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Job Title:
Associate Protection Officer
Employer:
UNHCR
Location:
Kyaka, Uganda
Country:
Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Management Jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
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Kyaka, Uganda
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a global organization founded in 1950 with the mission to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees, displaced persons, and stateless individuals, ensuring they receive protection, assistance, and a path to durable solutions. Widely regarded for its humanitarian leadership, UNHCR has earned international recognition for its tireless efforts in responding to crises, advocating for refugee rights, and promoting solutions for displacement through resettlement, repatriation, and local integration.
Operating in over 130 countries, the organization fosters a diverse and inclusive work culture that prioritizes innovation, collaboration, and professional development, offering employees opportunities for impactful careers in a flexible work environment with both field-based and remote work arrangements. UNHCR has evolved over the years to adapt to the growing challenges of forced migration, integrating cutting-edge technologies and community-centered approaches into its operations.
With a vast operational reach, the organization is a global leader in crisis management, addressing complex issues like conflict, climate change, and human rights violations. UNHCR's core values of integrity, professionalism, respect for diversity, and accountability guide its work, with a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility reflected in its advocacy for climate justice, gender equality, and the protection of vulnerable populations. For more information, visit www.unhcr.org.
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Full-time
Deadline:
20 Mar 2024
Associate Protection Officer job at UNHCR
UNHCR
Job Description
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
(Brief description of the national, sector-specific or other relevant context in which the individual contractor will operate)
Uganda has a refugee population of over 1.5 million with a majority of South Sudanese and Congolese refugees. Resettlement operation in Uganda is one of the largest of Africa and resettlement activities are conducted in 8 different locations. Resettlement in Uganda is used as a tool for protection, to address the protection needs and find solutions for the most vulnerable refugees of all nationalities.
The UNHCR Uganda RST SOPs permit internal referrals for resettlement by protection and community services staff, through protection panels, and joint medical committees for medical referrals, as well as pre-screening of cases listed on a refugee profiling lists.
Resettlement in Uganda is a high-risk activity which requires a good awareness of the UNHCR integrity safeguards. All the activities have to be conducted in line with the highest integrity standards and in compliance with the UNHCR Resettlement SOPs.
The Associate Protection Officer will be placed in the field and will work in close coordination with the protection and resettlement teams. The Associate Protection Officer will be required to identify cases for possible resettlement consideration based on the strategy put in place by the Protection team in the field and the Resettlement team in Kampala. S/he will also be required to review the pre-screening assessments completed by trained colleagues and conduct some assessments.
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Terms of Reference
Review all the pre-screening forms and cross-check the provided information with the existing information included in the physical files at UNHCR and in the refugee database proGres v4.
Coach/train staff on conducting pre-screening assessments in order to ensure consistent case identification processes.
Refer cases to relevant UNHCR units for follow ups as necessary (Child Protection, Registration, etc.)
Ensure compliance with fraud mitigation and Protection SOPs.
Coordinate all pre-screening referrals in the southwest region and ensure that pre-agreed quota of referrals are met.
Create cases for non-eligible and hold cases as per the RST SOPs.
Report on progress against the set targets monthly.
Where necessary, conduct protection and pre-screening interviews and draft
protection/pre-screening referral forms.
Monitoring and Progress Controls
(Clear description of measurable outputs, milestones, key performance indicators and/or reporting requirements which will enable performance monitoring)
The incumbent will be required to review a minimum of 60 cases per week for pre-screeners across the southwest.
Track and provide data for monthly reporting.
SERVICES
COMMERCIAL
SERVICES
INDUSTRIAL
SERVICES
RESIDENTIAL
(List the required education, work experience, expertise and competencies of the individual contractor. The listed education and experience should correspond with the level at which the contract is offered.)
Education (Level and area of required and/or preferred education)
3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate in the following fields: Law, International Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field.
Work Experience
(List number of years and area of required work experience. Clearly distinguish between required experience and experience which could be an asset.)
Key Competencies
(Technical knowledge, skills, managerial competencies or other personal competencies relevant to the performance of the assignment. Clearly distinguish between required and desired competencies)
The candidate should have excellent interview and counselling skills, in addition to strong drafting and analytical skills. Knowledge of resettlement criteria and/or experience in case identification would be strongly desirable. The candidate should have proven experience conducting assessments and identifying protection risks of individuals and groups.
The candidate will need to have demonstrated experience dealing with integrity issues both for individual cases and in the referral process at large. The candidate will need good experience working with the proGres V4 refugee database, the different modules in proGres V4 and recording specific needs. The candidate will need to be able to work under pressure and have a high level of accountability.
Experience working with Congolese, Rwandese and Burundian refugees will be an asset.
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