Job Overview
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Protection Assistant normally reports to a more senior Protection colleague. The incumbent provides functional and administrative support to the protection unit on protection related liaison, correspondence, monitoring, case management and reporting activities.
The Protection Assistant also supports the protection unit in designing a comprehensive protection strategy and in providing quality, timely and effective protection responses to persons of concern (PoC). S/he may liaise externally with local authorities and partners on correspondence and/or protection issues as guided by the supervisor.
The Protection Assistant also facilitates the involvement of PoC 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 UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Functional Statement:
Duties:
- – Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
- – Observe and respect protection related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- – Provide functional and administrative support in all protection related AGD based programming with
implementing and operational partners.
- – Provide functional and administrative support in implementing participatory approaches, needs assessments, monitoring, reporting and case management.
- – 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.
- – Support assessments on durable solutions through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where
appropriate, resettlement.
- – Facilitate liaison with competent authorities for the issuance of personal and other relevant
documents.
- – Assist in drafting reports, routine correspondence, updating relevant databases and compiling
statistics within the Area of Responsibility (AoR).
Essential Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
- – 4 years relevant experience with High school diploma plus Certificates and/or Licenses in Protection
- – IT-Computer literacy
- – IT-Computer Literacy
- – CL-Protection & Solutions Awareness
- – PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
- – PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework
- – Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language.
Desirable Qualifications & Competencies:
– RSD-Resettlement LP and/or Protection Learning Programme Required Competencies:
Core Competencies
- – Accountability
- – Communication
- – Organizational Awareness
- – Teamwork & Collaboration
- – Commitment to Continuous Learning
- – Client & Result Orientation
Cross-Functional Competencies
- – Analytical Thinking
- – Political Awareness
- – Stakeholder Management
Eligibility:
Internal candidates: Interested staff members should consult the Policy and Procedures on Assignments of Locally recruited Staff (IOM/49-FOM/50/2012 dated 15 June 2012). If you have questions regarding your eligibility, you may also contact the HR Unit.
An applicant who has internal status is a staff member holding an indefinite or fixed-term appointment in any duty station in the country. Former UNHCR General Service staff members, having held an indefinite or fixed-term appointment for an uninterrupted period of at least one year may apply for internally advertised
vacancies at their previous grade or equivalent or one grade above, if the seniority requirements are met, for a period of two years following separation (if such criteria are not met, former staff members can still apply as external candidates).
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:
- – Interested candidates are to complete, sign and submit in a pdf format a new Personal History Form (Nov 2017 version) which includes a Letter of Interest for the specific position prior to the closing date of the vacancy notice through UNHCR Libya’s recruitment portal: http://www.unhcr.org/ly-jobs/
- – 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.
Policy.
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