Vacancy title:
Protection Associate
Jobs at:
UNHCRDeadline of this Job:
Monday, January 29 2024
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 15 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Purpose and Scope of Assignment
• Contribute to analysis of GBV trends and gaps, including by assisting with drafting briefing notes and analytical reports.
• Contribute to the design of GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response interventions under the projects.
• Support in providing technical guidance to UNHCR field teams, partners and government counterparts on GBV minimum standards under overall direction of the supervisor.
• Contribute to project monitoring by undertaking regular field visits and drafting monitoring reports.
• Support GBV capacity building initiatives, including streamlining training materials between project locations.
• Participate in meetings in the area of responsibility, ensuring that meetings are consultative and results oriented.
• Support coordination with different project sites, including with relevant UNHCR, partner and government counterparts. This includes technical teams, such as Livelihoods.
• Follow up on any changes in the Project Plan, verify baselines, targets and actuals contributing to the soundness of Project Plan and enhancement of data quality.
• Make regular field visits to provide support to UNHCR implementing partners/responsible parties, carrying specific activities within the project in the various settlements.
• Support the mid-term review and evaluation in collaboration with participating UN agencies and local partners.
• Support and participate programme activities including preparation of background documents and minutes taking.
• In close coordination with relevant stakeholder, review and develop harmonized national GBV/VAC/SRHR/TiP data management system, that is inter-operable with other Government/CSOs data management systems to generate timely administrative data.
• Compile and aggregate information elements required to produce standardized information products and implement data/information collection plans for baseline and context-specific data.
• Collect, collate and process information and perform data quality and consistency control.
• Compile, review and analyse monitoring reports and data of partners and teams, ensuring quality assurance and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures and standards. Generate monitoring and progress reports on a regular basis.
• Provide inputs to quarterly progress reports and contribute to the drafting of Annual and final project reports.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience
Education and Work Experience
• 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher including at least 2 years in the field experience in Data and Information Management and Analysis, Database programming and management, GBV prevention and response, broader protection or social work involving empowerment of women and girls, gender, child protection, mental health, counselling and working with survivors, humanitarian, and development issues. Experience working in protection of refugees in displacement settings and coordinating, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programmes. Experience with handling confidential data and demonstrated understanding of different data collection methodologies.
Key Competencies
• Strong experience in interacting and coordinating with UNHCR field teams, partners, UN agencies and government counterparts.
• Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with people in a multi-cultural environment successfully and effectively.
• Demonstrated capacities in monitoring and reporting on GBV and or protection is desirable.
• Fluency in English with excellent drafting and analytical skills is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.
• Knowledge of different data collection, analysis, and visualization tools (including but not limited to MS Excel, KoBo, Power BI) is essential.
• A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge and experience of working in GBV sector of Uganda is an asset.
Certifications
• HCR Protection Learning Curriculum
• HCR Gender Equality Lrng prg
• HCR Gender-Based Violence
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
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