Job: Assistant Protection Officer (NOA) at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Company

Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Category:

Type: Full Time

Deadline: 4/7/2017 12:00:00 AM

Salary:

Description
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Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Protection Officer the incumbent performs the following 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 persons of concern;
- 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;
- Conduct eligibility and status determination for persons of concern in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection principles;
- Promote and contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness;
- Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy;
- Provide inputs for the development of global/ regional international protection policies and standards;
- Implement and monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/ solutions activities;
- Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection; monitor and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents;
- 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;
- Assess resettlement needs and apply priorities for the resettlement of individuals and groups of refugees and other persons of concern;
- Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD-based programming with implementing and operational partners;
- Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy with sectorial and/ or cluster partners;
- Contribute to and facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems;
- Contribute to capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights;
- Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures;
- Perform other duties as required.

RequiredQualifications
- University degree in Law, International Law, Political Sciences or a related field;
- At least 2 years of relevant professional experience;
- Excellent knowledge of English language and working knowledge of another UN language;
- Very good knowledge of local language and local institutions;
- Diverse field experience is desirable;
- Good IT skills including database management skills;
- Completion of the Protection Learning Programme and RSD (Resettlement Learning Programme).

Benefits

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