وظائف شاغرة لدى منظمة UNHCR: مطلوب مساعدين/ت للعمل في تحديد وضع اللاجئ (RSD Associate)
- This vacancy is administered under RAP – UNHCR/HCP/2022/07:
- Candidates are divided into 3 categories:
- Internal candidates: current staff, holding a fixed term or indefinite appointment, who, at the date of the deadline for application, are serving in the same category of the vacancy, at the grade of the position or one grade below or above.
- Candidates with UNHCR experience: current staff in other categories of the vacancy, or same category applying 2 grades above their own, TAs, Affiliates (UNVs, UNOPS, Consultants, interns), or former UNHCR staff who held FTA/IND appointment (within 2 years of separation for males and 5 years for females).
- External candidates
- Candidates will be assessed against the requirements of the position based on their qualifications, professional experience, skills, and performance record (if any) and may be further evaluated in a test and/or interview.
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- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- UNHCR is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, color or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. UNHCR has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment. Successful candidates will be subject to a mandatory UN Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment clearance check prior to receiving an offer. UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training, or any other fees). All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The RSD Associate is a member of the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) team. S/he is responsible for supporting all activities related to the processing of refugee claims in the Operation. The RSD Associate provides counselling to, and responds to queries from, asylum seekers and refugees regarding UNHCR's RSD procedures, their rights and obligations, including towards the host authorities, and the status of the processing of their claims. In discharging these responsibilities, the RSD Associate liaises closely with Registration, Community Services, Resettlement, and other Protection staff. The RSD Associate is responsible for conducting COI and other research related to RSD and maintaining the Operation's local repository of relevant information, guidelines and standards. S/he may also assist in drafting RSD Assessments. The RSD Associate assists in compiling and analysing information related to the RSD activities of the Operation, and in drafting related correspondence and reports. The RSD Associate may provide interpretation and/or translation services in cases for which s/he has the required language competencies.
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.
Duties
– Stay abreast of legal, political, security and other developments which impact on the protection environment, and in particular, on protection delivery through RSD.
– Assist in the development of the RSD strategy of the operation and in the annual planning exercise.
– Provide counselling to, and respond to queries from, asylum seekers and refugees, including in the context of the notification of negative RSD decisions.
– Maintain accurate and up-to date records and data related to all work on individual cases.
– Assist in preventing and identifying fraud in RSD through oversight, advice and guidance to UNHCR staff, partners and persons of concern.
– Systematically apply an age, gender and diversity (AGD) perspective in the performance of assigned functions.
– Conduct research on country of origin information (COI) and other issues related to RSD and maintain the Operation's local repository of relevant information, guidelines and standards accessible to RSD staff in the operation.
– Assist in monitoring RSD trends and in compiling and analysing RSD statistics related to RSD case processing.
– Assist in developing and maintaining processes to ensure that persons of concern, Government authorities and partners have accurate information on the RSD procedures, including UNHCR standards, policies and practice.
– Assist in initiatives to advocate with and support Government authorities and legal partners to establish and strengthen fair and efficient RSD procedures and RSD decision-making.
– Draft correspondence and reports relating to the RSD activities of the Operation.
– Refer individual cases to other functional units in the Operation and/or external partners for appropriate follow-up, in accordance with established criteria.
– Counsel individual asylum-seekers on the reasons for negative RSD decisions, in accordance with the RSD SOPs.
– 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.
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