Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

U (unclassified)

Pending

UNOPS LICA6

2024-10-01

August 25, 2024

Terms of Reference:

1. General Background
The Protection Associate is a member of the Protection Unit and may report to the Protection Officer, Community-Based Protection Officer, or another more senior staff member within Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, the Protection Associate is based in Misrata and works directly with communities of concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to protect themselves, their families, and communities.

In view of continuous arrival of Sudanese refugees in Libya as follows: provision of immediate humanitarian assistance, supporting local host communities to mitigate some of the impacts of the crisis, identifying persons most at risk and in vulnerable situations, and providing targeted assistance and specialized services, the incumbent supports the application of community-based protection standards, operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery in Misrata and surrounding areas. To fulfil this role, the Protection Associate is required to spend a substantial percentage of the workday outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern (PoC), as well as municipal and government structures and UN/INGO partners. The development and maintenance of constructive relationships with PoC that measurably impact and enhance protection planning, programming and results, form the core of the work of the incumbent. S/he also supports UNHCR Libya response and design of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring consultative approaches and regular communication strategies with the PoC and other stakeholders.

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.

2. Purpose and Scope of Assignment

– Assist all UNHCR Libya functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection strategy with emphasis on the Sudan response:
– Through relationships with PoC and network of partners, stay abreast of political, social, economic, legal 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 PoC 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 as well as municipal authorities aimed at aspects relevant and required for the protection of PoC.
– Support partners as well as displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organizational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to SGBV.
– Assist 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 PoC.
– Support efforts to build the office capacity for community-based protection.
– Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
– Ensure community understanding of UNHCR’s commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
– Collect data for monitoring of programs and budgets from an AGD perspective.
– Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
– Act as an interpreter in exchange of routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
– Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.
– Initiate AGD sensitive interventions at the appropriate level on community-based protection issues and to respond to protection concern and incidents within the office and with persons and communities of concern based on agreed parameters.
– Identify and recommend which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
– Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
– Perform other related duties as required.

3. Monitoring and Progress Controls
– Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports to the Supervisor.
– Final report due 31 December 2024
– Final Evaluation: The final evaluation will be carried out by the Supervisor.

4. Qualifications and Experience
– Two years of relevant experience with High School Diploma; or one-year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher in the following field: Development Studies; Human Rights; Community development /Social Work; Social Science; Political Science; International Law.
– Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.

c. Key Competencies
– Accountability
– Communication
– Organizational Awareness
– Teamwork & Collaboration
– Commitment to Continuous Learning
– Client & Result Orientation Stakeholder Management
– Planning and Organizing
– Political Awareness

Functional Skills
– IT-MS Office Applications
– IT-Computer Literacy
– IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
– UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
– UN-UN/UNHCR Financial Rules and Regulations and Procedures
– PR-Community-based Protection
– PR-Community-based Protection – Principles and methodologies
– CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community

Standard Job Description

Required Languages

Arabic

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English

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Desired Languages

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Additional Qualifications

Skills

Education

Certifications

Other information

Written test might be conducted.This position doesn’t require a functional clearance

Home-Based

No