Associate Durable Solutions Officer

• Country: Accra, Ghana
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNHCR
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-13

Duties
– Implement activities in accordance with the comprehensive solutions strategy, with a view to finding durable solutions to the maximum number of PoCs.
– Participate in the planning of, and advise on opportunities for alternative solutions, including available regional and national legal frameworks.
– Participate in consultative processes within UNHCR and with a broad range of regional and national external partners to promote voluntary repatriation, local integration and resettlement.
– Meet PoC, assess their durable solutions needs and identify the most appropriate solutions for them.
– Monitor the implementation of the durable solutions strategy and provide advice for improvements.
– Analyse statistics, trends, and other documents, and draft reports.
– Interview and prepare Resettlement Referral Forms (RRF), in line with Resettlement 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.
– Implement and contribute to the designing of national and regional comprehensive durable solutions strategies
– Engage national and local interlocutors on durable solutions issues.
– Authorize payments relating to durable solutions.

– 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 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
Political Science;
Social Science;
Law/International Law;
Economics;
International Relations;
or other relevant field.

Certificates and/or Licenses
HCR Protection Learning Prg;
HCR Resettlement Lrng Prg;
HCR RSD Lrng Programme;
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Good knowledge of refugee issues and Human Rights doctrine. Very good reporting and writing ability.
Desirable
Diverse field experience. Knowledge of ProGress database software.

Functional Skills
*CO-Drafting and Documentation
*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.

The desired candidate should possess work experience in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus; must have good knowledge of refugee/IDP issues, solutions, sustainable livelihood, and development. She/he must have very good project management, reporting, writing and coordination skills. She/he must be familiar with the geo-political environment of BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) States. She/he must have experience/knowledge in inter-agency coordination, and Stakeholder Engagement (strong interpersonal and communication skills for working with diverse stakeholders, including local communities, government officials, NGOs, international agencies and donors).
She/he must have a strong capacity on Data Analysis and Reporting: Competence in collecting, analyzing, and reporting on relevant data to inform decision-making and program improvement.

The desired candidate should have initiative and strong leadership skills, analytical skills, management skills, monitoring and reporting skills, and ability to use information and communication technology as a tool and resource.
The desired candidate should be willing and able to travel frequently within the BAY States and for long hours;

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