Senior Protection Assistant – LICA 5

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    2 months ago
  • Category:
    Peace and Security
  • Deadline:
    03/06/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

E (most hardship)

Family Type (not applicable for home-based)

Non Family with Residential Location

Staff Member / Affiliate Type

UNOPS LICA5

Target Start Date

2024-07-01

Job Posting End Date

June 3, 2024

Terms of Reference

The Candidate should Have client-result orientation, being pro-active, have very good reporting skills, participation or coordination of relevant activities regarding the mixed movement portfolio (work in detention centers and/or on disembarkation points).
Duties:
– Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
– Provide counselling on protection issues to Refugees and Asylum Seekers; 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 Refugees and Asylum Seekers 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 GBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
– Assist in identifying durable solutions for Refugees and Asylum Seekers 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 Refugees and Asylum Seekers 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.

Standard Job Description

Required Languages

English

,

Arabic

,

Desired Languages

,

,

Additional Qualifications

Skills

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), High School (Required)

Certifications

Work Experience

Other information

No written test is requiredThis position doesn’t require a functional clearance

Home-Based

No

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