IMPORTANT NOTE:

This position is advertised to internal and external applicants.  Candidates must be legally present in Mexico at the time of application, recruitment and hire. Only candidates holding a permanent residency in Mexico will be considered eligible.

Group 1 Candidates:

comprises current GS staff members holding an indefinite or fixed-term appointment who, at the date of the deadline for application, are serving in the country of the vacancy at the grade of the position or one grade below or above.

Group 2 Candidates:

comprises candidates from the categories listed in the RALS after completion of one cumulative or continuous year of service in the country of the vacancy. The Group 2 status should have been confirmed by the HR Unit in Mexico before the application is submitted.

External Candidates:

are candidates who are not in Group 1 or Group 2. Senior Protection Assistant

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

• The Senior Protection Assistant normally reports to a more senior Protection colleague. The incumbent monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support to information management and programme staff.
• The Senior Protection Assistant provides quality, timely and effective protection support to persons of concern (PoC) and identifies opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and safeguards in operational responses. S/he contributes to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and may liaise externally with local authorities and partners on protection issues as guided by the supervisor.
• The Senior Protection Assistant also ensures that PoC are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.
• 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 UNHCRs core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

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 PoC; 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 PoC 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 SGBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
•  Assist in identifying durable solutions for PoC 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 PoC 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education & Professional Work Experience
• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• G5 - 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education

Not applicable

Certificates and/or Licenses

• International Law;
• Political Science;
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

• Essential: Not specified.
• Desirable: Not specified.

Functional Skills

• IT-Computer Literacy
• CL-Protection & Solutions Awareness
• PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
• PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework
• (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.

Source:https://public.msrp.unhcr.org/psp/RAHRPRDX/EMPLOYEE/HR/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=2&JobOpeningId...