Associate CCCM Officer

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The Office of the UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 by the UN General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe ref- uge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country (www.unhcr.org). The operation in Katanga Province coordinates the protection response to some 546,000 IDPs living with host families and in makeshift structures. They are benefitting from protection services provided by UNHCR and partners. UNHCR is leading the protection cluster. The marked deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the DRC is posing enormous challenges for collective response efforts, in one of the most complex and challenging operating envi- ronments globally. The operation also provides protection assistance to some 5,000 refu- gees, mainly urban refugees in Lubumbashi and Rwandan refugees in rural areas. The 2019 strategy for Rwandan refugees will continue focusing on repatriation and eventually, on local integration for those who remain, including documentation and statelessness activities. Re- garding urban refugees, self-sufficiency and the search for durable solutions will be the main focus beyond 2019. A sizeable number of Congolese refugees originating from Haut Katan- ga, who are currently living in Zambia and Burundi, would also be under the care of Lubum- bashi Office. Subject to improving security conditions, repatriation may start in the course of 2017. Sub Office Lubumbashi covers one field office in Kalemie, Tanganyika province (ex- Katanga) Ex-Katanga’s area encompasses 497,000 sq km (nearly 17 times the size of Bel- gium), and access from Lubumbashi or Kalemie to the various beneficiaries in this vast Prov- ince remains a logistical challenge, obliging staff to drive upto 1,400 kms to reach some of them. The incumbent works under the direct supervision of the Associate Admin/Finance Officer, for the Sub Office which also supervises Kalemie Field Office. Starting from July 1st, 2020 the sub office will be based in Kalemie for operational reasons, as a result, the post will be transferred to Kalemie.

Planning and Strategy Development • Coordinate / develop / update agreed response strategies and action plans for the cluster/sector and ensure that these are adequately reflected in overall country strategies • Involve all relevant partners in site needs assessment and analysis • Identify gaps and duplications – assess, verify, and map emerging assistance needs and protection issues • Map and track “who is doing what, where, when” • Develop exit/transition strategy for communal settings • Support selection, planning, and development of communal settings in collaboration with site planners and with national actors • Ensure the site design supports protection and assistance of men, women, boys, and girls • Support registration of displaced populations in communal settings, paying particular attention to gender, age, and diversity dimensions; and update the population registry/enrolment for assistance • Ensure strategies are developed to support and strengthen residents’ livelihood initiatives • Conduct contingency planning based and most likely scenarios of population movements • Enact environment protection and mitigation of negative impacts on ecological habitats • Where possible, support the national government/authorities in implementing their activities and upholding them to their obligations that meet the identified priority needs • Ensure integration of agreed priority cross-cutting issues in needs assessment, analysis, planning, monitoring, and response. • Ensure gender sensitive programming. • Ensure the CCCM Cluster/sector maps out the operational requirements for a CCCM response; and identify and establish standards and guidelines that facilitate interoperability.

Monitoring and Reporting • Ensure adequate monitoring mechanisms are in place to review impact of the cluster/sector and progress against implementation plans. • Ensure adequate reporting and effective information sharing amongst all partners including camp managers, sector leads and OCHA, disaggregating data by age & gender

National/local authorities, State institutions, local civil society, and other relevant actors • Ensure that CCCM responses build on local capacities, context specific strengths and national response capabilities • Ensure appropriate links with national and local authorities, State institutions, local civil society and other relevant actors and ensure coordination and information exchange • Promote the capacity building of relevant authorities, where deemed necessary.

Protection Capacity • Organize affected population’s participation in communal setting governance and community mobilization, with particular emphasis on women’s decision-making role and on persons with specific needs (such as the elderly and disabled) • Ensure transparent governance of communal settings and effective access to justice for residents that conforms to relevant human rights standards.

Preparedness and Training Capacity • Promote and support relevant CCCM training for NGOs, UN agencies, local government officials, camp managers and members of displaced and host communities • Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of the national authorities and civil society;

Phase-out and Rehabilitation Capacity • Consolidate and down-size communal settings as needed • Implement site closure strategies and ensure rehabilitation of areas formerly occupied by camps or collective centres. • Ensure integration of CCCM elements into transition and early recovery Frameworks

Coordination • Ensure appropriate coordination with all humanitarian partners as well as with national authorities and local structures. • Ensure the establishment/maintenance of appropriate sectoral coordination mechanisms, including working groups at the national and, if necessary, local level • Define the nature and extent of overlap and coordination between CCCM and other clusters/sectors particularly Shelter, Protection and WASH.

• Integrity and professionalism, • Accountability, • Commitment to continuous learning, • Planning and organizing effective organizational and problem-solving skills, • Teamwork and respect for diversity, • Communication: proven interpersonal skills, • Flexibility, adaptability, and ability and willingness to operate independently in austere, • Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity, and self-reliance; and commitment towards the UN core values.

minimum 5 years of relevant (international) job experience with graduate degree (equivalent of a Master’s), 6 years with undergraduate degree (equivalent of a BA/BAS), of which a minimum of 2 years of field experience, including in coordination role. Computer skills: Office Package (excellent knowledge of Word, good knowledge of Excel and Power Point) and Internet browsing.

Kalemie is the town of the DRC in Tanganyika Province, the living conditions are basic. The town has an international airport used by national Airlines companies: CAA and Congo Airways wich stopped they flight and UNHAS flight . Kalemie has also: Some primary Healthcares facilities, goods hotels at international statute and banks (TMB, Rawbank and Afriland). Most of UN agencies are present in the area and different consulates in Lubumbashi of European and African countries. The town is classified as a non-family duty station (category D) and at level 2 of the security UN. The R&R cycle in Kalemie is 8 weeks.