Employment Opportunities at UNHCR
JOB DETAILS:
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant is a member of the Protection Unit and may report to the Protection Officer, Community-Based Protection Officer, or another more senior staff member in the Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, the Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant works directly with communities of concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to protect themselves, their families and communities. The incumbent supports the application of community-based protection standards, operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at the field level. To fulfil this role, the Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant is required to spend a substantial percentage of the workday outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern (PoC). The development and maintenance of constructive relationships with PoC that measurably impact and enhance protection planning, programming and results, form the core of the work of the incumbent. S/he also supports the designing of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring that it is based on consultation with PoC.
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
1. Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection strategy.
2. Through relationships with PoC and network of partners, stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide advice to the protection team. Understand the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the PoC and advise the protection team accordingly, highlighting the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, marginalized groups.
3. Assist in initiatives with host communities to involve national civil society groups in the protection of PoC.
4. Support implementing and operational partners as well as displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to GBV.
5. Assist in the analysis that identifies the capacities of communities of concern and risks they face.
6. Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with PoC.
7. Support efforts to build the office capacity for community-based protection.
8. Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
9. Ensure community understanding of UNHCR's commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
10. Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
11. Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
12. Act as an interpreter in exchange of routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
13. Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR's work.
14. Initiate AGD sensitive interventions at the appropriate level on community-based protection issues and to respond to protection concerns and incidents within the office and with persons and communities of concern based on agreed parameters.
15. Identify and recommend which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
16. Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
17. Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Years of Experience / Degree Level
1. For G5- 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Functional Skills
1. UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
2. *IT-Computer Literacy
3. IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
4. PR-Community-based Protection - Principles and methodologies
5. CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community
6. (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
1. For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
2. For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
3. For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Human Resources Associate supports the UNHCR's People Strategy and contributes to the implementation of the 2018 independent Human Resources review, which resulted in the establishment of HR strategic priorities and the reconfiguration and transformation of the Division of Human Resources (DHR) from a largely transactional model into a strategic business partner for field operations and senior management. Having the right people in the right place at the right time is at the core of enabling UNHCR to protect and respond to persons of concern. By attracting, retaining and developing a talented, diverse and agile workforce while nurturing a culture of excellence, respect and wellbeing for all, UNHCR¿s Human Resources acts as a strategic partner to the organization, enabling a people-centric culture.
The Human Resources Associate provides support and assistance in the areas of operational support, workforce planning, assignments and talent acquisition, organizational cultural changes, HR policy implementation and duty of care in the area of responsibility (AOR). The incumbent maintains employee confidence and protects the organization and its workforce by keeping human resources information confidential.
The Human Resources Associate is usually supervised by the Associate HR Officer, HR Officer or another HR or admin staff. This position can be located in a Country Operation, Multi-Country Office, Regional Bureau or Headquarters. The Human Resources Associate may supervise General Service staff. The supervisor provides the incumbent with regular guidance. The incumbent works quite independently on regular assignments with an oversight from the supervisor, assisting him/her in personnel administration and other HR related matters.
The incumbent may maintain a direct working relationship with a number of units within the Division of Human Resources (DHR).
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
Human Resources Operational Support:
1. Implement HR operational activities to ensure timely provision of HR solutions, prioritizing according to the needs and risks. This may include.
2. Administration of recruitment, assignment and separation of local staff in the AOR, in accordance with UN/UNHCR rules and procedures.
3. Update of personnel records in the Office, including MSRP entries into HR module where required.
4. Assisting with recruitment and other procedures related to affiliate workforce, including MSRP entriesinto MSRP where required
5. Contribution to workforce planning activities.
6. Provision of a HR customer service-oriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation and high performance.
7. Enforce compliance with UNHCR¿s Human Resources policies and procedures and the UN staff rules, regulations and UNHCR administrative instructions.
Assignments and Talent Acquisition:
1. Participate in the recruitment of local staff including the issuance of vacancy notices and arranging for required tests and interviews, and preparation of submissions for the review by the Assignments Committee (AC).
