Community Based Protection Assistant Vacancy at UNHCR
Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based): D
Family Type (not applicable for home-based): Family
Staff Member / Affiliate Type: UNOPS LICA4
Target Start Date: 2023-10-01
Recommended:
Job Posting End Date:June 22, 2023
Terms of Reference
Candidate with experience in refugee protection, with field experience, engagement with community, mobilization, inclusion, assistant to persons with specific needs, fluent in English, Swahili and other local languages
Standard Job Description
Community-Based Protection Assistant
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Community-Based Protection Assistant is a member of the Protection
Unit and may report to the Protection Officer, Community-Based
Protection Officer, or another more senior staff member in the
Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and
in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and
other stakeholders, the incumbent works directly with communities of
concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities
to protect themselves, their families and communities. S/he supports
the application of community-based protection standards, operational
procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at the
field level. To fulfil this role, the Community-Based Protection
Assistant is required to spend a substantial percentage of the workday
outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities
of persons of concern (PoC). The development and maintenance of
constructive relationships with PoC that measurably impact and enhance
protection planning, programming and results, form the core of the work
of the incumbent. S/he also supports the designing of a community-based
protection strategy by ensuring that it is based on consultation with
PoC.
All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Duties
– Through relationships with PoC 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 the
protection team. Understand the perspectives, capacities, needs and
resources of the PoC and advise the protection team accordingly,
highlighting the specific protection needs of women and men, children,
youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, marginalized groups.
– Support implementing and operational partners as well as displaced and
local communities to develop community-owned activities to address,
where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural,
health, organisational and livelihood concerns as well as child
protection and prevention and response to GBV.
– Assist in working with host communities to involve national civil society groups in improving the protection of PoC.
– Assist in the analysis that identifies the capacities of communities of concern and risks they face.
– Support participatory assessments and ongoing consultation with PoC.
– Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
– Ensure community understanding of UNHCR’s commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
– Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
– Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
– Act as an interpreter in exchange of routine information, contribute
to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
– Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.
– Identify and recommend which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
– Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection
policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of
protection services.
– Perform other related duties as required.
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Minimum Qualifications
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G4 – 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Field(s) of Education
Not applicable.
Certificates and/or Licenses
Development, Human Rights, International Law
Social Work, Social Science, Political Science,
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Not specified
Desirable
UNHCR learning programmes (PLP).
Knowledge of MSRP.
Functional Skills
UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
*IT-Computer Literacy
PR-Community-based Protection – Principles and methodologies
CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of
English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working
language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.
As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.
This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job
title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional
essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific
operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by
reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the
screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.
Required Languages
Desired Languages
English
Swahili
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Additional Qualifications
Skills
Education
Certifications
Development Studies – Other, HCR Learning Program – UNHCR, Human Rights – Other, International Law – Other, Political Science – Other, Social Sciences – Other
Other information
This position doesn’t require a functional clearance
Community Based Protection Assistant Vacancy at UNHCR
