Senior Protection Assistant at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Vacancy Notice No: 2018/VA/032
Position number:       
Grade: G5
Contract Type:Temporary Appointment
Duration of Contract: Six months (with possible renewal)
Duty Station: Adikpo
Supervisor: Protection Officer
Proposed Starting:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Senior Protection Assistant normally reports to the Associate Protection Officer or the Protection Officer.  He/she monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support to information management and programme staff.

The incumbent will have the following responsibilities:

• Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct. 
• Provide counselling on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
• Support activities in protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
• Conduct preliminary information gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable solutions and social needs assessment.
• Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
• Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Contribute to a country-level education plan for persons of concern as part of the protection strategy. 
• Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
• Participate in individual protection case management including cases of SGBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
• Assist in identifying durable solutions for persons of concern in voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
• Assist in drafting reports, routine correspondence, updating relevant databases and compiling statistics for the protection unit / section.
• Contribute to initiatives to enhance national and local protection capacities.
• Any other responsibilities/functions deemed necessary or as delegated by the Head of the office and/or Supervisor in order to meet the level of the services in the organization.

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Completion of secondary school.  Additional Training courses in protection related issues.
• Job experience: relevant to the function: 4 years.
• Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

• Good computer skills.
• Completed Protection Learning Programme.