United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Experience: 3 Years
Skill Required: Policy/ Advocacy and Campaign
Apply By: 27-05-2022
The Senior Protection Assistant reports to the Protection Officer. The Senior Protection Assistant is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern (PoC) and identify opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors. S/he contributes to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and liaises externally with authorities and partners on protection policy 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 persons of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.
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 UNHCRs core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Under the supervision of the Protection Officer, the Senior Protection Assistant will perform the following functions:
Monitoring and Progress Controls:
In this sense, it will also be evaluated:
Qualifications and Experience:
Education :
Work Experience