Senior Regional Protection Officer (SGBV) at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Senior Regional Protection Officer (SGBV) will support country operations under the Area of Responsibility (AoR) and will be directly supervised by the (Deputy) Regional Representative or Head of Regional Hub and will receive specialist guidance from the senior SGBV advisor at HQ.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Advanced University Degree in International Law, Human Rights, International Development, International Relations, Anthropology, Political or Social Science, with authoritative knowledge of issues relating to refugee women, gender, humanitarian and development issues, and SGBV prevention and response.
• Minimum 10 years of job experiences relevant to the function of which at least 5 in an international context.
• Minimum 5 years previous experience managing Protection related projects in a humanitarian context; experience managing SGBV projects a significant asset.
• Thorough understanding of SGBV prevention and response in displacement.
• Experience managing SGBV projects and/or serving in an SGBV coordination role.
• Training design and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated capacities in RMB and M&E as well as database management.
• Excellent knowledge of English and working knowledge of another UN language.

(In offices where the working language is not English, excellent knowledge of working language of duty station and working knowledge of English.)

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES:

• Another UN language as asset.
• Inter-agency experience as asset.
• Experience using GBVIMS or other protection data management systems as an asset.
• OMLP.
• Knowledge in People Soft and UNHCR Global Focus.