Vacancies at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duties

•  Assist in monitoring the implementation of UNHCR programme including the delivery of all assistance items and monitoring of infrastructure.
•  Assist in administrative tasks as required such as preparation of reports and meeting authorized personnel and assisting them during field missions.
•  Act as interpreter in the exchange of routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
•  Collect data and other information relevant to UNHCR and report to the supervisor accordingly.
•  Keep regular contacts with local authorities and implementing partners as requested by supervisor.
•  In coordination with implementing partners, assist in the reception, registration and provision of assistance to persons of concern to UNHCR.
•  Follow up, on a regular basis, the overall situation of persons of concern in camps and other areas where they have been accommodated and report accordingly.
•  Liaise with local authority counterparts, partners and populations of concern.
•  Direct incidents and problems to the supervisor when they cannot be resolved at their level.
•  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

• 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

• Business Administration Law Political Science
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Desirable

• Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of the position.

Functional Skills

• *ITComputer Literacy
• CODrafting and Documentation
• CLMultistakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

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Duties

•  Explore partnerships to facilitate the economic inclusion of refugees, such as line ministries, private sector and development actors in accordance with UNHCR Global and Country level policies, priorities, and strategies, in particular the Global Compact on Refugees. This includes advocating with public and private sector services providers to include UNHCR PoC in supporting services (business development, microfinance, training, saving accounts, poverty alleviation and social protection, etc.).
•  Work with the multifunctional team, more specifically with the Protection Unit, support the assessment of the legal framework for the right to work and rights at work and recommend/implement advocacy initiatives and policy reform to improve UNHCR PoC's economic inclusion, rights and access to work.
•  Build on UNHCR databases to support regular information sharing and coordination among different humanitarian, developmental and governmental stakeholders. This includes supporting the implementation of socioeconomic and wealth ranking surveys utilising communitybased strategies to inform targeting, monitoring and facilitation of development programmes.
•  Conduct necessary assessments in collaboration with relevant private and public stakeholders, including impact assessments on local economies and surveys that help to identify investment and funding opportunities that enhance the economic inclusion of UNHCR PoC.
•  In case UNHCR is implementing specific livelihoods activities, work closely with and provide technical assistance on livelihoods interventions to help ensure they are marketbased, and that the role of UNHCR has been strategically determined in consideration of its comparative advantage visàvis other partners.
•  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 P1/NOA  1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

• Business Management, SocioEconomics Development, Economics, International Economics, Rural Development, Financial Management or other relevant field.

Relevant Job Experience
Essential

• Experience in facilitating the economic inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized groups in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, ideally in varied field contexts. Experience in working in partnership with private sector, NGOs, UN organisations, development actors, and government authorities in subsectors relevant to livelihood programming e.g. financial inclusion, employment, entrepreneurship, private sector development, local economic development, poverty reduction, agriculture, livestock, vocational and technical education and training, etc.

Desirable

• Knowledge about latest development in the livelihoods sector, including broader UN processes on the SDGs and the Global Compact on Refugees.

Functional Skills

• LVStrategic Planning and Advocacy for Refugee Socioeconomic Rights
• MGProject Management
• SONetworking
• CODrafting and Documentation
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.