Senior Protection Assistant

Job Description

Title: Senior Protection Assistant

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

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Completion of secondary school is required. Additional certificate/training in International Law, Political Science or related field is preferred.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Category/grade: LICA-5
∎ Type of contract: UNOPS Local Individual Contractor Agreement
∎ The Effective Date of Assignment: As soon as possible

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
∎ Provide counselling on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
∎ Support activities in protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
∎ Conduct preliminary information gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable solutions and social needs assessment.
∎ 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 for PoC as part of the protection strategy.
∎ Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
∎ Participate in individual protection case management including cases of SGBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
∎ Assist in identifying durable solutions for PoC in 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.
∎ Draft reports, routine correspondence, update relevant databases and compiling statistics within the Area of Responsibility (AoR).
∎ Contribute to initiatives to enhance national and local protection capacities.
∎ Select PoC for preliminary interviews and decide which relevant information to share.
∎ Enforce integrity in the delivery of protection services by local implementing partners.
∎ Perform other related duties as required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma, or 1-year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
∎ Fluency in English and local language
∎ Good computer skills
∎ Completed Protection Learning Programme
∎ Judgement and Decision Making
∎ Analytical Thinking
∎ Political Awareness
∎ Stakeholder Management
∎ Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
∎ Candidates must meet the essential minimum requirements of the position and candidates not citizens of the country must comply with all eligibility requirements for employment in line with the prevailing legislative prerequisites in the country.

Application Deadline: 10 Mar 2021

Company Information:
∎ 28 Feb 2021
∎ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Bangladesh
∎ Business : International UN Refugee Agency
Humanitarian assistance


Category: NGO/Development

: Personal History Form not submitted in UNHCR format as well as not signed, incomplete and late applications will not be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates will be required to sit for a written test and/or oral interview. UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing or any other fees).

Source: bdjobs.com

Similar Jobs

Project Coordinator (PC)

Technical Specialist-Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL), CCSU (Re advertisement)

CFM Assistant

MEAL Officer

Technical Officer (Engineer)

Field Engineer

Project Coordinator (PC)

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Senior Technical Officer (Engineer), Health and Nutrition, HCMP

Community Mobilization Officer (General)

Community Mobilization Officer (Diploma in Civil Engineering)

Accounts cum MIS Officer

Officer, Warehouse, HCMP

Community Mobilization Officer (Forestry)

Community Mobilization Officer (Livestock)

Community Mobilization Officer (Civil Engineering)

Technical Officer (Environment and Monitoring)

Project Coordinator

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Community Mobilization Officer (General).

Project Coordinator (PC)

Community Mobilization Officer (Agriculture/Fisheries/Livestock/Forestry)

Senior Project Officer WGSS & Girl Shine, Protection, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Technical Advisor - Humanitarian And Resilience

Finance Coordinator (Re-Advertisement)

ECCD Facilitator

Technical Specialist - Education in Emergency

Technical Officer (Environment and Monitoring), RHL Project

Technical Officer (Aquaculture), RHL Project

Community Mobilization Officer (Livestock), RHL Project

Community Mobilization Officer (Forestry), RHL Project

Community Mobilization Officer (Fisheries), RHL Project

Community Mobilization Officer (Agriculture), RHL Project

Community Development Officer (Civil), RHL Project

Admin and Accounts Officer, RHL Project

Program Officer

Project Coordinator (PC), RHL Project

Program Manager

MHPSS and GBV Focal Person

Assistant - Grants and Communication