Protection Assistant - Guayana City

Duties and Qualifications

1.Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Protection Assistant normally reports to a more senior Protection colleague. The incumbent provides functional and administrative support to the protection unit on protection related liaison, correspondence, monitoring, case management and reporting activities.

The Protection Assistant also supports the protection unit in designing a comprehensive protection strategy and in providing quality, timely and effective protection responses to persons of concern (PoC). S/he may liaise externally with local authorities and partners on correspondence and/or protection issues as guided by the supervisor.

The Protection Assistant also facilitates the involvement of PoC in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.


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.


2.Duties

-Consistently apply 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).
-Provide functional and administrative support in all protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
-Provide functional and administrative support in implementing participatory approaches, needs assessments, monitoring, reporting and case management.
-Support assessments on durable solutions through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
-Facilitate liaison with competent authorities for the issuance of personal and other relevant documents.
-Assist in drafting reports, routine correspondence, updating relevant databases and compiling statistics within the Area of Responsibility (AoR).
-Select PoC for preliminary interviews and decide which relevant information to share.
-Enforce integrity in the delivery of protection services by local implementing partners.
-Perform other related duties as required.


3.Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience

Years of Experience / Degree Level

For G4 - 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher


Field(s) of Education

Not applicable.


Certificates and/or Licenses

Protection


Relevant Job Experience

Essential
Not specified.

Desirable
Not specified.


Functional Skills

IT-Computer Literacy
CL-Protection & Solutions Awareness
PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework


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.

4.Competency Requirements

All jobs at UNHCR require six core competencies and may also require managerial competencies and/or cross-functional competencies. The six core competencies are listed below.

Core Competencies
Accountability
Communication
Organizational Awareness
Teamwork & Collaboration
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies
Not applicable.

Cross-Functional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
Political Awareness
Stakeholder Management


This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates. Additional Information Pre-selected candidates might be invited to sit in a written test. Only pre-selected candidates will receive a notification. Applications received out of the established deadline will not be considered.

UNHCR is committed to have a diverse workspace. All suitable candidates interested to apply, are invited to send their application regardless of gender, civil status, race, colour, ethnicity or nationality of origin, religious believes or sexual orientation.

The application to UNHCR positions is free of charges (application, interview, recruitment, training, etc.).

Only pre-selected candidates will be contacted.

For any additional consultation regarding this vacancy please contact vencahr@unhcr.org Contact person In case of any problem please contact UNHCR Venezuela Human Resources team at vencahr@unhcr.org