy;
• CL-Protection & Solutions Awareness;
• PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators;
• PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework.

Language Requirements:
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Submission of applications:

• Interested Group 1 and Group 2 candidates need to apply through MSRP Self-Service – Recruiting Activities – Careers (please search by JO number or by Location). Please update your personal profiles with all required information in order to be able to apply. Please consult the attached documents for further guidance on how to update the personal profile.
• Interested external applicants need to apply online via the MSRP External Portal and complete the mandatory motivation letter. For help with logging in to the MSRP External Portal, or with online applications, please contact the HR Unit well before the deadline to allow sufficient time for any technical problem to be resolved. External vacancies are posted on the external UNHCR website and applicants who do not have internal status must apply through the external UNHCR website. https://www.unhcr.org/careers.html – Careers – Career opportunities – Other Opportunities – Vacancies – sort by Location or search by Job Opening number

Applications will be accepted only via the online portals. Please do not send application via email.

• Not signed, incomplete and late applications will not be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates will be required to sit for a written test and/or oral interview. UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing or any other fees).