Job Title: Assistant Protection Officer (SGBV)
Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10028855
Vacancy Notice: 049/2018
Reports to: Protection Officer
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
Post Grade: NOA
About UNHCR:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Job Summary: The Assistant Protection Officer (SGBV) is a member of the protection team in Sub-Office Mbarara. He/she assists in providing functional SGBV guidance to other protection, information management and programme staff. The incumbent works directly with communities and persons of concern to identify the risks and ensure the implementation of a community and rights based approach. The incumbent will support the application of community-based protection standards, operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at the field level. To fulfil this role the Protection Associate (Community-Based) is required to spend a substantial percentage of her/his time working outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern.
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How to Apply:
All interested Ugandan nationals who wish to join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to click on the link below and follow the application instructions after reviewing the job details.
Deadline: 28th October 2018
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