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Senior Administrative Asst

Duties

  • Assist in interpreting and processing of entitlements, issuance of contracts and maintenance of various personnel records and files.
  • Attend meetings on day-to-day admin matters; administer the movement of UNHCR staff members and monitor their attendance records, leave plans, overtime and visa requirements.
  • Search office files and records relating to a variety of topics for information and reference.  Select information and records in specified format or on the basis of general instructions for use by others in preparing reports, correspondence, technical papers, project or programme plans and general reference documents.
  • Assist in requisition of office supplies, equipment and arrange for distribution together with the appropriate inventory records.
  • Assist in administrative formalities related to travel arrangements and issuance/ renewal of visas, licences, travel arrangements and other similar documents.
  • Draft correspondence and reports, as required, on general administrative or specialized tasks which may be of a confidential nature within the assigned area of responsibility; Type correspondence, documents and reports, some of which may be highly confidential.
  • Arrange appointments and maintain supervisor’s calendar, receive visitors, place and screen telephone calls and answer queries with discretion; Keep lists of names, addresses and telephone numbers of ministers, government officials and members of the diplomatic corps.
  • Assist the management to organise and run UNHCR Office and Residential (wherever applicable) compounds.
  • Facilitate various official missions of UNHCR staff and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
  • Prepare attestations and certificates required by the staff members for signature of senior officer.
  • Assist in processing MIP and various other claims by UNHCR staff and other clients of UNHCR.
  • Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level

  • For G5 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

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Certificates and/or Licenses 

  • Business Administration,  Finance,    Office Management,  Human Resources, or other related field.
  • (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential) 

Nutrition & Food Security Assc

Duties

  • Support the design and implementation of nutrition and food security programmes based on up-to-date assessment and identification of needs in support of national health systems. 
  • Support the planning and implementation of UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys, joint food security assessments with WFP and partners. 
  • Support staff and partners to implement the Health Information Systems, SENS data base, Post Distribution Monitoring. 
  • Analyse and interpret related nutrition, food security and health data for reporting and advocacy and support the exchange and analysis of information on nutrition and food security at the national level with government and other partners.
  • Provide technical assistance on nutrition and food security to UNHCR’s staff and partners.
  • Advise on matters related to procurement of sector-related materials and equipment, and regular update on new development and specifications of such items.
  • Work with stakeholders, including UN agencies, NGOs, Ministries of Health and academic institutions in the development of Nutrition and food security plans associated with refugee movements (including in repatriation programmes).
  • Maintain and update contingency plans for potential outbreaks, refugee and returnee movements.
  • Advocate with government and partners for refugees, returnees and other POC¿s access to local public health and nutrition services as well as for their inclusion as a specific group in government policies, plans and social protection programmes.
  • Undertake and/or support capacity strengthening of UNHCR and its implementing partners to ensure the technical integrity of nutrition and food security programmes in a co-ordinated, multi-sectoral way.
  • Ensure close coordination with other humanitarian actors involved in nutrition, food security and related areas.
  • Undertake regular missions to camps in order to support, monitor and evaluate the implementation of nutrition activities to ensure quality services.  
  • 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

Community-Based Prot Asst

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Duties

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Assist in working with host communities to involve national civil society groups in improving the protection of PoC. 
  • Assist in the analysis that identifies the capacities of communities of concern and risks they face.
  • Support participatory assessments and ongoing consultation with PoC. 
  • Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
  • Ensure community understanding of UNHCR’s commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
  • Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective. 
  • Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
  • Act as an interpreter in exchange of routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
  • Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.
  • Identify and recommend which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
  • Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
  • Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

  • For G4 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education 
Not applicable.

  • Certificates and/or Licenses 
  • Development,    Human Rights, International Law
  • Social Work,    Social Science,    Political Science, 
  • (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential) 

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