•  Closely support the GBV Officer to represent UNHCR in the CP and GBV sub-sectors and other coordination mechanisms.
•  As required, liaise with relevant local authorities and other UN agencies to shape, and enhance the related working groups as well as technical meetings.
•  Provide technical support and guidance to operational and implementing partners to ensure high quality implementation of projects in line with the operations CP and GBV strategies as key components of the broader Protection and Solutions Strategy, aligned with global CP and GBV minimum standards.
•  Support in the formulation of the child protection and GBV key considerations in multi-sectoral and protection specific assessments.
•  Support partners and communities in strengthening/ establishing community-based protection programming (focus on CP and GBV).
•  Support the analysis of the national systems and ensure that CP and GBV programmes complement national protection systems and work towards the inclusion of women and children into relevant national and state protection laws, policies, and services.
•  Support UNHCR and partners’ case workers to ensure that information management is maintained in accordance with UNHCR’s policy and procedures as well as data sharing protocols.
•  Support the monitoring of CP and GBV partners’ programmes in line with relevant partnerships-agreements to ensure children at risk and GBV survivors/at risk persons are identified and supported.
•  Ensure tracking, verifying and as required, reporting of operational achievements/challenges and statistics and trends (CP/GBV) which informs policy, projects development.
•  Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
•  Promote mainstreaming of Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) across all sectors and activities such as health, safety and security, psychosocial and legal shelter, WASH, and Energy and coordinate with Programme and Protection sections to ensure that CP/GBV risk mitigation is incorporated in activities of partners in all sectors.
•  Provide functional guidance to UNHCR and partner staff involved in CP/GBV activities.
•  Provide technical guidance on integration of the survivor-centred approach into PSEA complaints mechanisms and enhance access of SEA survivors to existing GBV services.
•  Support the integration of CP and GBV risk mitigation into the role of UNHCR staff across all sectors.
•  Support the initial needs/gaps and capacity assessments on CP and GBV in close coordination with any on-going joint/common assessments being conducted in the early stages of an emergency response while ensuring compliance with ethical standards for data collection.
•  Provide support to include CP and GBV prevention, mitigation and response programming in humanitarian action plans while providing guidance to other sectors for the inclusion of CP and GBV risk mitigation into their plans.
•  Contribute to the planning and monitoring for multi-sectoral CP/GBV programming in close collaboration with Programme and different sectors.
•  Contribute to establishment and/or strengthening of new strategic and innovative partnerships for CP and GBV both with community-based, women-led, local, national, and international organizations.
•  As required, provide support in mapping existing services to address CP and GBV in the various affected areas, including identifying community capacities and structures for potential partnership.
•  Advocate with senior management in UNHCR and other partners, to ensure prioritization of CP and GBV programming.
•  Monitor CP and GBV programs implemented by UNHCR and partners (both implementing and operational) and adjust programming as required.
•  Monitor the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and global standards within CP and GBV programs, including on case management.
•  Contribute to the effective implementation of Best Interests Procedure by UNHCR and partners for timely support for children at heightened risk including supervision of UNHCR case management staff in line with UNHCR Best Interests Procedures Guidelines.
•  Ad required, contribute to the identification of durable solutions for persons of concern through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
•  Implement capacity-building activities for all actors, persons of concern, service providers including relevant Government institutions and NGOs to strengthen child protection and on GBV prevention, mitigation and response thus contributing to enhance the overall protection situation.
•  Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

•  Minimum 3 years of professional experience
•  Education in relevant field below:

Law

• International Relations/Development
• Humanities/Social Sciences (such as Gender Studies, Social Work, Political Science or other relevant field)

Desirable Candidate Profile

• UN and/or INGO work experience in the field of child protection and GBV programming and coordination ;
•  Experience with GBVIMS and CPIMS (legacy and new systems) ;
•  Demonstrated experience in case management for children at risk and GBV survivors/at risk persons ;
•  Demonstrated experience in CP and GBV mainstreaming ;
•  Demonstrated experience in emergency/post-emergency IDP and refugee contexts ;
•  Demonstrated experience in community-based protection and related programming, focused on CP and GBV ;
•  Graduate degree in relevant educational field ;
•   Familiarity with local languages in North-Eastern Nigeria is desirable (not essential)..

Standard Job Description

Assistant Protection Officer Organizational Setting and Work Relationships The Assistant Protection Officer reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer. Depending on the size and structure of the Office, the incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for protection staff including community-based protection, registration, resettlement and education. S/he provides functional protection guidance to information management and programme staff on all protection/legal matters and accountabilities. These include: statelessness (in line with the campaign to End Statelessness by 2024), Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) commitments, age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP) through community-based protection, Child protection, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response, gender equality, disability inclusion, youth empowerment, psycho-social support and PSEA, registration, asylum/refugee status determination, resettlement, local integration, voluntary repatriation, human rights standards integration, national legislation, judicial engagement, predictable and decisive engagement in situations of internal displacement and engagement in wider mixed movement and climate change/disaster-related displacement responses. S/he supervises protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards. The Assistant Protection Officer is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern (PoC), ensuring that operational responses in all sectors mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards. The incumbent contributes to the design of a comprehensive protection strategy and represents the Organization externally on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor. S/he also ensures that PoC are meaningfully engaged in the decisions that affect them and support programme design and adaptations that are influenced by the concerns, priorities and capacities of them. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, authorities, protection and assistance partners as well as a broader network of stakeholders who can contribute to enhancing protection. All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity. Duties – 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 legal advice and guidance on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation. – Conduct eligibility and status determination for PoC in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection principles. – Promote and 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. – Provide inputs for the development of protection policies and standards within the AoR. – Implement and 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. – Recommend durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement. – Assess resettlement needs and apply priorities for the resettlement of individuals and groups of refugees and other PoC. – Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. – Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy with sectorial and/or cluster partners. – Contribute to and facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems. – Assist capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights. – Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures. – Intervene with authorities on protection issues. – Assist the supervisor in deciding priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals. – Assist the supervisor in enforcing compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services. – Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures. – Perform other related duties as required. Minimum Qualifications Years of Experience / Degree Level For P1/NOA – 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree Field(s) of Education Law, International Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field. (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential) Certificates and/or Licenses Not specified; (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential) Relevant Job Experience Essential Knowledge of International Refugee and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles Desirable Completion of the Protection Learning Programme, RSD- Resettlement Learning Programme. Functional Skills *PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators *PR-Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) MG-Project Management PR-Human Rights Doctrine/Standards PR-International Humanitarian Law PR-Assessment of IDPs Status, Rights, Obligation PR-Climate change and disaster related displacement CO-Drafting and Documentation PR-Gender Based Violence (GBV) Coordination (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential) Language Requirements For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English. For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language. For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English. All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power. As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise. This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

Required Languages

Desired Languages

Additional Qualifications

Skills

Education

BA: International Law (Required), BA: Law (Required), BA: Political Science (Required)

Certifications

Other information

Candidate will be expected to travel within the BAY states for field missions.This position doesn’t require a functional clearance

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