Associate Programme Officer

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This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

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 refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country (www.unhcr.org).

UNHCR Tanzania will continue to work with the Government of Tanzania and other partners for the provision of protection and basic services to refugees and persons of concerns, delivered in accordance with minimum protection and assistance standards (including ad-mission, non-refoulment, registration and documentation, assurance of basic security and other human rights standards). It will further continue to strive towards achieving international standards in the provision of basic needs and essential services such as shelter, health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene for refugees in the two refugee camps in Kigoma region and urban areas in Dar es Salaam and Kigoma

Under the direct supervision of UNHCR Senior Program Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

•Through a consultative process within the country and field visits, stay involved in the development of the strategies, methodologies, contingency plans that respond to new and emerging operational challenges for the country; •Assist in ensuring that global strategic priorities (GSP) and regional priorities as well as information on projected resource availability guide the planning parameters; •Provide inputs for developing the country operations plan in compliance with global strategic priorities and regional priorities as well as with annual programming/planning instructions; •Assist in organizing a consultative process to ensure a consistent application of the organization’s criteria and policies for the selection of implementing and operational partners; •Assist in managing the development of a broad network of partners, good coordination practices and the development of partner capacities; •Assist in training UNHCR as well as implementing partners (IP) staff in UNHCR standard procedures related to the Results Based Programme (RBM) management; •Undertake proper collection, monitoring and use of baselines, standards and indicators needed to measure and analyze UNHCR’s performance, trends and target interventions; •Undertake field visits to evaluate and improve the planning, programming, implementation and monitoring of assistance projects; •Assist in implementing the establishment of sound monitoring processes, in reviewing final reports and on progress in order to advise on any corrective actions required or the need for additional resources to reach planned target levels; •Apply UNHCR’s corporate tools (e.g. Global Focus, Focus Client) to record data and assess the technical soundness of the operation and generate data for evidence-based decisions at the country-level; •Assist in keeping donor representatives briefed on developments and assist in the development of funding submissions, appeals and reports; •Assist in monitoring compliance to the organization’s resource allocation framework, providing support and assisting in corrective action where required; •Assist in establishing and handling Implementing Partners Reports.

Integrity, Communication, Team work, Innovation, Reliability

programme management, monitoring and evaluation

Previous field experience is an advantage;

Familiar with UNHCR’s RBM approach and use of project/software is an asset;

Completion of the UNHCR Learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of the position;

Good knowledge of UNHCR financial rules, procedures and processes is an asset;

Knowledge of UNHCR specific programming tools (MSRP, Focus, etc.) is an asset.

Computer literate; proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc) and Internet browsing.

Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's most important city for both business and government. The city contains high concentrations of trade and other services and manufacturing compared to other parts of Tanzania, which has about 80 percent of its population in rural areas. Downtown includes many small businesses, many of which are run by traders and proprietors whose families originated from the Middle East and Indian sub-continent—areas of the world with which the settlements of the Tanzanian coast have had long-standing trading relations.

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