UNHCR Associate Legal Officer (Policy) Jobs in South Africa
UNHCR Associate Legal Officer (Policy) Jobs in South Africa
The positionS/he provides functional support to the Representative and Executive Office team on legal and policy analysis, input and guidance on protection and solutions issues relevant to UNHCR MCO Operations and with regard to specific groups of persons of concern, including as concerns protection advocacy, high-level dialogues, funding appeal documents, agreements, draft legislation and protection interventions.
S/he is instrumental in drafting protection guidance to staff on all protection/legal matters and accountabilities.
These include:
statelessness (in line with the campaign to End Statelessness by 2024), Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) commitments, age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP) through community-based protection, Child protection, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) prevention and response, gender equality, disability inclusion, youth empowerment, psycho- social support and PSEA, registration, asylum/refugee status determination, resettlement, local integration, voluntary repatriation, human rights standards integration, national legislation, judicial engagement, predictable and decisive engagement in situations of internal displacement and engagement in wider mixed movement and climate change/disaster-related displacement responses.
S/he supports senior management to supervise the implementation of protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards.
The Associate Legal Officer (Policy) is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective legal, policy and protection guidance and responses to the needs of populations of concern in all sectors mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards.
The incumbent contributes to the design of a comprehensive protection strategy.
S/he assists in the drafting of key legal and policy documents, protection guidance emanating from the Executive Office of the South Africa Multi-Country Office.
To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with all Units in the MCO and communities of concern, authorities, protection and assistance partners as well as a broader network of stakeholders who can contribute to enhancing legal, policy and protection.
Duties and Responsibilities
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.
Stay abreast of legal, policy, political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
Legal and Policy implementation guidance support, including the drafting of policy implementation guidance;
Support the promotion of International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
Support the consistent and coherent interpretation and application of legal and policy guidance through mainstreaming in all sectors in applicable operations.
Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to persons of concern.
Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues affecting persons of concern;
Contribute to a the MCO protection strategy and planning process.
Support the coordination and leadership role of the Representative on Legal and Policy
Issues, including with regard to durable solutions through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
Support activities in the area of risk management related to Sexual Exploitation and
Abuse, fraud, case-processing, data protection, and human rights due diligence.
Participate in initiatives to capacitate national authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
Support protection interventions with authorities on protection issues;
Support evidence based submissions before Parliaments and Parliamentary Porfolio
Essential minimum qualifications and professional experience required
The ideal candidate will be required to have:
Education:
Minimum undergraduate degree in the field of Law or other relevant field.
Work Experience
Essential
3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree.
Professional experience in the area of Legal advice, legal drafting, refugee protection, internal displacement, human rights or international humanitarian law.
Good knowledge of International Refugee and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles.
Desirable
Field experience, including in working directly with communities. Good IT skills including database management skills.
Languages
• Fluency in English.
Key Competencies
Core Competencies Accountability
Communication
Organizational Awareness Teamwork & Collaboration Commitment to Continuous Learning Client & Result Orientation
Managerial Competencies
Judgement and Decision Making Empowering and Building Trust
Cross-Functional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Political Awareness
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UNHCR Associate Legal Officer (Policy) Jobs in South Africa
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