Overview
The Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant supports the application of community-based protection standards and works directly with communities to identify risks and leverage capacities for protection.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in integrating participatory and community-based approaches in the protection strategy.
- Advise the protection team on the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of persons of concern.
- Assist in initiatives with host communities to involve national civil society groups.
- Support partners and communities in developing community-owned activities.
- Assist in analysis identifying capacities and risks faced by communities.
- Support participatory assessments and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
- Support efforts to build office capacity for community-based protection.
- Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
- Ensure community understanding of UNHCR's commitment to accountability and quality assurance.
- Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets.
- Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports.
- Act as an interpreter in exchange of routine information.
- Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis.
- Initiate AGD sensitive interventions on community-based protection issues.
- Identify and recommend individuals or groups for counselling and field visits.
- Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies.
- Support the identification and management of risks and opportunities.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience
2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
- Certificates and Licenses: Development, Human Rights, International Law, Social Work, Social Science, Political Science.
