Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

B

Family

UNOPS IICA1

2024-07-01

July 2, 2024

Operational Context:
Currently, the UNHCR operation in Brazil comprises of the CO Brasília, SO Boa Vista, FO Pacaraima, FO Manaus, FO São Paulo and FU Belém. Each Office has specific geographical coverage, and the operation continues to purse decentralized operations management with the overall guidance from the Country Office. Since 2014, the numbers of forced displacements have grown dramatically and at a high pace, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this context, several countries face an unprecedented demand and, as a consequence, face the challenge of providing answers that guarantee both adequate care, with dignity and humanity, as well as the local integration of these people forced to move. Brazil maintains a generous asylum policy, especially through the emergency response “Operação Acolhida” (humanitarian response which include documentation, humanitarian assistance –including sheltering- and internal voluntary relocation in Brazil), which began in 2018.
The majority of refugees in Brazil have an urban profile and are formally granted access to social and economic rights such as health care, education and work, the latter of which remains the main challenge to refugees’ self-reliance. UNHCR works with partners to ensure quality protection standards for refugees and asylum seekers, providing them with comprehensive complementary and sustainable solutions; and promoting save borders and emergency preparedness to better protect all people of concern.
This position closely collaborates with number of internal and external stakeholders on fundraising initiatives the incumbent should thus have proven experience and knowledge of fundraising for both cash and in-kind contributions. The incumbent should also have strong capacity building experience as well as performance management skills and sound experience managing teams. Finally, the incumbent of the position reports directly to the Programme Officer and has supervisory role only over the junior programme staff in the Country Office in Boa Vista.

Desired candidate profile:
The incumbent of this position is expected to have proven Programme technical knowledge and multi-stakeholder management skills to be able to support technical validation role countrywide. The incumbent will also support planning and design of operational interventions which is why she/he should have experience in multi-year strategy development and implementation as well as RBM experience. It is also important that the incumbent have strong capacity building experience as well as performance management skills and sound experience managing teams. Experience in emergency operations, experience in Latin America countries is desirable.
Language comment: for International Professional, knowledge of English is essential. Portuguese / Spanish are desirable.

Language comment
Working knowledge of English is essential, working knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese are desirable. Experience in emergency operations, experience in Latin America countries is desirable.

Living and Working Conditions
With more than 400,000 inhabitants, Boa Vista is the capital of the State of Roraima. The city provides a high quality of life, with good health facilities, infrastructure and (international)
School.
The city is home to several parks and freshwater beaches, and has several leisure options, which include sport facilities and museums. Although public transportation is limited, uber and taxi are available.

Standard Job Description

Associate Programme Officer

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Associate Programme Officer may be based in HQ, field/regional bureau, typically reporting to and be guided by the Program officer and may supervise a small team of local staff. He/she may refer to UNHCR’s Programme Manual (Chapter IV), UNHCR’s corporate and regional strategic priorities, operation plans and other relevant institutional rules and regulations for further guidance.

The Associate Programme Officer will provide programmatic guidance and support with regard to the implementation of protection and solutions strategies within available resources. S/he will coordinate with the other sections/units to ensure harmonized programmatic approaches at all levels and throughout the UNHCR Operations Management Cycle. The incumbent will work in line with the overall UNHCR directions which crucially require working with partners, including with persons of concern, governmental institutions and the private sector, ensuring that programme management is approached as per UNHCR’s Strategic Directions, Global Strategic Priorities (GSPs), Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), and corporate positions on SDGs.
The incumbent is expected to work in line with the multi-functional team (MFT) approach as defined within the Program Manual, ensuring the participation of relevant stakeholders in all phases of the Program Management Cycle.

All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties
– Support in assessing and analysing the needs of persons of concern in a participatory manner, using an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective as basis for planning.
– Provide support on programmatic aspects of developing multi-year protection and solutions strategies and annual plans with corresponding priorities taking into account corporate priorities.
– Support Results Based Management and programme capacity in light of evolving requirements, programming approaches and gaps.
– Assist the planning process in compliance with planning parameters outlined in the Programme Manual and the planning instructions.
– Support the revision and analysis of plans, mid-year and year-end reports of UNHCR office(s) in the Area of Responsibility AoR), ensure quality assurance and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures and standards.
– Assist in the provision of overall direction to broaden partnerships with key stakeholders in order to maximize the protection and solutions response for persons of concern.
– Provide support to ensure a consistent application of the framework for implementing with partners, including the effective implementation of the policy on selection and retention of partners, management of partnership agreements, risk-based project performance monitoring, and risk-based project audits, among others.
– Contribute to ensure consistent and coherent monitoring approaches, tools and systems across the region, in line with global standards and polices.
– Actively contribute to UNHCRs programming of community of practice and continuously contribute to improvements of programming tools and processes.
– Oversee a timely and effective follow-up of internal and external audits observations and recommendations that relate to programmatic issues.

– Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
– Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For P2/NOB – 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education
Economics; Business Administration; Social Sciences; or other relevant field.

Certificates and/or Licenses
Programme Management
Certification Programme in Programme Management (CP-PM)
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Demonstrated experience in programme management including familiarization with the OMC and sound knowledge of Results Based-Management. Demonstrated experience in field operations, sound knowledge on the centrality of protection in programming, Joint Needs Assessments and the principles of targeting.

Desirable
Demonstrated experience in coordination within an inter-agency context and other actors, in a refugee or humanitarian context. Sound experience in program management training and capacity building activities.

Functional Skills
MG-Project Management
PG-Results-Based Management
PG-UNHCR’s Programmes
PG-Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners (Gov/NGO/Corporate)
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

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

All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.

As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.

This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

Required Languages

English

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Desired Languages

Portuguese

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Spanish

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Additional Qualifications

Skills

MG-Project Management, PG-Results-Based Management, PG-Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners (Gov/NGO/Corporate), PG-UNHCR’s Programmes

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA): Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Economics, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Law, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Social Science

Certifications

CP-PM Certification Programme for Programme Management – UNHCR, Programme Management – Other

Other information

This position doesn’t require a functional clearance

Home-Based

No