Overview
The Community-Based Protection Associate works directly with communities of concern to identify risks and leverage capacities for protection. The role supports the application of community-based protection standards and operational procedures at the field level.
Key Responsibilities
- - Assist in integrating participatory and community-based approaches into the protection strategy.
- - Stay abreast of developments impacting the protection environment and advise the protection team.
- - Work with communities and partners to develop community-owned activities addressing social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational, and livelihood concerns.
- - Assist in analysing the capacities of communities and the risks they face.
- - Support participatory assessments and ongoing consultation with communities of concern.
- - Assist in planning and monitoring of programmes and budgets.
- - Build office capacity for community-based protection through training and establishing systems.
- - Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
- - Ensure community understanding of UNHCR's commitment to accountability and quality assurance.
- - Act as an interpreter and respond to routine queries.
- - Contribute to the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis.
- - Initiate AGD sensitive interventions and respond to protection concerns.
- - Identify and select individuals or groups for counselling and field visits.
- - Intervene with authorities on protection matters.
- - Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies and standards.
- - Recommend and prepare payments to individual cases.
- - Support the identification and management of risks and opportunities.
- - Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience
For G6 - 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
Qualifications
- Certificates and/or Licenses:
- Development, Human Rights, International Law
- International Social Work, Social Science, Political Science,
- (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
- Education:
- Certifications
- Community Development/Social Work - Other, Development Studies - Other, Human Rights - Other, International Law - Other, Political Science - Other, Social Sciences - Other
