Associate Protection Officer

Contract

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.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of Snr. Protection Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Through relationships with persons of concern, authorities and network of partners stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide advice to senior management.
• Ensure that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the persons of concerns are reflected in the protection strategy, planning processes and operations plan address­ ing the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, minority groups such as sexual minorities and persons living with HIV/AIDS;
• Utilize the IDPs footprint during the planning process;
• Coordinate the promotion of international refugee law principles and standards and also IDP legislation or policies ensuring that all sectors and clusters fulfill their responsibilities mainstreaming protection;
• Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of programmes ensuring that identified protection needs, including an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach, are ade­ quately addressed;
• Provide policy guidance and operational support to UNHCR and partners on all protection related issues;
• Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to internal and external interloc­ utors; ensure legal assistance is accessible to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documents to persons of concern (civil documentation, in particular birth certificates);
• Monitor, and assist with the intervention in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents through working relations with governments and other partners;
• Assist in the coordinated implementation and oversight of Standard Operating Proce­ dures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities;
• Ensure that durable solutions through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement are sought and provided to the largest possible number of per­ sons of concern;
• Ensure through direct action and advocacy with more senior protection staff that the nec­ essary resources are allocated to enable protection activities to identify and address pro­ tection and assistance gaps;
• Support a consultative process with government counterparts at local levels, partners and persons of concern to develop and implement integrated strategies that address the key protection priorities, including, for example, child protection, education and SGBV, and solutions approaches;
• Promote confidence building and conflict resolution among populations of concern, au­ thorities and host communities;
• Maintain protection presence through regular field missions and reports, making direct contact with persons of concern, host communities, local authorities and partners. In op­ erations applying the humanitarian cluster system, contribute to ensuring that the re­ sponse of the Protection Cluster is grounded in an AGO-compliant strategy which covers all assessed and prioritized protection needs of the affected populations;
• Contribute to the Protection team's information management component which: provide disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems; researches, collects and disseminates relevant protection information and good practices to enhance protec­ tion delivery and provide technical advice if necessary;
• Ensure participatory, community-based protection and AGO approaches are included in, strategies and plans in the country operation;
• Support persons of concern to develop structures that enhance their participation and protection.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

University degree in Law, International Law, International Relations, Social Sciences, Politi­ cal Sciences or related field.

Required experience:

24 Months

Experience remark:

• Minimum 2 years of experience with refugees and/or other people of concern in a protection capacity required.
• Field experience;

• Commitment to help persons of concern and willingness to cooperate with counterpart

• Desirable Qualifications and Skills:

• Knowledge of UN policies and procedures;
• Good analytical skills;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multi-cultural setting;
• Ability to live and work in the difficult and harsh conditions of developing countries is essential.
• Experience in drafting documents and reports is an asset
• Previous experience with the UN system is an asset

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Portuguese(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise:

Protection of refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs

Area of expertise details:

Computer skills: Office Package (excellent knowledge of Word, good knowledge of Excel and Power Point) and Internet browsing.

Driving license:

No

Application procedure:

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections

of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink.

Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.

* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at

https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to

apply.

Application deadline: 22 October 2020