Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 20, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
  ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The Senior Protection Assistant (Community-Based) is a member of the Protection Unit in a Country Operation and may report to the Protection Officer, Protection Officer (Community-Based), or another more senior staff member in the Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, the Senior Protection Assistant (Community-Based) works directly with communities of concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to protect themselves, their families and communities. The incumbent may have direct supervisory responsibility for part of the protection and/or support staff and supports the application of community-based protection standards, operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at the field level. To fulfil this role the Senior Protection Assistant (Community-Based) is required to spend a substantial percentage of her/his time working outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern. The development and maintenance of constructive relationships with persons of concern that measurably impact and enhance protection planning, programming and results forms the core of the work of the Senior Protection Assistant (Community-Based). The incumbent also supports the designing of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring that it is based on consultation with persons of concern..

Job Responsibilities:
Accountability
• Effective support is provided to promote AGD sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities as the essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.
• AGD sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities provides the essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.
• The participation of persons of concern is assured through continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and community based approaches, which inform protection and assistance programming and ensure that UNHCR meets its commitments to accountability to persons of concern. Responsibility:
• Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy.
• Through relationships with persons of concern 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 the protection team.
• Understand the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the persons of concern and advice the protection team accordingly, highlighting the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, marginalized groups.
• Assist in initiatives with host communities to involve national civil society groups in the protection of persons of concern.
• Support implementing and operational partners as well as displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to SGBV.
• Assist in the analysis that identifies the capacities of communities of concern and risks they face.
• Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
• Support efforts to build the office capacity for community-based protection.
• Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures
• Ensure community understanding of UNHCR’s commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
• Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
• Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports using word processing equipment and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
• Act as interpreter in exchange of routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
• Perform other relevant duties as required. Authority
• Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.
• Initiate AGD sensitive interventions at the appropriate level on community-based protection issues and to respond to protection concerns and incidents within the office and with persons and communities of concern based on agreed parameters.
• Identify which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
• Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
• Completion of the Secondary education; Training in International Development, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, International Social Work, Social Science, Political Science, Anthropology, International Law or other clearly related disciplines.
• Job Experience: Minimum of 4 years previous relevant job experience.
• Computer skills (MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access).
• Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language. Analytical thinking.
• Planning and Organizing.
• Political Awareness.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION & COMPETENCIES
• Knowledge of Administrative/financial rules, procedures, processes in the context of UNHCR offices and Field operations.
• UNHCR learning programmes (PLP).
• Knowledge of MSRP.

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
SUBMISSIONS OF APPLICATIONS If you wish to be considered for this vacancy, please submit your application on http://rwanda.unhcr.io  by 24 September 2019.Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit for a test. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. No late applications will be accepted. UNHCR is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, color or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training or any other fees). 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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