2. Assist in organizing outreach campaigns to attract diverse applicants.
3. Advice to staff and contribution to an inclusive work environment.
4. Build dialog and outreach with the workforce; answer questions, and provide information to staff as to where to go for help or ask questions.
5. Track and report on recruitment and assignments activities.
Advise staff members and affiliate workforce on their rights, obligations, benefits and entitlements.
1. Be proactive in identifying issues, themes and patterns affecting the workforce¿s health and welfare, including sexual harassment and abuse of authority.
2. Assist in the provision of on-boarding, induction, re-integration into the workplace and off-boarding to colleagues.
3. Assistance in implementation of HR initiatives that support organizational culture change such as good people management practices, and promoting gender, inclusion and diversity.
Duty of Care:
1. Assist in the security and medical evacuations of UNHCR personnel. Maintain daily tracking record of staff and families to provide accurate information in case of emergency.
2. Administer UNHCR medical insurance plan for locally recruited staff.
3. Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G6 - 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Field(s) of Education
N / A
Certificates and/or Licenses
Business Administration, Office Management, Human Resources Management
or related field.
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Experience working in Human Resources. Knowledge of general HR policies, processes and systems.
Desirable
Experience in HR information technology systems and tools. Experience working with the United Nations. Experience working in a multi-cultural setting.
Functional Skills
UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
*IT-Computer Literacy
HR-Local mass recruitment
HR-Talent Development and Nurturing
HR-Employee Relationship Management
SO-Learning Agility
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
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.
All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.
As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.
This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.
Desired Candidate Profile
HR Associate is required to have enough work experience in local vacancy management as well as full grasp of recruitment and assignment policy on national vacancy management to act as AC Secretary.
This position requires a very high skill of Workday since the incumbent will oversee and be the reference to HR team in technicality of Workday process.
Candidate is required to be familiar with position management, preparation of RAF a well as staffing review.
Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level):
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JOB DETAILS:
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant is a member of the Protection Unit and may report to the Protection Officer, Community-Based Protection Officer, or another more senior staff member in the Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, the Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant works directly with communities of concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to protect themselves, their families and communities. The incumbent supports the application of community-based protection standards, operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at the field level. To fulfil this role, the Senior Community-Based Protection Assistant is required to spend a substantial percentage of the workday outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern (PoC). The development and maintenance of constructive relationships with PoC that measurably impact and enhance protection planning, programming and results, form the core of the work of the incumbent. S/he also supports the designing of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring that it is based on consultation with PoC.
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
1. Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection strategy.
2. Through relationships with PoC and network of partners, stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide advice to the protection team. Understand the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the PoC and advise the protection team accordingly, highlighting the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, marginalized groups.
3. Assist in initiatives with host communities to involve national civil society groups in the protection of PoC.
4. Support implementing and operational partners as well as displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to GBV.
5. Assist in the analysis that identifies the capacities of communities of concern and risks they face.
6. Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with PoC.
7. Support efforts to build the office capacity for community-based protection.
8. Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
9. Ensure community understanding of UNHCR's commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
10. Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
11. Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
12. Act as an interpreter in exchange of routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
13. Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR's work.
14. Initiate AGD sensitive interventions at the appropriate level on community-based protection issues and to respond to protection concerns and incidents within the office and with persons and communities of concern based on agreed parameters.
15. Identify and recommend which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
16. Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
17. Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Years of Experience / Degree Level
1. For G5- 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Functional Skills
1. UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
2. *IT-Computer Literacy
3. IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
4. PR-Community-based Protection - Principles and methodologies
5. CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community
6. (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
1. For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
2. For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
3. For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Human Resources Associate supports the UNHCR's People Strategy and contributes to the implementation of the 2018 independent Human Resources review, which resulted in the establishment of HR strategic priorities and the reconfiguration and transformation of the Division of Human Resources (DHR) from a largely transactional model into a strategic business partner for field operations and senior management. Having the right people in the right place at the right time is at the core of enabling UNHCR to protect and respond to persons of concern. By attracting, retaining and developing a talented, diverse and agile workforce while nurturing a culture of excellence, respect and wellbeing for all, UNHCR¿s Human Resources acts as a strategic partner to the organization, enabling a people-centric culture.
