{"id":38658,"date":"2017-06-20T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T09:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=38658"},"modified":"2017-06-20T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T09:57:01","slug":"un-high-commissioner-refugees-ongoing-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/un-high-commissioner-refugees-ongoing-recruitment.html","title":{"rendered":"UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ongoing Recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Representation Office in Nigeria invites application from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position whose particulars are given below:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Job Title:<\/strong> <strong>Assistant Protection Officer, NO-A<\/strong><br \/>\nVacancy Number: 2017\/VA\/015<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: Maiduguri Office<br \/>\n<strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria wishes to engage the services of an Assistant Protection Officer in its Maiduguri Office on a Fixed-Term basis.<\/li>\n<li>The Assistant Protection Officer, under the supervision of the Senior Protection Officer, will coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern; identifying opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors.<\/li>\n<li>S\/He will contribute to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and represent the organization externally on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor.<\/li>\n<li>To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities<\/strong><br \/>\nThe incumbent will have the following Responsibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.<\/li>\n<li>Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN\/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.<\/li>\n<li>Assess resettlement needs and apply priorities for the resettlement of individuals and groups of refugees and other persons of concern.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy with sectorial and\/or cluster partners.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to and facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.<\/li>\n<li>Provide inputs for the development of global \/ regional international protection policies and standards.<\/li>\n<li>Implement and monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection\/solutions activities.<\/li>\n<li>Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.<\/li>\n<li>Assess needs for Promote and find durable solutions for the largest possible number of persons of concern through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.<\/li>\n<li>Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to persons of concern.<\/li>\n<li>Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct eligibility and status determination for persons of concern in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection principles.<\/li>\n<li>Promote and contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to a country-level child protection and education plan as part of the protection strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Essential Minimum Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completion of University degree in Law, International Law, political Sciences or related field.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 2 years of relevant professional job experience.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent knowledge of English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language and\/or local language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Desirable Qualifications &amp; Competencies: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diverse field experience desirable.<\/li>\n<li>Good IT skills including database management skills.<\/li>\n<li>Completion of the Protection Learning Programme, RSD- Resettlement Learning Programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><br \/>\nInterested and qualified candidates should send their application\/letter of motivation, resume and fully completed and signed UN Personal History Form (P11) and send via email to: <strong>niglahr@unhcr.org<\/strong> quoting in the subject line the above vacancy notice number and title of the position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/recruit\/p11new.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Click here to download P11 Form (Doc)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no need to send other certificates with the application at this stage<\/li>\n<li>Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.<\/li>\n<li>Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.<\/li>\n<li>Applications from female candidates are strongly encouraged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline \u00a0<\/strong>1st July, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Representation Office in Nigeria invites application from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position whose particulars are given below: Job Title: Assistant Protection Officer,&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[262],"tags":[124],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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