Senior Community Services Assistant at UN High Commissioner For Refugees - UNHCR

nternal/External Vacancy Announcement

Vacancy Notice No:2015/VA/03

Post Title:Senior Community services Assistant

Position Number:10023794

Grade:GL-5

Contract Type:Fixed Term Appointment

Duration of Contract:One Year (with possibility of renewal)

Duty Station:Bauchi, Nigeria

Supervisor: Protection Officer

Starting: 1^st April 2015

Deadline for Application:17 March 2015

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the supervision and guidance of the Protection Officer, the Senior Community services Assistant act as a critical interface between UNHCR and communities of concern, providing an AGD sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities that form the essential foundations to all UNHCR work in a given country context.

Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, s/he works directly with communities to leverage their capacities for community based protection. To fulfill this role, the Senior Community Services Assistant is required to spend a substantial percentage of their time working outside of the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern.

The Supervisor will provide general guidance in accordance with the principles and human values of the United Nations and in adherence with the UNHCR Code of Conduct.

1. Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy.
2. Assist in initiatives with host communities to involve national civil society groups in the protection of persons of concern.
3. Support implementing and operational partners as well as with displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to SGBV.
4. Assist in analyzing protection risks and capacities of communities of concern.
5. Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
6. Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
7. Accompany, and interpret for, senior management in their contacts with local interlocutors.
8. Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports using word processing equipment and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
9. Support efforts to build the office capacity for community-based protection.
10. Performs other duties as required.

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

· Completion of the Secondary education; Training in the related field of work.

· Minimum of 4 years previous relevant job experience.

· Computer skills (MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access).

· Fluency in English and working knowledge of local language

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

· Knowledge of Administrative/financial rules, procedures, processes in the context of UNHCR offices and Field operations.

· UNHCR learning programmes (PLP).

· Knowledge of MSRP.