The Human Resources Associate provides support and assistance in the areas of operational support, workforce planning, assignments and talent acquisition, organizational cultural changes, HR policy implementation and duty of care in the area of responsibility (AOR). The incumbent maintains employee confidence and protects the organization and its workforce by keeping human resources information confidential.
The Human Resources Associate is usually supervised by the Associate HR Officer, HR Officer or another HR or admin staff. This position can be located in a Country Operation, Multi-Country Office, Regional Bureau or Headquarters. The Human Resources Associate may supervise General Service staff. The supervisor provides the incumbent with regular guidance. The incumbent works quite independently on regular assignments with an oversight from the supervisor, assisting him/her in personnel administration and other HR related matters.
The incumbent may maintain a direct working relationship with a number of units within the Division of Human Resources (DHR).
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
Human Resources Operational Support:
1. Implement HR operational activities to ensure timely provision of HR solutions, prioritizing according to the needs and risks. This may include.
2. Administration of recruitment, assignment and separation of local staff in the AOR, in accordance with UN/UNHCR rules and procedures.
3. Update of personnel records in the Office, including MSRP entries into HR module where required.
4. Assisting with recruitment and other procedures related to affiliate workforce, including MSRP entriesinto MSRP where required
5. Contribution to workforce planning activities.
6. Provision of a HR customer service-oriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation and high performance.
7. Enforce compliance with UNHCR¿s Human Resources policies and procedures and the UN staff rules, regulations and UNHCR administrative instructions.
Assignments and Talent Acquisition:
1. Participate in the recruitment of local staff including the issuance of vacancy notices and arranging for required tests and interviews, and preparation of submissions for the review by the Assignments Committee (AC).
2. Assist in organizing outreach campaigns to attract diverse applicants.
3. Advice to staff and contribution to an inclusive work environment.
4. Build dialog and outreach with the workforce; answer questions, and provide information to staff as to where to go for help or ask questions.
5. Track and report on recruitment and assignments activities.
Advise staff members and affiliate workforce on their rights, obligations, benefits and entitlements.
1. Be proactive in identifying issues, themes and patterns affecting the workforce¿s health and welfare, including sexual harassment and abuse of authority.
2. Assist in the provision of on-boarding, induction, re-integration into the workplace and off-boarding to colleagues.
3. Assistance in implementation of HR initiatives that support organizational culture change such as good people management practices, and promoting gender, inclusion and diversity.
Duty of Care:
1. Assist in the security and medical evacuations of UNHCR personnel. Maintain daily tracking record of staff and families to provide accurate information in case of emergency.
2. Administer UNHCR medical insurance plan for locally recruited staff.
3. Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G6 - 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Field(s) of Education
N / A
Certificates and/or Licenses
Business Administration, Office Management, Human Resources Management
or related field.
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Experience working in Human Resources. Knowledge of general HR policies, processes and systems.
Desirable
Experience in HR information technology systems and tools. Experience working with the United Nations. Experience working in a multi-cultural setting.
Functional Skills
UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
*IT-Computer Literacy
HR-Local mass recruitment
HR-Talent Development and Nurturing
HR-Employee Relationship Management
SO-Learning Agility
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
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.
All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.
As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.
This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.
Desired Candidate Profile
HR Associate is required to have enough work experience in local vacancy management as well as full grasp of recruitment and assignment policy on national vacancy management to act as AC Secretary.
This position requires a very high skill of Workday since the incumbent will oversee and be the reference to HR team in technicality of Workday process.
Candidate is required to be familiar with position management, preparation of RAF a well as staffing review.
Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level):
Job Info
Job Category:
Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Uganda
Job Type:
Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 10 March 2023
Duty Station: Kampala
Posted:
25-02-2023
No of Jobs:
2
Start Publishing:
25-02-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030):
25-02-2077
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