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Associate Protection Officer

Job Opening; 22924
UNHCR Libya

Title of Post

Post Number

Location

Effective date of assignment

Associate Protection Officer

10018521 Tripoli, Libya ASAP

Category/grade

Type of contract Date of Issue Closing Date

National Officer, NOB

Fixed-term Appointment

02/11/2020 16/11/2020

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Associate Protection Officer reports to the Senior Protection Officer or Assistant Chief of Mission for Protection. The incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for protection staff including community-based protection, field protection, education, or others. S/he provides functional protection guidance to information management and programme staff on all protection/legal matters and accountabilities. These include: human rights standards integration, predictable and decisive engagement in situations of internal displacement, national legislation, judicial engagement, Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) commitments, age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP) through community-based protection, statelessness (in line with the campaign to End Statelessness by 2024), 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, and engagement in wider development, 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 Associate Protection Officer is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern, ensuring that operational responses in all sectors mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards. The incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with authorities at national and local levels, communities of concern, protection and assistance partners as well as a broader network of stakeholders who can contribute to enhancing protection and promote the inclusion of refugees into national systems. The incumbent will support protection-related coordination arrangements, partnership with government departments in service delivery, and regular dialogue at all levels on refugee protection issues in UNHCR efforts to complement and reinforce national response efforts. 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 persons of concern 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 persons of concern.

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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.
• Promote International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
• Foster their consistent and coherent interpretation and application through mainstreaming in all sectors and /or in clusters in applicable operations.
• Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
• Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to persons of concern.
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate national authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen

  national protection related legislation and procedures.

• Intervene with authorities on protection issues.
• Negotiate locally on behalf of UNHCR.
• Conduct eligibility and status determination for persons of concern 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 to ensure

  programmes use a child protection systems approach.

• Contribute to a country-level education plan.
• Implement and oversee Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities

  which integrate AGD sensitive procedures.

• Oversee and manage individual protection cases, including those on SGBV and child protection.

  Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents through

  working relations with governments and other partners.

• Recommend durable solutions for the largest possible number of persons of concern 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 persons of concern.

• Participate in the organisation and implementation of participatory assessments and methodologies

  throughout the operations management cycle and promote AGD sensitive programming with

  implementing and operational partners.

• Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy through a consultative process with

  sectorial and/or cluster partners.

• Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations

  of concern and their problems.

• Promote and integrate community-based approaches to protection and contribute to capacity-building

  initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights.

• Support activities in the area of risk management related to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, fraud,

  case-processing, data protection, and human rights due diligence at country level.

• Decide priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals.
• Enforce 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.

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Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

Education & Professional Work Experience

• –  3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree
• –  Law, International Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field Certificates and/or Licenses, Protection Learning Programme

  Relevant Job Experience

  Essential:
  Professional experience in the area of refugee protection, internal displacement, human rights or international humanitarian law. Good knowledge of International Refugee and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles.

  Desirable:
  Field experience, including in working directly with communities. Good IT skills including database management skills.

  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

  Language Requirements

  For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language. Competency Requirements

  Core Competencies:

  Accountability
  Communication
  Organizational Awareness Teamwork & Collaboration Commitment to Continuous Learning Client & Result Orientation

  Managerial Competencies:

  Judgement and Decision Making Empowering and Building Trust

  Cross-Functional Competencies:

  Analytical Thinking
  Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

  Political Awareness

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Eligibility:

Internal candidates: Interested staff members should consult the Policy and Procedures on Recruitment and Assignments of Locally Recruited Staff (UNHCR/AI/2020/1/Rev.1). If you have questions regarding your eligibility, you may also contact the HR Unit.

Internal candidates for vacancy announcements in the GS category are divided in Group 1, Group 2, as follow:

Group 1 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 comprises candidates from the categories listed below after completion of one cumulative or continuous year of service in the country of the vacancy. The Group 2 status will be confirmed by the UNHCR Libya’s HR team as applicable. Further details on the Group 2 are available in our career portal UNHCR Libya Jobs .

External Candidates are candidates who are not in Group 1 or Group 2.

Remuneration:

A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered. For information on UN salaries, allowances and benefits, please visit the portal of the International Civil Service Commission at: http://icsc.un.org

Submission of Applications:

• –  Prior to the closing, interested candidates are to access the vacancy notice through UNHCR Libya’s recruitment portal: http://www.unhcr.org/ly-jobs/ and to apply through
• –  https://www.unhcr.org/other-opportunities.html
• –  Candidates must be Libyan citizens or hold a valid local work permit at the time of application. No

  relocation fees apply.

  No late applications will be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit for a written test and/or oral interview. UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing or any other fees).

  UNHCR strongly encourages qualified female applicants for this position. UNHCR seeks to ensure that male and female employees are given equal career opportunities. UNHCR is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.