Current Vacancy at UN High Commissioner (Senior Community Services Assistant) - 2015

The UN High Commissioner For Refugees is recruiting for the following positions

Job Title: Senior Community Services Assistant

Location 
Bauchi

Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, NGO, Non-Profit

Duties
Under the supervision and guidance of the Protection Officer, the Senior Community services Assistant act as a critical interface between UNHCR and communities of concern, providing an AGD sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities that form the essential foundations to all UNHCR work in a given country context.
Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, s/he works directly with communities to leverage their capacities for community based protection. To fulfill this role, the Senior Community Services Assistant is required to spend a substantial percentage of their time working outside of the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern.
The Supervisor will provide general guidance in accordance with the principles and human values of the United Nations and in adherence with the UNHCR Code of Conduct.
Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy.
Assist in initiatives with host communities to involve national civil society groups in the protection of persons of concern.
Support implementing and operational partners as well as with 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 SGBV.
Assist in analyzing protection risks and capacities of communities of concern.
Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
Accompany, and interpret for, senior management in their contacts with local interlocutors.
Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports using word processing equipment and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
Support efforts to build the office capacity for community-based protection.
Performs other duties as required.

Essential Minimum Qualification
Completion of the Secondary education; Training in the related field of work.
Minimum of 4 years previous relevant job experience.
Computer skills MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access.
Fluency in English and working knowledge of local language

Desirable Qualification & Competence
Knowledge of Administrative, financial rules, procedures, processes in the context of UNHCR offices and Field operations.
UNHCR learning programmes PLP.
Knowledge of MSRP.

Interested Candidates should send CV to  sendarh@unhcr.org

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