UNV Community-Based Protection Assistant

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.

Description of task

Duties associated with the assignment will be carried out within a framework of voluntary commitment and engagement, which are the foundations of volunteerism. This position is a national UN Volunteer assignment within the UNHCR office in Nampula, Mozambique.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Protection Unit, the National UNV Community-Based Protection Assistant will undertake the following tasks:

• Maintain protection presence through regular field monitoring visits and reports, making direct contact with persons of concern (POC), host communities, local authorities and partners. Particularly, conduct regular monitoring visits to POCs and undertake vulnerability assessments, recommending appropriate protection interventions and ensuring referral(s) are made to relevant services if/when necessary, in full compliance with UNHCR guidelines, protocols and SOPs, including ensuring data is captured in ProGres v4 and/or duly recorded in other case management tools.
• Ensure support and advice are provided to UNHCR's POCs, within an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD)-compliant strategy, covering all assessed and prioritized protection needs, to thus promote sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities as the essential basis for all of UNHCR's work.
• Ensure support and advice are provided for the establishment of community activities which address the social, cultural, and livelihood needs of populations of concern.
• Ensure support and advice are provided to involve the host community in the protection of persons of concern.
• Ensure an AGD approach is applied in all aspects of his/her protection and solutions work on behalf of persons of concern. Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy and operational procedures.
• Work with host communities to identify opportunities for national civil society involvement in improving the protection of persons of concern.
• Work with implementing and operational partners, as well as with displaced and local communities, to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organizational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to GBV.
• Assist in analysing protection risks, gaps, areas of concern, key needs and capacities of communities of concern. Monitor events, trends and changes/ progress.
• Support participatory assessments, community-based protection and AGD approaches are included in strategies and plans by multifunctional teams and ensure open dialogue with
• of concern are promoted throughout the year; with a calendar of consultations promoted to cover different topics of interest. Ensure that information collected feeds into the protection strategy and programming, as well as that regular feedback is provided to the community.
• Assist in planning and monitoring of programmes and budgets, with an AGD perspective. Build office capacity for community-based protection through training and establishing systems for community mobilization and participation of persons of concern.
• Assist in any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Experience remark

• Minimum 2 years of previous relevant job experience.

Language skills

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

Area of expertise details

• Proficiency in use of computer is required especially with knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and databases
• Fluency in both English and Portuguese is required for verbal and written communications.
• Knowledge of a local language will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of Swahili will be an added advantage

Competencies values

Building Trust, Client Orientation, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

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: 12 September 2021