Snr Community-Based Protection Assistant

Job Description

Title: Snr Community-Based Protection Assistant

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

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ For G5- 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
∎ Certifications: Community Development/Social Work - Other, Development Studies - Other, Human Rights - Other, International Law - Other, Political Science - Other, Social Sciences - Other

Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Hardship Level: D
∎ Family Type: Family
∎ Family Residential location (if applicable)
∎ Grade: GS5
∎ Staff Member / Affiliate Type: General Service
∎ Reason: Regular > Regular Assignment
∎ Remote work accepted: No
∎ Target Start Date: 2022-11-15-08:00
∎ The Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant is a member of the Protection Unit and may report to the Protection Officer, Community-Based Protection Officer, or another more senior staff member in the Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, the Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant works directly with communities of concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to protect themselves, their families and communities. The incumbent supports the application of community-based protection standards, operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at the field level. To fulfil this role, the Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant is required to spend a substantial percentage of the workday outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern (PoC). The development and maintenance of constructive relationships with PoC that measurably impact and enhance protection planning, programming and results, form the core of the work of the incumbent. S/he also supports the designing of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring that it is based on consultation with PoC.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Functional Skills:
∎ UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
∎ *IT-Computer Literacy
∎ IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
∎ PR-Community-based Protection - Principles and methodologies
∎ CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community
∎ (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
∎ Accountability, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Organizational awareness, Stakeholder management, Teamwork & collaboration

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 28 Oct 2022

Company Information:
∎ 18 Oct 2022
∎ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Bangladesh
∎ Business : International UN Refugee Agency
Humanitarian assistance


Category: NGO/Development