Assistant Field Officer

Job Description

Title: Assistant Field Officer

Company Name: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Field(s) of Education:
∎ Law, Political Science or other relevant field.
∎ (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)
∎ Certificates and/or Licenses:
∎ UNHCR Protection Learning Programme
∎ UNHCR Operations Management Learning Programme
∎ (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Vacancy Notice No. VA/BGDCO/FTA/2020/010
∎ Category/grade: National Professional Officer, NOA
∎ Post Number:10033636
∎ Type of contract: Fixed-term Appointment
∎ Location Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh (ISCG Office)
∎ Date of Issue: 12 August 2020
∎ The Effective Date of Assignment: As soon as possible

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assess the needs of persons of concern in the AoR and formulate project submissions in collaboration with district authorities and implementing partners.
∎ Promote and monitor the implementation of assistance projects.
∎ Report regularly on rate of flow of new arrivals and estimate expected influx based on interviews with persons of concern.
∎ In co-ordination with implementing partners, assist with the reception, registration and provision of assistance to persons of concern to UNHCR.
∎ Keep track of cases of detention; register applicants for voluntary repatriation and family reunion.
∎ Assist in the preparation of monthly sectoral reports and submit material for preparation of periodic project monitoring reports and year-end reports.
∎ Submit recommendation for protection interventions to the designated officer.
∎ Negotiate with local authority counterparts, partners and populations of concern.
∎ Perform other related duties as required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Years of Experience / Degree Level:
∎ For NOA - 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree
∎ Relevant Job Experience:
∎ Essential:
∎ Not specified.
∎ Desirable:
∎ Field experience. Knowledge of refugee law. Good knowledge of UNHCR's programmes.
∎ Functional Skills:
∎ PG-Experience with coordinating with Implementing Partners (Governmt/INGO/NGO/Corporate)
∎ IT-Computer Literacy
∎ PG-Resource Planning; eg. FOCUS, Global Focus Insight
∎ IT-Computer Literacy
∎ BU-PeopleSoft EPM/Budget
∎ FI-PeopleSoft Financial Management
∎ PG-Programme Management (project formulation, programme cycles and reporting standards)
∎ PG-Results-Based Management
∎ UN-UN/UNHCR Financial Rules and Regulations and Procedures
∎ PG-UNHCR's Programmes
∎ EX-Experience in an international capacity
∎ (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
∎ Language Requirements:
∎ Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language
∎ Competency requirements:
∎ Core Competencies:
∎ Accountability
∎ Communication
∎ Organizational Awareness
∎ Teamwork & Collaboration
∎ Commitment to Continuous Learning
∎ Client & Result Orientation
∎ Managerial Competencies:
∎ Judgement and Decision Making
∎ Cross-Functional Competencies:
∎ Analytical Thinking
∎ Political Awareness
∎ Stakeholder Management
∎ Eligibility:
∎ Candidates must be Bangladeshi Nationals.
∎ Interested staff members should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS, UNHCR/AI/2020/1/Rev.1). If you have questions regarding your eligibility, you may also contact the HR Unit.
∎ In line with the RALS, the below category of candidates are eligible to apply for internally/externally advertised vacancies.
∎ Group 1 candidates: Current NPO staff members holding an indefinite or fixed-term appointment are eligible to apply to advertised positions in the NPO category at their personal grade and one grade below or above, as Group 1 candidates.
∎ External candidates: All other candidates are eligible to apply to positions in the NPO category as external
∎ candidates, including GS staff members holding a university degree and fulfilling eligibility requirements, regardless of grade or length of service, who may apply to any vacant NPO position in their country of assignment for which they qualify. External candidates must meet the essential minimum requirements of the position.

Compensation & Other Benefits:

Application Deadline: 25 Aug 2020

Company Information:
∎ 13 Aug 2020
∎ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Bangladesh
∎ Business : International UN Refugee Agency
Humanitarian assistance


Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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