NOTICE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL/EXTERNAL N° 035/2015

Position Title: Protection Associate(GL6)

Position N°: 10021961

Position Location: Maroua

Start date: As soon as possible

Duration:  Renewable

Deadline for submission of nominations: 15 July 2015

RESPONSABILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Protection Officer of the office in Maroua, the incumbent will be assumed of the following functions:

• 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 persons of concern.
• provide advice on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
• Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for persons of concern.
• 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 SGBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
• Assist in identifying durable solutions for largest possible number of persons of concern 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.
• Contribute to effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Education: Completion of secondary school. Additional certificate/training in International Law, Political Science or related field is required.
• Job experience: Relevant to the function: 6 years
• Fluency in English and working knowledge on another relevant UN language or local language.
• Good computer skills.
• Completed Protection Learning Programme
• The candidate must be ready to travel on the Cameroonian territory on a regular basis.

ELIGIBILITY

The internal candidates are the members of the staff of general services currently in service, who have been appointed by the CA process and have an appointment of indefinite duration or determined. Interested staff members should consult the Policy and procedures of UNHCR on the assignments of the locally recruited staff(PPAL).

External candidates must be legally present in Cameroon at the time of the request and of the recruitement.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF NOMINATIONS: 15 July 2015.

The application file of candidates should contain:

• A letter of motivation signed
• A Personal History Form (P. 11) and/or the factsheet,
• A certificate of nationality
• A certified copy of the diploma
• The names and addresses of three persons of references.

NB: For external candidates, a Personal History (P. 11)(see on the site www.unhcr.org/recruit/p11new.doc)

If you want to be considered(es) for this vacancy notice position, remove your folder under closed enveloppe in the post bod of the UNHCR no 7077 Yaounde / Cameroon with mention "candidacy for the position no. 10021961 of Protection Associate" to the attention of the Representative, UNHCR Representation in Cameroon, Neighborhood Bastos, 1,778 street behind the Residence of the Ambassador of Nigeria, at the latest by 15/07/2015.

Only selected candidates will be notified for the oral assessments only.

Applications received after the deadline date of pulication will not be accepted.

IMPORTANT

• Only selected candidates will be called for a written test and an interview.
• The candidates must be of Cameroonian nationality.
• The requests received without the mention "candidacy for the position no. 10021961 of Protection Associate" and/or after the deadline for the closure of the post will not be accepted.
• The women candidates are strongly encouraged.