Senior Protection Assistant - LICA 5

Tags: Law
  • Added Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2024
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Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)E (most hardship)

Family Type (not applicable for home-based)

Non Family with Residential Location

Staff Member / Affiliate TypeUNOPS LICA5

Target Start Date2024-07-01

Job Posting End DateJune 3, 2024

Terms of ReferenceThe Candidate should Have client-result orientation, being pro-active, have very good reporting skills, participation or coordination of relevant activities regarding the mixed movement portfolio (work in detention centers and/or on disembarkation points).
Duties:
- Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
- Provide counselling on protection issues to Refugees and Asylum Seekers; 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 Refugees and Asylum Seekers 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 GBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
- Assist in identifying durable solutions for Refugees and Asylum Seekers 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 Refugees and Asylum Seekers 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.

Standard Job Description

Required Languages English

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Desired Languages

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Additional Qualifications

Skills

EducationBachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), High School (Required)

Certifications

Work Experience

Other informationNo written test is requiredThis position doesn't require a functional clearance


Home-BasedNo

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