Job Title: Resettlement Assistant
Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10013116
Reports to: Associate Protection Officer
Vacancy Notice: 021/2013
Location: Kyaka, Uganda
Deadline: 3rd October 2013 - 5pm
About UNHCR:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Prepare written documentation for resettlement submission, ensure that records/ files of individual cases are updated in a systematic and timely manner
Assess and review individual resettlement cases and prepare individual / group submission for scrutiny by the supervisor
Follow-up on case from time of submission to final decision and departure
Comply with UNHCR’s standard operating procedures on resettlement, ensuring timely action on cases
Assist in logistical arrangements of selection missions by resettlement countries
Coordinate travel and departure arrangements for refugees accepted for resettlement
Assist in maintaining and updating progress or Consolidated Online Resettlement Tracking System (CORTS) database.
Assist in conducting preliminary inteviews and initial assessments, to process refugees for resettlement following established procedures
Provide counselling to persons of concernoffer administrative support for related training activities, including organisation of resettlement workshops and meetings as required.
Offer administrative support for resettlement training activities including organization of resettlement workshop and meetings as required.
Assist in maintaining accurate resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date records on individual cases
Assist in preparation of reports
Draft routine correspondence to field offices/ regional offices and headquarters
Assist in mitigating resettlement fraud by reporting suspected fraud.
Perform other duties as instructed.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
The prospective employee should have completed secondary education with certificate
Additional training in international relations, international law or related fields.
The candidate should possess at least two years previous job experience in a related or similar job role
Personal Competencies:
Computer literacy skills
Fluency in both written and oral English.
Knowledge of another UN or local language
How to Apply:
All Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their applications, under confidential cover, quoting the Post No addressed to:
The Senior Administrative/ Finance Officer,
UNHCR Representation in Uganda,
P.O. Box, 3813, Kampala, Uganda
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