UNHCR is hiring Protection Associate 2023 in Cox’s Bazar

UNHCR is hiring Protection Associate 2023 in Cox’s Bazar 

Job Responsibilities :

• Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
•  Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC.
•  Provide advice on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
•  Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for PoC.
•  Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
• Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Contribute to a country-level education plan as part of the protection strategy.
•  Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
• Manage individual protection cases including those on GBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
•  Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
•  Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
•  Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on PoC and their problems.
•  Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
• Assist the supervisor in prioritizing PoC for interview, counselling and propose protection support for individual cases.
•  Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance of local implementing partners
• Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
•  Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct. 
•  Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC. 
•  Provide advice on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation. 
• Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for PoC. 
•  Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
• Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Contribute to a country-level education plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
•  Manage individual protection cases including those on GBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
•  Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
•  Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
•  Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on PoC and their problems. 
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
• Assist the supervisor in prioritizing PoC for interview, counselling and propose protection support for individual cases.
• Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance of local implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
•  Assit the supervisor with enforcing compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
•  Submit individual payments request for PoC for approval.  
•  Perform other related duties as required.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, takes the lead in protecting people forced to flee wars and persecution around the world, providing life-saving aid including shelter, food and water to ensure their basic safety, rights and dignity. With 18,879 women and men working in 137​ countries, we work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of 89.3 million forcibly displaced people worldwide.