UNHCR Senior Registr & Identity Management Officer Jobs in Kenya

UNHCR Senior Registr & Identity Management Officer Jobs in Kenya

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The UNHCR Data Transformation Strategy 2020-2025 envisions that by 2025 UNHCR becomes a trusted leader on data and information related to refugees and other persons of concern (POC), thereby enabling actions to protect and to empower them.

The Strategy invests in four complementary priority areas: data management and governance; information systems; capacities and skill development; and culture for evidence-informed decision-making.

The Data Transformation Strategy also includes UNHCRs forward learning action plan on digital identity and the importance of strengthening a trusted and secure digital platform to facilitate protection and solutions, assistance delivery and the inclusion of POCs in State systems and their increased access to services.

The incumbent will also ensure that identity management systems and practices are actively leveraged to support all UNHCR activities, including identification of specific needs, targeting and delivery of assistance, support to protection intervention, fraud mitigation and response, data protection, case management and conduct of durable solution processes.

The incumbent will also support digital identity activities (including contributing to standard setting, pilots, projects or programmes) with the aim of increasing the trust in the identity credentials of POCs to increase access to humanitarian assistance, protection, solutions and public and private sector services (including connectivity and financial services) whilst ensuring the appropriate protection of their privacy and personal data.

The SRIMO must also ensure there is reliable data and analysis relating to POCs¿ registration, identity management and digital identification at global, regional and country levels (as appropriate) including for strategy development and monitoring and evaluation.

The SRIMO promotes the implementation and interoperability between UNHCR¿s digital registration and identification systems and third parties¿ digital identification systems, including those of governments, partner humanitarian organisations and privates sector systems, as appropriate.

The incumbent coordinates closely with registration operations in the Field as well as other SRIMO in Bureaux and the Global Data Service to promote regional and global consistency in practices relating to registration, identity management and digital identification.

The SDIRO also works closely with Government, key UN and international organizations, NGOs and partners to establish the parameters for UNHCR¿s support in registration, identity management and digital identity activities.

Duties

Oversee the design, implementation and monitoring of registration/enrolment, identity management and digital identity strategy/ies for populations of concern in compliance with global and regional protection and inclusion objectives and priorities, ensuring that global standards are met, and appropriate methodologies, tools and technologies are implemented.

Advise and provide technical support to staff on planned registration, identity management and digital identity activities.

Respond to field requests for technical support and capacity building in emergency and ongoing displacement situations, including development of registration, identity management and digital identity strategies, logistical planning, budgeting and resource management.

Promote the prioritisation of registration, identity management and digital identity in operations across the region/ country during the Annual Programme Review and emergency response.

Develop and disseminate specific operational guidance, instructions and capacity-development initiatives, in accordance with policy and guidance disseminated by the Global Data Service in headquarters.

Design appropriate procedures and systems for assurance of quality registration data and conduct regular data quality and audit checks to monitor the accuracy of data collected, as well as developing processes systems for identification and prevention of registration and identity fraud.

Provide support for maintenance of global refugee systems, including technical capacity-development and support to internal and external users, partner access management and adjudication considerations as may be required.

Support the country team to establish and strengthen internal

digital identity, registration and identity management capacity and/or that of government counterparts to manage registration, identity management and digital identity programmes and maintain population data.

Advocate with and support government authorities to establish and strengthen fair and efficient registration and digital identification procedures and systems and that POCs¿ identity documents or credentials are recognised for the purposes of accessing humanitarian, public and private sector services

Establish linkages with key partners to implement appropriate case and data management approaches for efficient, accountable and standardized targeting and delivery of assistance and other programming and protection needs.

Support the negotiation and operationalization with government and UN partners related to interoperability of external digital identification systems with UNHCR digital refugee registration and identity management systems.

Support the collection of reliable data and the availability of effective analysis relating to POCs¿ registration, identity management and digital identification at global, regional and country levels (as appropriate) including for the purposes of strategy development and monitoring and evaluation.

Monitor, document and report on registration, identity management and digital identification activities at the regional/ country level, and report on the impact of support interventions.

Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

For P4/NOD - 9 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 8 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 7 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

Law;

Development;

Social Sciences;

Information Technology (with focus on Database development, Data management and Analysis);

Demography;

Geography;

Political Science;

Business Administration;
Humanities;

Statistics; or other relevant field.

Certificates and/or Licenses

Certification Programme ¿ International Protection (CP-IP)

HCR protection Learning Programme

Training on Emergency Registration
Operations Data Management Learning Program

Relevant Job Experience

Essential

Strong understanding of the principles and concepts of international protection and UNHCR, including Guidance on Registration and Identity Management and the Policy and Guidance on the Protection of Personal Data of Persons of Concern.

Strong team-building, managerial, planning, coordination and representation skills.

Familiarity with planning, programming, strategic planning, project development, budgeting and resource mobilization.

Experience in process re-engineering (process redesign, process transformation, or change management).

Experience working with partners, including host and donor Governments, humanitarian and development partners.

Desirable

Technical expertise in registration, identity or biometric management systems. Experience with UNHCRs PRIMES applications.

Demonstrated understanding of civil registration, national identity management or digital identification systems (including population registries) and digital identity technical standards.

Demonstrated knowledge of UNHCR and interagency policies, standards, programmes and operations.

Experience of devising data collection and analysis.

Functional Skills

DM-Data collection methodologies

DM-Data Management

PR-Individual Case Management

PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators

RG-Civil Registration data collection/processing

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.

For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.

For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.


How to Apply

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