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Posted 4 years ago |
Assistant Protection Officer is needed at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
JOB TITLE: Assistant Protection Officer
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Job ID: 20636
LOCATION: Takum, Taraba
Salary Grade: NA
Hardship Level: D
Family Location Type: Pending
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
- The Assistant 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. 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.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience:
- Years of Experience / Degree Level
- For P1/NOA – 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education:
- Law, International Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field. (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Certificates and/or Licenses:
- Not specified; (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience:
Essential:
- Knowledge of International Refugee and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles
Desirable:
- Completion of the Protection Learning Programme, RSD- Resettlement Learning Programme.
Remuneration
- A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered. For information on UN salaries, allowances and benefits, please visit the portal of the International Civil Service Commission at: http://icsc.un.org
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Deadline | 2nd July, 2020. |
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