Senior Protection Assistant - LICA 5

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

E (most hardship)Family Type (not applicable for home-based)

Non Family with Residential LocationStaff Member / Affiliate Type

UNOPS LICA5Target Start Date

2024-07-01Job Posting End Date

June 3, 2024Terms of Reference

The Candidate should Have client-result orientation, being pro-active, have very good reporting skills, participation or coordination of relevant activities regarding the mixed movement portfolio (work in detention centers and/or on disembarkation points). Duties: - Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct. - Provide counselling on protection issues to Refugees and Asylum Seekers; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation. - Support activities in protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. - Conduct preliminary information gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable solutions and social needs assessment. - Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness. - Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy. - Contribute to a country-level education plan for Refugees and Asylum Seekers as part of the protection strategy. - Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities. - Participate in individual protection case management including cases of GBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents. - Assist in identifying durable solutions for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement. - Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. - Draft reports, routine correspondence, update relevant databases and compiling statistics within the Area of Responsibility (AoR). - Contribute to initiatives to enhance national and local protection capacities. - Select Refugees and Asylum Seekers for preliminary interviews and decide which relevant information to share. - Enforce integrity in the delivery of protection services by local implementing partners.

- Perform other related duties as required.Standard Job Description

Required Languages

English,

Arabic,

Desired Languages

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Additional Qualifications

Skills

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), High School (Required)Certifications

Work Experience

Other information

No written test is requiredThis position doesn't require a functional clearance Home-Based

No