Job Openings at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duties

• Stay abreast with the operational developments and assist in the preparation of briefing notes and reports.
• Assist in consolidation of data and facilitate the preparation of periodic reports including Sitreps, Fact Sheets and other activity specific reports.
• Liaise with internal and external partners to gather information.
• Work closely with Information Management Unit to ensure accurate and standard data presentation.
• Assist in the development of funding submissions, appeals and reports.
• Prepare and distribute meeting minutes.
• Consolidate and provide inputs for donor reports.
• Enforce compliance with reporting requirements.
• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

• For G6 - 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Certificates and/or Licenses

• International Law; *Post-Sec Training Certificat.; Journalism;
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

Essential

• Minimum 3 years relevant work experience.

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Duties

• Draft briefing notes, press releases, bulletins, reports, newsletters and prepare any other public information material, as required
• Facilitate and accompany visits of foreign delegations, partner NGOs, donors and the media to refugee camps
• Draft and translate routine correspondence and texts.
• Assist with developing and implementing UNHCR's social media strategy conceptualize and pitch stories for UNHCR's global website.
• Ensure that public information materials including fact sheets, information brochures, briefing materials from the Branch Office, etc. are available.
• Organize visibility events (e.g. World Refugee Day) and liaise with partners, refugees and local communities on implementation.
• May be required to assist in compilation of weekly, monthly, annual/quarterly thematic reports, situations reports etc.
• Review media daily and ensure the office is kept informed of local developments.
• Provide information on UNHCR's activities to external partners.
• Respond to non-complex media queries and incoming correspondence.
• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience

Years of Experience / Degree Level

• For G5 - 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
• Certificates and/or Licenses
• International Relations, Journalism Political Science
• Communication Media
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)