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Senior Protection Assistant

Job Title : Senior Protection Assistant – UNOPS LICA-5 Individual contractors
Job ID: 33649
Location: Tripoli, Libya
Salary Grade

Hardship Level : E
Family Location Type : Non-Family
Eligible Applicants This position is advertised open to Group 1, Group 2, if applicable, and external applicants.

Procedures and Eligibility
Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS).

Detailed
Job Description
. General Background
(Brief description of the national, sector-specific or other relevant context in which the individual contractor will operate)
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The Senior Protection Assistant normally reports to the Assistant Protection Officer. The incumbent monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support. The Senior Protection Assistant provides quality, timely and effective protection support to persons of concern (PoC) and identifies opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and safeguards in operational responses. The Senior Protection Assistant 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 and other colleagues.

2. Purpose and Scope of Assignment
(Concise and detailed description of activities, tasks and responsibilities to be undertaken, including expected travel, if applicable)
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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.

Within the Field Protection Unit, the incumbent has to cover the following duties/task:

¿ Conduct regular and systematic visits to detention centers in Tripoli and outside Tripoli for protection monitoring, identification for referrals, verification.
¿ Update the relevant reports associated to each location in order to feed protection reporting requirements and the various reports produced.
¿ Conduct verification exercises before transfers, evacuations or relocations to locate individuals who are on a given ETM/or HC manifest and finalize all relevant procedures.
¿ Participate in rotational basis with FPU staff in RAS intervention.
¿ Protection monitoring and identification of vulnerable PoC at DCs and DPs for further referral to technical units or other partners and follow up.
¿ Conduct systematic counseling and awareness raising sessions for PoC at DCs.
¿ Provision of general information about UNHCR services.
¿ Distribution and dissemination of leaflets with useful information.
¿ Verification/Updating of ProGres data as needed.
¿ Conduct protection monitoring through use of relevant Kobo forms

3. Monitoring and Progress Controls
(Clear description of measurable outputs, milestones, key performance indicators and/or reporting requirements which will enable performance monitoring)

To achieve the job requirements, the incumbent will have to rely on technological awareness in data recording and reporting. They will also have to have good drafting and analytical skills to report on the situation of individual POCs and identify trends.

The incumbent will have to have good verbal communication skills as well, to enable effective counseling. Previous experience in counseling in a humanitarian setting will be of added value.

This is a desk-based position, which will mostly entail from the incumbent to respond to tasks and undertake associated tasks with the enhancement of hotline efforts. They will also respond to queries received through social media and instant messaging as well as other sources as needed.

4. Qualifications and Experience
(List the required education, work experience, expertise and competencies of the individual contractor. The listed education and experience should correspond with the level at which the contract is offered.)

a. Education (Level and area of required and/or preferred education)
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Field(s) of Education

Not applicable.

Certificates and/or Licenses

Not applicable
Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

b. Work Experience
(List number of years and area of required work experience. Clearly distinguish between required experience and experience which could be an asset.)
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For G5 – 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

c. Key Competencies
(Technical knowledge, skills, managerial competencies or other personal competencies relevant to the performance of the assignment. Clearly distinguish between required and desired competencies)

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

Essential competencies
C3- Communication- L2
C6- Organizational awareness- L2
C1- Accountability- L2
C5- Client & results orientation- L2
XF1- Analytical thinking- L2
XF3- Technological awareness- L2
Language Requirements
Please also note that English is essential for this Job Opening.
Additional Information
Written test may be administered during the recruitment process.
Closing Date
Closing date: 24/02/2022

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