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UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Field Office, Kasulu
invites qualified internal/external candidates to apply for the following
position

Vacancy Notice No TANKS/VN/2020/009
Position Title Assistant Community-Based Protection Officer
Position No 10009431

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Assistant Community-Based Protection Officer is a member of the Protection
Unit and will be based in UNHCR Field Office in Kasulu. He/she will be
supervised by the Community-Based Protection Officer with an overall
supervision of the Head of Field Office and in coordination with other UNHCR
staff, government, NG0 partners and other stakeholders, the Assistant
Community-Based Protection Officer 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 Assistant Community-Based Protection Officer is
required to spend a substantial percentage of the workday outside the office,
building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern
PoC. The development and maintenance of constructive relationships with PoC
that measurably impact and enhance protection planning, programming and
results form the core of the work of the incumbent. S/he also supports the
designing of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring that it is
based on consultation with PoC.

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

-->Be fully informed about community structures and the protection and security situation of the PoC and develop strong links with a cross-section of members of refugee/IDP/stateless communities, using an AGD approach.
-->Through relationships with PoC 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 senior management.
-->Ensure that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the PoC are reflected in the protection strategy, planning processes and operations plan addressing the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups.
-->Support a consultative process with government counterparts at local levels, partners and PoC to develop and implement integrated strategies that address the key protection priorities, including, for example, child protection, education and SGBV, and solutions approaches.
-->Provide technical guidance and support to UNHCR and partners and implement and oversee Standard Operating Procedures SOPs on all community-based protection related issues.
-->Support the design, implementation and evaluation of protection centred and solutions oriented programming with implementing and operational partners guaranteeing that community-owned activities are integrated.
-->Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures,
-->Promote confidence building and conflict resolution among PoC, authorities and host communities.
-->Maintain protection presence through regular field missions and reports, making direct contact with PoC, host communities, local authorities and partners. In operations applying the humanitarian cluster system, contribute to the development of an AGD-compliant strategy on which the response of the Protection Cluster is grounded and covers all assessed and prioritized protection needs of the affected populations.
-->Support the Operation’s work to fully integrate the protection strategy into the Country Operations Plan, the UN Development and Assistance Framework UNDAF, the Humanitarian Country Team’s common humanitarian action plan where applicable.
-->Contribute to the Protection team’s information management component which provides disaggregated data on PoC and their problems; researches, collects and disseminates relevant protection information and good practices to enhance protection delivery and provide technical advice if necessary,
-->Support the inclusion of participatory, community-based protection and AGD approaches in strategies and plans in the Country Operation.
-->Support community understanding of UNHCR’s commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
-->Support PoC to develop structures that enhance their participation and protection.
-->Contribute to the design of project submissions and the budget for endorsement by the supervisor.
-->Intervene with authorities on community-based protection issues.
-->Negotiate with local counterparts, partners and PoC.
-->Perform other related duties as required.

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