Protection Associate

Job Description

Title: Protection Associate

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:
∎ For G6 - 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Category/grade: General Service, G6
∎ Post Number: 10028801
∎ Type of contract: Fixed-term Appointment
∎ The Effective Date of Assignment: As soon as possible

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 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 SGBV 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.
∎ Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
∎ Submit individual payments request for PoC for approval.
∎ Perform other related duties as required.

Additional Requirements:
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Salary:
∎ 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 at: http://icsc.un.org

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 28 Aug 2021

Company Information:
∎ 22 Aug 2021
∎ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Bangladesh
∎ Business : International UN Refugee Agency
Humanitarian assistance


Category: NGO/Development