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