Protection Assistant (community-based)

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of Protection Officer (Community-based), 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;
• Build trust with refugee girls, women, boys, men of all ages;
• Build partnerships and working relations with partners and government counterparts;
• Ensure protection needs of persons of concern are identified timely and responded to, including through provision of case-management when required. Case-management is a substantive component of the Protection Associate’s portfolio.
• Ensure participatory, community-based protection and AGD approaches are included in protection programming, implementation and monitoring;
• Carry out mobilization and capacity building of refugee community, partners and local authorities jointly with Protection Officer and the team;
• Support UNHCR’s consultative process with local government counterparts, partners and persons of concern for effective needs assessment and planning;
• Support in maintaining protection presence through regular field missions and reports, making direct contact with persons of concern, host communities, local authorities and partners;
• Work with the team and partners in mapping, strengthening and coordinating community representative structures;
• Promote confidence building and conflict resolution among populations of concern, authorities and host communities;
• Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of programs ensuring that identified protection needs, including an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach, are adequately addressed;
• Assist in the coordinated implementation and oversight of Standard Operating Procedures (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 persons of concern;

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

A Bachelors in Law, International Law, International Relations, Social Sciences, Political Science, or related field

Required experience:

24 Months

Experience remark:

Work experience with refugee and/or other people of concern in protection capacity required. Knowledge of relevant UNHCR policies and guidelines is desirable, including knowledge of the mandate, the objectives and the operations and functioning of UNHCR. Desirable experience and skills in project management.

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise:

Rule of law, judicial and national legal system reform

Area of expertise details:

Law, International Law, International Relations, Social Sciences, Political Science, or related field

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: 08 June 2021