Deadline for Applications

December 22, 2025

Grade

GS5

Staff Member / Affiliate Type

General Service

Reason

Temporary > Temporary Assignment/ Appointment

Hardship Level

A (least hardship)

Family Type

Family

Residential location (if applicable)

Target Start Date

2026-01-01

Target End Date

2026-06-30

Standard Job Description

Senior Durable Solutions Assistant

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Durable Solutions Assistant reports to a Durable Solutions Associate or Officer.

The incumbent is relied upon to contribute to the implementation of a durable solutions strategy. Contributing to fostering an environment to enhance partnerships is a critical element of the work, as are activities designed to strength the involvement of refugee communities and their hosts in the design and implementation of solutions strategies.

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
– Provide counselling to refugees and other persons of concern (POC) about their durable solutions needs.
– Interview candidates for voluntary repatriation and prepare documentation for their return, in line with Voluntary Repatriation SOPs.
– Interview candidates for local integration and prepare the appropriate documentation for onward submission to local authorities or partners, in line with Local Integration SOPs.
– Participate in identifying resettlement needs of refugees, in line with Resettlement SOPs.
– Assist in updating the electronic database for resettlement, voluntary repatriation and local integration, in line with Standard Operating Procedures.
– Process documentation to ensure that POC receive the documents required for their durable solutions in a timely manner.
– Prepare statistical and ad-hoc reports to ensure accurate information is available and shared with relevant offices and partners.
– Interview and advise on the appropriate durable solution to be provided to POC.
– Prepare documents relating to durable solutions.
– Enter information into available database, in line with SOPs.

– 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

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

Field(s) of Education
Not applicable.

Certificates and/or Licenses
HCR Protection Induction Prog;
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Not specified.
Desirable
Diverse field experience. Experience in interviewing.

Functional Skills
DM-Database Management
IT-Microsoft Office Productivity Software
(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.

Desired Candidate Profile

The position duration is 6 months without expectations of renewal – from 01 January 2026 to 30 June 2026.

Operational context:

Since 2018, UNHCR has been supporting the Federal Government’s Internal Relocation strategy, one of the pillars of the Operation Welcome, basically engaging in the following two modalities of this strategy: Institutional and Employment-based. More than 15,000 beneficiaries have either passed through reception centers supported by UNHCR in destination cities and/or received different aids including through information sessions, capacity building on financial education, job matching support and financial assistance under the employment-based (VES) modality to meet beneficiaries` basic needs upon arrival at their destination cities.

The supports provided by UNHCR target specific profiles that face greater vulnerabilities and will not going to be selected by the program without UNHCR support. These profiles compound families with children, persons with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, person with health issues that are supported to be relocated both through the institutional and VES modalities.

Between 2024 and 2025, 1,831 people received support from UNHCR. The supported profiles consisted mainly of families averaging 3.8 members, with most of the job fulfilled by women. These families relocated for work, primarily to the states in the South, Southeast and Center West regions.

Under the Institutional modality, the profile mainly included single mothers and health-related cases. These individuals were received and integrated into centers located in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, and Brasília. In 2026, UNHCR is strengthening its efforts to engage more reception centers managed by municipalities and by civil society organizations that can work in close collaboration with our priorities.

Moreover, in the destination cities UNHCR prioritized the implementation of activities that ensure an integration with more quality, meaning that more refugees could access to better and more qualified jobs, enhancing their income and wellbeing. UNHCR`s projects and programs complement existing public policies, fostering sustainable and autonomous integration. To achieve these outcomes, UNHCR has being supporting (both directly and through partnership with local governments) Portuguese courses tailored to diverse populations (such as Venezuelan, Haitian, and Afghan), vocational trainings linked to employment opportunities; capacity building for entrepreneurs including businesses grants; and the monitoring of the socioeconomic conditions of relocated refugees.

The monitoring of the socioeconomic conditions of people benefited from the internal relocation strategy aims to understand the current situation and needs of individuals after been relocated from Roraima; to assess the quality of their integration and promote projects and programs that complement public policies; and to generate evidence to advocate for inclusive and/or adapted public policies for the refugee population.

Desirable candidate Profile:

– Proficiency in English and Portuguese. Good knowledge of Spanish.
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– Desirable Qualifications & Competencies:
– Knowledge of the Brazilian social assistance, labour, education and housing normative.
– Computer skills: Office package; PowerBI.
– Knowledge of refugee law.
– Good knowledge of UNHCR’s programmes and RBM.
– Good knowledge of private sector D&I policies, CSR and ESG patterns.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Eligibility:

This position is advertised to internal applicants and UNHCR experience applicants. Candidates must be legally present in Brazil at the time of application, recruitment and hire. Only Brazilian citizens or candidates legally present in Brazil will be considered eligible.

Internal Candidates:

Current NPO staff members holding an indefinite or fixed-term appointment who, at the date of the deadline for application, are serving in the country of the vacancy at the grade of the position or one grade below or above.

UNHCR experience candidates:

Current NPO staff members holding an indefinite or fixed-term appointment applying to two grades above their own, current UNHCR staff members holding an indefinite or fixed-term appointment in other categories (P/FS/GS), staff loaned/seconded from another UN organization/international organization/government entity, staff members on temporary appointment, affiliate workforce, interns, as well as former UNHCR locally recruited staff members who held an indefinite or fixed-term appointment (within 2 years of separation for males and 5 years for females).

Only candidates who pass the functional test can continue with the next steps of the process.

Remuneration:
A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered. For information on UN salaries, allowances and benefits, please visit the portal of the International Civil Service Commission and please refer to the relevant category / grade level at: http://icsc.un.org

UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview /meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).

Applications:

All applications must be submitted online in Workday. Email applications will not be accepted. Incomplete and late applications will not be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates might 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).

The evaluation of applicants will be conducted based on the information submitted during the application. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications. No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application.

UNHCR is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. UNHCR seeks to ensure that male and female employees are given equal career opportunities. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

UNHCR has a zero-tolerance policy against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA). SEA is unacceptable behavior and prohibited conduct for UNHCR personnel. It constitutes acts of serious misconduct and is therefore grounds for disciplinary measures, including dismissal. Any concerns or suspicions about a possible case of SEA should be reported immediately to the Inspector General’s Office (IGO) at [email protected] or throughthe online complainform at https://www.unhcr.org/php/complaints.php or by confidential fax: +41 22 739 73 80.

Functional Clearance

This position doesn”t require a functional clearance

Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level)

Spanish

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English

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Portuguese

Desired languages

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Additional Qualifications

Skills

DM-Database Management, IT-Microsoft Office Productivity Software

Education

Certifications

HCR Protection Induction Prog – UNHCR

Work Experience

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