Organization: UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Location: Nairobi | zalengei
Grade: Administrative support – GS-6, General Service – No need for Higher Education – Locally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
Protection Officer (Refugee)
Closing Date: 2024-11-23
Hardship Level
E (most hardship)
Family Type
Non Family with Residential Location
Family Type
Non Family with Residential LocationDanger Pay
Residential location (if applicable)
Nairobi (CO), Kenya
Grade
GS6
Staff Member / Affiliate Type
General Service
Reason
Regular > Regular Assignment
Remote work accepted
No
Target Start Date
2025-01-01
Deadline for Applications
November 23, 2024
Standard Job Description
Protection Associate
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Protection Associate normally reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer. The incumbent monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support to information management and programme staff.
The Protection Associate is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern (PoC) and identify opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors. S/he contributes to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and liaises externally with authorities and partners on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor.
The Protection Associate also ensures that PoC are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.
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
– Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
– Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
– Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC.
– Provide advice on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
– Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for PoC.
– Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
– Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
– Contribute to a country-level education plan as part of the protection strategy.
– Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
– Manage individual protection cases including those on GBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
– Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
– Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
– Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on PoC and their problems.
– Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
– Assist the supervisor in prioritizing PoC for interview, counselling and propose protection support for individual cases.
– Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance of local implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
– Assit the supervisor with enforcing compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
– Submit individual payments request for PoC for approval.
– 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 G6 – 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Field(s) of Education
Not applicable
Certificates and/or Licenses
International Law, Political Science
or other related field
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Not specified
Desirable
Protection Learning Programme
Functional Skills
IT-Computer Literacy
PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework
PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
(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
Nature of position:
The incumbent of this position reports to the Assistant Protection Officer, Zalengei and is expected to provide ongoing support for matters related to refugee and IDP protection. This position is focused on all displaced populations in accessible and hard to reach areas of Central and West Darfur including refugees, protracted and newly displaced IDPs.
The incumbent is expected to build and maintain relationships with the refugee and IDP communities living in Central and West Darfur, as well as key stakeholders among the host community and other humanitarian and non-humanitarian service providers. Community-based protection outreach and protection monitoring are key components of the role, together with community mobilization to enable strengthened refugee and IDP protection.
In addition, the incumbent is expected to contribute to routine reporting, and support the establishment and maintenance of protection referral pathways. S/he is expected to make internal recommendations for addressing identified protection risks and threats. The incumbent will be based in Zalengei and undertake regular field missions to refugee and IDP sites across both Central and West Darfur states.
The incumbent is expected to join the duty station upon their appointment.
DCP:
The incumbent should have experience working in a conflict-affected or volatile context and implementing protection activities in emergencies serving both refugees and IDPs. The incumbent should also have demonstrated capacity to undertake protection monitoring, including remotely, and to build and maintain community-based networks of key contacts able to inform protection monitoring activities. S/he must also have knowledge of key protection standards related to refugee law, internal displacement and international humanitarian law.
The incumbent should have capacity to apply key protection and protection mainstreaming principles including Do No Harm, AGDM, PSEA, AAP, conflict sensitivity and community-based approaches in the implementation of routine tasks. S/he should also have demonstrated ability to support the capacity building of community based structures on core protection principles (including PSEA and AAP), protection monitoring, safe identification and referral of sensitive cases.
In addition, s/he should have demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse team, as well as to coordinate with authorities, partners, community leaders and people we serve under the supervision of the Protection Officer. The incumbent must have flexibility to take on different tasks, and to multi-task, in response to contextual changes and shifting organizational priorities. Good written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic are required.
Additional Assets:
• Familiarity with UNHCR’s operations in Darfur.
• Familiarity with key stakeholders in Darfur.
Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level):
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Desired languages
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Operational context
Occupational Safety and Health Considerations:
Nature of Position:
Living and Working Conditions:
Additional Qualifications
Skills
IT-Computer Literacy, PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators, PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework
Education
Certifications
International Law – Other, Political Science – Other
Work Experience
Competencies
Accountability, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Judgement & decision making, Negotiation & conflict resolution, Organizational awareness, Stakeholder management, Teamwork & collaboration
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Additional Information
Functional clearance
This position doesn’t require a functional clearance