Job vacancies – UNHCR

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations 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. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.

Open positions

1.Associate Administrative Officer

Eligible Applicants

This Job Opening is available to eligible UNHCR staff members and external applicants.

Procedures and Eligibility

Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS). Applicants must be nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their employment.

Duties and Qualifications

Associate Administrative Officer

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

– Contribute to the provision of resources (human, material and services) necessary to support the day-to-day activities of the staff in the office.

– Monitor the day-to-day personnel and administrative operations of the office.

– Provide advice on personnel and administrative policies and procedures.

– Assist with the implementation of processes and procedures to improve and strengthen internal controls in line with UNHCR rules and regulations.

– Participate in the recruitment and appointment process, and assist with administrative formalities concerning local General Service staff.

– Coordinate training and capacity-building activities to staff in administrative related areas.

– Assist with the preparation of staffing and administrative budget requirements for the office.

– Assist in the competitive procurement process for selecting, awarding and issuing local contracts, in line with UNHCR regulations, rules and procedures.

– Facilitate the mission travel of staff, including following up on travel authorizations, bookings, tickets.

– Monitor the quality and timeliness of goods and services delivered to the office.

– Manage contracts and relations with suppliers.

– In coordination with Human Resources and Field Security, undertake periodic reviews to ensure that the Office premises are set up and staff accommodation are managed in line with the organizational policies and any related issues are brought to the attention of DHR.

– Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

Public or Business Administration; Economics; or other relevant field.

(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Certificates and/or Licenses
n/a;

Relevant Job Experience

Essential:

Work experience in at least one of the following fields: Human Resources, Administration, Budget, Finance, and Procurement. Excellent computer skills, in particular in MS Office applications.

Desirable:

Working experience of at least one year in an intergovernmental organization (United Nations or similar). Good knowledge of UNHCR¿s administrative rules and procedures.

Working experience with PeopleSoft/Oracle Financial and/or HR modules.

Functional Skills

• AD Field Administration;
• Managing Office Facilities and Assets;
• RM Resource Management;
• Funds Monitoring/Cash management;
• UN-UNHCR Financial Rules and Regulations and Procedures;
• Financial Management;

Position Competencies

Competencies as defined in Job Profile

Language Requirements

Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.

See below for this postion’s Operational Context

Operational Context

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Associate Administrative Officer is responsible for supporting the Office/Bureau in the implementation of general administrative and resource management tasks. S/he will work quite independently on regular assignments with an oversight from the supervisor, who will provide general guidance and work plans for identifying work priorities and appropriate approaches; work is controlled for meeting expected results.

S/he will establish and maintain efficient administrative control mechanisms to ensure compliance with UN administrative, financial and human resources rules and procedures. Contacts on administrative/budgetary related issues are mainly with Sections/Units/Offices within the organization both at HQ and in the Field and with local suppliers/services to ensure provision of services and resolution of difficult problems.

Frequent external contacts with counterparts in other organizations or at working level in national Governments on issues of importance to Organization¿s programmes. He/she acts as adviser or representative of the Organization with authority to discuss problems and seek common ground on which to recommend solutions based on predetermined guidelines provided by higher authority.

The incumbent directly supervises general service staff.

Closing Date

Closing date for submissions or applications is 16 October 2020

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2.Assistant Protection Officer

Eligible Applicants

This Job Opening is available to eligible UNHCR staff members and external applicants.
Procedures and Eligibility

Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS). Applicants must be nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their employment.

Duties and Qualifications

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

– Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.

– Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.

– Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC.

– Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.

– Conduct eligibility and status determination for PoC in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection principles.

– Promote and 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 as part of the protection strategy.

– Provide inputs for the development of protection policies and standards within the AoR.

– Implement and monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.

– Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.

– Recommend durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.

 Assess resettlement needs and apply priorities for the resettlement of individuals and groups of refugees and other PoC.

– Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.

– Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy with sectorial and/or cluster partners.

– Contribute to and facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.

– Assist capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights.

– Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.

– Intervene with authorities on protection issues.

– Assist the supervisor in deciding priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals.

– Assist the supervisor in enforcing compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.

Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.

– Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience

Years of Experience / Degree Level

For P1/NOA – 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

Law, International Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field.

Certificates and/or Licenses

Not specified;

(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

Essential:

Knowledge of International Refugee and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles

Desirable:

Completion of the Protection Learning Programme, RSD- Resettlement Learning Programme.

Functional Skills

*PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
*LE-International Refugee Law
*PR-Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD)
PR-Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Coordination
MG-Projects management
PR-PR-Human Rights Doctrine/Standards
PR-International Humanitarian Law
PR-Protection and mixed-movements
PR-Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Operations & IDPs Status/Rights/Obligation
PR-Climate change and disaster related displacement
PR-Community-based Protection
MS-Drafting, Documentation, Data Presentation

(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Position Competencies

Competencies as defined in Job Profile

Language Requirements

Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language

See below for this postion’s Operational Context

Operational Context

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Assistant Protection Officer reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer. Depending on the size and structure of the Office, the incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for protection staff including community-based protection, registration, resettlement and education. S/he provides functional protection guidance to information management and programme staff on all protection/legal matters and accountabilities. These include: statelessness (in line with the campaign to End Statelessness by 2024), Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) commitments, age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP) through community-based protection, Child protection, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) prevention and response, gender equality, disability inclusion, youth empowerment, psycho-social support and PSEA, registration, asylum/refugee status determination, resettlement, local integration, voluntary repatriation, human rights standards integration, national legislation, judicial engagement, predictable and decisive engagement in situations of internal displacement and engagement in wider mixed movement and climate change/disaster-related displacement responses. S/he supervises protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards.

The Assistant Protection Officer is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern (PoC), ensuring that operational responses in all sectors mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards. The incumbent contributes to the design of a comprehensive protection strategy and represents the Organization externally on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor. S/he also ensures that PoC are meaningfully engaged in the decisions that affect them and support programme design and adaptations that are influenced by the concerns, priorities and capacities of them. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, authorities, protection and assistance partners as well as a broader network of stakeholders who can contribute to enhancing protection.

Closing Date

The closing date for submission of applications is 16 October 2020.

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