Overview
Support the implementation of UNHCR’s Community-Based Protection (CBP) strategy at field level, ensuring meaningful participation of refugees and host communities in protection interventions.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of UNHCR’s Community-Based Protection (CBP) strategy at field level, ensuring meaningful participation of refugees and host communities in protection interventions.
- Support in conducting community outreach, protection monitoring and participatory assessments to identify and analyze protection risks, capacities, and priorities, with particular attention to age, gender and diversity (AGD).
- Support the establishment, strengthening and follow-up of community-based protection structures, including refugee committees, women and youth groups, and protection focal points.
- Assist in the identification, referral and follow-up of persons with specific needs, in coordination with partners and relevant service providers.
- Support prevention and response activities related to GBV, child protection and other protection risks, including awareness-raising and community sensitization.
- Contribute to protection mainstreaming across all sectors by working closely with UNHCR units and implementing partners.
- Participate in coordination meetings with government counterparts, NGOs, community leaders and other stakeholders at local level.
- Support the collection, documentation and analysis of protection data and contribute to situation reports, activity reports and protection updates.
- Support in promoting accountability to affected populations (AAP) by supporting feedback and complaint mechanisms and ensuring community concerns are reported and followed up.
- Support in monitoring protection activities implemented by partners in the field and provide feedback to supervisors.
- Perform any other protection-related duties as required by the supervisor.
Required Experience
- Prior experience in refugee, displacement or emergency contexts is essential.
- Experience working with the government and local authorities is required
- Solid experience in working in a sensitive context and familiarity with the refugee dynamics in the Great Lakes region is essential
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Development Studies, Law, Human Rights, Sociology, Psychology, International Relations, or a related field
