• Country: Geneva, Switzerland
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNHCR
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: January 19, 2024

Purpose and Scope of Assignment

The incumbent will assist the ASD Section in updating and completing the collections on Refworld with legal and policy information.

Within delegated authority the incumbent is responsible for the following duties:

• Identify and prioritize the document sources whose collections need to be updated and completed;
• Identify the relevant documents in light of the Refworld scope from such a document source;
• Research, collect and analyse the documents and upload them with the relevant metadata on the Refworld content management system (CMS);
• Ensure harmonization of the metadata for the same document source and the same document type / collection;
• Draft guidelines on the scope, type, content, and metadata style per document source / type;

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to receive input on which information to be included, the metadata required, and/or assist them in uploading their information on Refworld;
• Assist in the design, development, testing, deployment of additional functionalities for the Refworld database;
• Assist in the exploration of the use of artificial intelligence to assist users to retrieve relevant information;
• Undertake any other task as required, such as assisting in the dissemination of information and training of stakeholders.

3. Monitoring and Progress Controls

Key results that will be achieved:

• Information to be published on Refworld from the relevant document sources will be identified;
• The documents and their metadata are uploaded on Refworld in a harmonized manner;
• Guidelines as to the scope, type, content, metadata style, frequency as well as focal points for updating information from the relevant document sources will have been drafted.

4. Qualifications and Experience

a. Education

Degree in International Law, with a focus on Refugee Law

b. Work Experience

Minimum 2 years of relevant experience with graduate degree (equivalent of a Master’s)

c. Key Competencies

Required:

• Knowledge of and experience with content management systems (Drupal)
• Knowledge of and experience with artificial intelligence
• Excellent research and analytical skills required
• Excellent data processing skills
• Languages: Proficiency in English is required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multi-cultural setting

Desirable

• Knowledge of Refworld.org
• Knowledge of metadata standards and schemas, taxonomies, in particular in relation to international, regional and national law and policy documents
• Experience with website design, development and/or usability testing an asset
• Additional languages desirable (with a preference for Spanish, Russian, French and/or German)

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