GradeGS7
Staff Member / Affiliate TypeGeneral Service
ReasonTemporary > Temporary Assignment/ Appointment
Hardship LevelE (most hardship)
Family TypeNon Family<p></p><p></p>Danger Pay
Residential location (if applicable)
Remote work acceptedNo
Target Start Date2024-03-01
Target End Date2024-09-30
Job Posting End DateDecember 26, 2023
Standard Job Description
Senior Protection Associate
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Protection Associate reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer. The position may entail supervisory responsibilities for protection staff including community services, registration, resettlement and education depending on the structure of the Office. The incumbent monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support to information management and programme staff.
The Senior Protection Associate is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern (PoC) and identify opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors. The incumbent contributes to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and represents the Office externally on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor.
S/he also ensures that PoC are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.
All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Duties
- Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
- Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
- Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC.
- Provide advice and guidance on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
- Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for PoC in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection principles.
- 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 as part of the protection strategy.
- Assist the supervisor in implementing and monitoring Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
- Manage individual protection cases including those on GBV and child protection. Monitor, and assist the supervisor with intervening in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
- Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through 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.
- Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy with sectorial and/or cluster partners.
- Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on PoC and their problems.
- Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
- Assist the supervisor with intervening with authorities on protection issues.
- Provide assistance to the supervisor in deciding priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals.
- Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
- Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
- Recommend and prepare payments to individual cases.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G7 - 4 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Field(s) of Education
Not applicable
Certificates and/or Licenses
International Law;
Political Science;
or other relevant field.
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Not specified.
Desirable
RSD-Resettlement LP and/or Protection Learning Programme
Functional Skills
IT-Computer Literacy
PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.
As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.
This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.
Desired Candidate ProfileYemen has a large UNHCR operation, working in a complex environment in one of the worst humanitarian crises after years of conflicts. UNHCR interventions focus on relief activities and protection services directed to more than 4 million IDPs, and an estimated 70,000 refugees and asylum-seekers.
The incumbent will serve as a member of the legal team, within the Protection Unit in UNHCR Country Office Sanaโa, Yemen. As such, they will be particularly responsible for a wide-range of legal-related research, draughting, training, and administrative activities. These may include: research and draughting on points of both domestic and international law, including the preparation of briefing/research notes; providing briefings on legal issues relevant to the protection of forcibly displaced and stateless persons in Yemen; draughting official correspondence, including formal letters and notes verbale; draughting reports/updates on legal access and service delivery by UNHCR partners and other civil society actors; follow-up and effective administration of issues affecting access to and delivery of legal services to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in Yemen; development and delivery of training modules on legal-specific topics related to the UNHCR mandate; on-going coordination with UNHCR legal partners, civil society actors, and the local authorities. In all cases, the incumbent will work in close coordination with other teams within the Protection Unit and with staff in Field Offices, as required, with the goal of ensuring that all UNHCR staff in Yemen receive prompt and effective technical support in respect of legal issues
As this position will require specific knowledge of local/domestic and international legal standards relevant to the protection of forcibly displaced and stateless persons and the UNHCR mandate, university-level qualifications in law, with a particular speciality in international, refugee, and/or international human rights law, are highly desirable.
As many of the responsibilities associated with this position require draughting and/or oral presentations/briefings, the incumbent will benefit from having an extremely high level of both written and spoken Arabic and English. This should be sufficient to draught technical legal documents in both Arabic and English, and to brief and/or present on technical legal subjects in either language. In addition, bearing in mind the nature of the training and briefing activities associated with this position, the incumbent should feel comfortable speaking to and working with large groups, and would benefit from having some prior training and/or public speaking experience.
Functional ClearanceThis position doesn't require a functional clearance
Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level)English
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,
Desired languagesArabic
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Additional Qualifications
SkillsArabic Language, International Human Rights Law, IT-Computer Literacy, Legal Documents, Legal Services, LE-Knowledge management of legal advice, LE-Legal advice for senior officials, LE-Legal Research, LE-Public International Law, including the Charter of the United Nations, PR-Accountability to Affected People - Principles and Framework, PR-Analysis of laws and practice related to nationality matters, PR-Analysis of laws and practice relevant to human rights, PR-Application of various regional refugee instruments, PR-Assessment of IDPs Status, Rights, Obligation, PR-Asylum related law, policy and procedures, PR-Capacity building on human rights, PR-Human Rights Doctrine/Standards, PR-International Legal Standards on Statelessness, PR-International protection concepts and principles, PR-Law and policy making on internal displacement, PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators, PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework, PR-Statelessness- Doctrinal issues on nationality and statelessness, PR-Statelessness- Principles and Procedures, operational arrangements/assistance
EducationBachelor of Arts (BA): Law (Required)
CertificationsInternational Law - Other, Political Science - Other
Work Experience
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