UNHCR Associate Protection Officer Jobs in South Africa
UNHCR Associate Protection Officer Jobs in South Africa
The PositionThe Associate Protection Officer reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer.
Depending on the size and structure of the Office, the incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for protection staff including community-based protection registration, resettlement and education.
S/he provides functional protection guidance to information management and programme staff on all protection/legal matters and accountabilities.
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 political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
Promote International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
Observe and respect protection related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including Helpline SOPs.
Provide guidance, supervision, functional and administrative support to the Helpline staff
Provide functional and administrative support in implementing participatory approaches, needs assessments, monitoring, reporting and case management.
Support protection assessments and refer to the appropriate partner and UNHCR protection staff.
Facilitate liaison with partners and competent authorities for protection responses.
Support the Office’s ambition to outsource the Helpline project by providing guidance, leadership and development of the outsourcing project.
Assist in drafting reports, routine correspondence, maintain data for trends analysis, updating relevant databases and compiling statistics within the Area of Responsibility (AoR).
Enforce integrity in the delivery of protection services by local implementing partners.
Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
Promote and contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy to
ensure programmes use a child protection systems approach.
Contribute to a country-level education plan.
Participate in the organisation and implementation of participatory assessments and methodologies throughout the operations management cycle and promote AGD sensitive programming with implementing and operational partners. - Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy through a consultative process with sectorial and/or cluster partners.
Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.
Promote and integrate community-based approaches to protection and contribute to capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights.
Support activities in the area of risk management related to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, fraud, case-processing, data protection, and human rights due diligence at country level.
Participate in initiatives to capacitate national authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
Intervene with authorities on protection issues.
Decide priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals.
Enforce compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
Perform other related duties as required.
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 refugee protection, internal displacement, human rights or international humanitarian law.
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
Interested applicants should submit an updated and signed Personal History Form (PHF) to rsaprhr@unhcr.org indicating “Associate Protection Officer ” in the subject of the email.
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