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

Duties

• Assist in the implementation of registration strategies and methodologies for POC.
• Conduct registration interviews when required in accordance with registration standards and guidance.
• Provide counselling to, and responds to queries from, asylum seekers and refugees regarding UNHCR's registration procedures and their rights and entitlements.
• Maintain accurate and up-to date records and data related to all individual registration cases.
• Identify persons with specific needs and ensure timely referral to protection follow-up as required. 
• Collaborate with protection staff and/or partners in the delivery of assistance and programming, including provision of identity and entitlement documentation.
• Draft correspondence and reports relating to registration activities in the Operation, when required 
• Provide statistics and draft reports related to registration data, as requested. 
• Act as interpreter and translator when needed. 
• Refer cases to other units within the office and to implementing partners as necessary. 
• Draft and submit reports and statistics related to registration.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education & Professional Work Experience

Years of Experience / Degree Level

• G5 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education 

• Not applicable

Certificates and/or Licenses 

• Social Science   Statistics  Mathematics  Information Technology
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential) 

Relevant Job Experience

Essential

• Good computer skills, particularly in data management.

Desirable

• Training in basic principles of international protection. Experience in working with UNHCR proGres software.

Functional Skills 

• *DM-Data Management
• PG-Programme Management (programme cycles and reporting standards)
• DM-Data Collection and Analysis
• RG-Registration SoPs Design/Implementation
• TR-Training Virtual and face to face
• IT-IT Refugee Systems & Applications
• *IT-Computer Literacy
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)