Associate Shelter 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).

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Field Office, Bunia UNHCR Bunia the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Ensuring that UNHCR Field operations are supported in carrying out shelter needs assessments taking into account the current situation, projected population planning figures and the expected scale of returns;
Developing country level shelter strategies which are framed by UNHCR’s Global Strategy for Settlement and Shelter and take into consideration the local context, age and gender, culture, climate, environmental protection and the availability of local resources, including materials, capacities and existing infrastructure;
Providing clear guidance on standards for shelter and settlement, including minimum emergency standards to meet basic and essential needs;
Together with UNHCR's implementing partners, compiling, analysing and mapping available information on shelter options in country taking into account relevant policies adopted by the Government. When planning shelter works, ensuring that the technical component reflects UNHCR minimum standards for the provision of emergency and other types of shelter assistance and is within the budgetary requirements. Due consideration should be given to standards in other relevant sectors such as water and sanitation;
Ensuring the shelter strategy is periodically reviewed to reflect the evolving situation in country and progressively transitioning to more sustainable shelter solutions. This process should be done in close collaboration with the beneficiaries and the host Government while bearing in mind the shelter needs of people upon their eventual return to their country of origin;
Ensuring that specifications, bills of quantities and drawings are produced in a technically sound and standardised manner and establish monitoring and evaluation tools to ensure that works are implemented according to plans and completed within the 

, Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience with a Master’s degree or 4 years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor’s degree.

Bunia is a non-family duty station; international staff lives in private accommodations. Bunia offers banking services (TMB, RAWBANK) and limited medical facilities that are equipped to deal with serious medical cases. Evacuation opportunities are limited, however, air ambulance evacuation can be organized for life threatening emergencies during day time. The city also fosters a Base of United Nations peace-keeping mission.

Restaurants and bars are usually available in the city as well as some selection of fresh vegetables and fruits in the local market. There are virtually no telephone land lines in DRC, though mobile phones and cellular services are widely available (Vodacom, Orange, Airtel).

Given the poor state of the roads in the region, Bunia Airport is of prime importance. Air travel is necessary to get from one end of the country to the other. There are many humanitarian flights for in country travel. For out of the country travel, flights are taken from Goma and also from Kigali in Rwanda or from Entebbe, Uganda.

The current R&R cycle is every 8 weeks.

Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unv.org