Job Title: Senior Protection Associate
Job ID: 32772
Location: Americas
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Eligible Applicants
This position is advertised to internal and external applicants. Candidates must be legally present in Honduras at the time of application, recruitment and hire.
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Protection Associate Reports to the Associate Protection Officer within the subunit of international protection and borders of the Country Protection unit. The position may entail supervisory responsibilities for protection staff related to case management. The incumbent monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support to information management and programme staff.
The Senior Protection Associate is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses in the implementation of specific programmes and activities that have a regional reach to support the access to protection and assistance to populations of concern (PoC) as well as ensure to the needs of populations of concern (PoC) and identify opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors. The incumbent contributes to designing a comprehensive case management strategy ensuring the application of regional sops.
S/he also ensures that PoC are involved 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.
Duties and Qualifications
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.
Duties
- Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
- Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
- Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC.
- Provide advice and guidance on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
- Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
- Assist the supervisor in implementing and monitoring Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
- Manage individual protection cases. Monitor, and assist the supervisor with intervening in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
- Manage the implementation of regional standard operating procedures related to the access to protection and assistance of PoCs.
- Assist in training and implementation of work plans to improve quality and standards in case management and the implementation of related regional standard operating procedures
- Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on PoC and their problems.
- Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection responses.
- Assist the supervisor with intervening with partners and authorities on protection issues.
- Provide assistance to the supervisor in deciding priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals.
- Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
- Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
- Recommend and prepare payments to individual cases.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications and Professional Experience required:
For G7 - 4 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
Certificates and/or Licenses
International Law;
Political Science;
or other relevant field.
Relevant Job Experience:
Essential:
University Degree in either Law, Political Sciences or International Relations
Working experience in International Refugee Law, in counselling refugees/asylum seekers and in individual case management
Computer literacy
Excellent research, writing and analytical skills
Flexibility and strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
Demostrable interest in human rights or refugee issues
Desirable
Ability to deal with traumatized and vulnerable people.
Good team working skills and the ability to prioritize, work with deadlines
Functional Skills
IT-Computer Literacy
CL-Protection & Solutions Awareness
PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework
Language Requirements:
Fluency in Spanish and working knowledge of English. - All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.
As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.
Additional Information
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No late applications will be accepted.
Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit for a technical assessment or written test and later on, invited for an oral interview.
UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing or any other fees).
Temporary Appointment: Initially for a period of three months (3 months)
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.
UNHCR strongly encourages qualified female applicants for this position. UNHCR seeks to ensure that male and female employees are given equal career opportunities. UNHCR is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
Position Competencies
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:
Judgement and Decision Making
Empowering and Building Trust
Cross-Functional Competencies:
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Political Awareness
Stakeholder Management
Closing Date
The closing date for submission of applications is 11 January 2022 (midnight Geneva time).
How to apply:
- Ingresar a través de Google Chrome a la dirección https://www.unhcr.org/careers.html seleccionar “Vacancies”
- Iniciar sesión para acceder a su cuenta. Si no tiene usuario creado, seleccionar el enlace “New User” para crear una cuenta.
- Al ingresar a la página encontrará las vacantes seleccionando en “Country/País – Honduras”
- Revise la descripción de puesto de su interés y seleccione “Apply” para comenzar su aplicación en línea.