Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
This position is advertised open to internal and external applicants. Read additional information before applying.
Procedures and Eligibility
This position is open to applications from Group 1, Group 2 and all external candidates, provided that requirements regarding professional experience, academic qualifications, language, etc. are fulfilled.

TO THE ATTENTION OF EXTERNAL CANDIDATES:
External candidates must be legally present in Uganda at the time of application, recruitment and hire. Non-Ugandan citizens are required to submit a valid Ugandan residence permit to be considered.

Your application will NOT be considered if;
• The application form is not duly filled.
• The questionnaire at the end of the application form is not answered. (for external candidates)
• A valid residence permit is not attached to the application. (for non-Ugandan external candidates only)

Duties and Qualifications
Identify/ Map out stateless persons:
• Support the Government in conducting assessments on the scale of statelessness through participatory assessment (numbers, geographical spread, etc.)
• Understand the profile of the population that is affected by statelessness (demographic composition, including data disaggregated by sex and age);
• Determine causes, obstacles, and solutions to statelessness (gaps in legislation, administrative practice, etc.) and identify protection issues faced by the population.

Prevention Activities:
• Promote accession to 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
• Advocate and provide technical advice on nationality legislation.
• Advocate for improved birth registration and documentation
• Build capacity of the Government on statelessness, domestic and international laws with the focus on nationality laws.
• Work with academic institutions to introduce curriculum on statelessness

Reduction Activities:
• Work with the Government and Partners to conduct regular outreaches to stateless communities and those at risk of statelessness.
• Provide legal counselling to stateless communities.
• Advocate for changes to the law and policy to allow for inclusion of stateless/at risk population
• Advocate for facilitated naturalization and durable solutions for stateless refugees.

Protection Activities:
• Ensure enjoyment of basic human rights by stateless persons
• Advocate and provide technical advice for establishing improving status determination procedures for stateless persons
• Advocate for adequate legislation and effective administrative practices to ensure rights of stateless persons
• Advocate for integration of stateless persons/former stateless people into development programmes
• Promote the IBelong Campaign to create awareness on statelessness

Qualifications and Experience
Education
University Degree in Law is required

Working experience
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience is required
• Experience in conducting participatory assessments is required
• Extensive experience on Statelessness and citizenship law is required
• Extensive knowledge of domestic and international laws, with a particular focus on statelessness and nationality laws is required
• Solid experience in coordinating stakeholders including Government, UN Agencies, and civil society is required
• Ability to analyse nationality and civil registration laws and procedures is required
• Ability to operate in complex political situations is required
• Sound knowledge of Gender, age and diversity approach is required
• Excellent communication and drafting skills is required
• Good drafting skills is required

Desirable
Professionalism and knowledge of the statelessness in Uganda is desirable.

Functional Skills
• PR-Statelessness- Doctrinal issues on nationality and statelessness;
• PR-Statelessness- Principles and Procedures, operational arrangements/assistance Legal Standards on Statelessness;
• LE-Legal Research;
• LE-International Law;

Language Requirements
• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Core Competencies
• Accountability
• Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning

Client & Result Orientation
Managerial Competencies
Judgement and Decision Making

Empowering and Building Trust
• Cross-Functional Competencies
• Analytical Thinking
• Planning and Organizing
• Change Capability and Adaptability

Additional Information
Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit for a test. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. No late applications will be accepted.
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.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Uganda began engaging in stateless activities in 2017 with the signing of the Brazzaville Declaration on Eradication of Statelessness in the Great Lakes region. This Regional Plan of Action was then further expanded and extended until the end of the #Ibelong Campaign by 2024.

In line with this regional framework to address statelessness and in the spirit of the 2019 Nairobi ICGLR Ministerial Conference held in April 2019, Uganda delivered six pledges at the High-Level Segment on Statelessness in October 2019 to kickstart the second half of the #IBELONG# Campaign. The pledges are;
1) Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness by 2020
2) By the end of 2019, finalize and approve the National Action Plan to serve as the national strategy to eradicate statelessness in the country by 2024
3) By 2021, complete a legal study on statelessness and citizenship to better understand and address the factors leaving certain populations stateless or at risk of statelessness and to support comprehensive legal and constitutional reform.
4) By 2024, introduce and implement safeguard in its nationality law to grant nationality to children born on the territory who would otherwise be stateless.
5) By 2024, introduce a law reform to prevent denial or attribution of nationality at birth on discriminatory grounds.
6) By 2024, ensure that the Maragoli, Benet, Ugandan-Asian and other unrecognized communities present in Uganda since before 1926 are recognized as citizens of Uganda (to ensure they are issued with the nationality documentation).

As a state, Uganda through the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for citizenship matters and designing legal and policy reforms necessary for addressing issues pertaining to statelessness. Uganda is party to the 1954 Convention relating to the status of Stateless persons and is making progress on accession to the 1961 Convention on the reduction of Statelessness. Uganda has also developed and validated the National Action Plan on Eradication of Statelessness.

In line with the above, the Assistant Legal Officer (Statelessness) will support the Government notably the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the implementation of stateless activities in the following areas: Identification, Prevention, Reduction and Protection of stateless persons. The Assistant Legal Officer (Statelessness) is a member of the Protection unit and will report to the Senior Protection Officer

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
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