Senior Protection Assistant
Job Description
Title: Senior Protection Assistant
Company Name: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
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 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.
∎ Key results that are expected to achieve include:
∎ The protection of populations of concern is met through the application of International and National Law, relevant UN/UNHCR protection standards and IASC principles.
∎ Protection activities are guided by the UNHCR country protection strategy.
∎ The participation of persons of concern is facilitated through continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and community-based approaches.
∎ Protection incidents are immediately identified and reported.
∎ Prioritize persons of concern for interview, counselling and propose protection support for individual cases.
∎ Enforce compliance of local implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
∎ Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
Additional Requirements:
∎ 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma, or 1-year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
∎ Key Competencies
∎ Fluency in English and local language
∎ Good computer skills
∎ Completed Protection Learning Programme
∎ Judgement and Decision Making
∎ Analytical Thinking
∎ Political Awareness
∎ Stakeholder Management
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: 1 Sep 2021
Company Information:
∎ 21 Aug 2021
∎ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Bangladesh
Category: NGO/Development
