UNHCR Assc Community-Based Prot Off Jobs in Uganda

UNHCR Assc Community-Based Prot Off Jobs in Uganda

Duties

1. Be fully informed about community structures and the protection and security situation of the population of concern and develop strong links with a cross-section of members of refugee/IDP/stateless communities, using an AGD approach.

2. Through relationships with PoC and network of partners stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide advice to senior management.

3. Ensure that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the PoC are reflected in the protection strategy, planning processes and operations plan addressing the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, minority groups such as sexual minorities and persons living with HIV/AIDS.

4. Ensure through direct action and advocacy with more senior protection staff that the necessary resources are allocated to enable community work to identify and address protection and assistance gaps.

5. Support a consultative process with government counterparts at local levels, partners and PoC to develop and implement integrated strategies that address the key protection priorities, including, for example, child protection, education and GBV, and solutions approaches.

6. Provide technical guidance and support to UNHCR and partners and implement and oversee Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on all community-based protection related issues.

7. Support the design, implementation and evaluation of protection centred and solutions oriented programming with implementing and operational partners guaranteeing that community-owned activities are integrated.

8. Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures

9. Promote confidence building and conflict resolution among PoC, authorities and host communities.

10. Maintain protection presence through regular field missions and reports, making direct contact with PoC, host communities, local authorities and partners.

In operations applying the humanitarian cluster system, contribute to the development of an AGD-compliant strategy on which the response of the

Protection Cluster is grounded in and covers all assessed and prioritized protection needs of the affected populations.

11. Support the Operation's work to fully integrate the protection strategy into the Country Operations Plan, the UN Development and Assistance Framework (UNDAF), the Humanitarian Country Team's common humanitarian action plan where applicable.

12. Contribute to the Protection team's information management component which: provides disaggregated data on PoC and their problems; researches, collects and disseminates relevant protection information and good practices to enhance protection delivery and provide technical advice if necessary.

13. Support the inclusion of participatory, community-based protection and AGD approaches in strategies and plans within the Area of Responsibility (AoR).

14. Support community understanding of UNHCR's commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.

15. Support PoC to develop structures that enhance their participation and protection.

16. Contribute to the design of the community-based protection strategy, project submissions and budgets for endorsement by the supervisor.

17. Intervene with authorities on community-based protection issues.

18. Negotiate with local counterparts, partners and PoC.

19. Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Years of Experience / Degree Level

2. For P2/NOB - 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree

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UNHCR Assc Community-Based Prot Off Jobs in Uganda

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