Resettlement Assistant(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-UNHCR)-Job vacancy in Uganda

Job Title: Resettlement Assistant (Kyaka and Nakivaale)
Posts:2 Job Vacancies
Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10020889 and 10020887
Vacancy Notice: 003/2014
Job Location: UNHCR Kyaka and Nakivaale, Uganda
Deadline: 22nd January 2014
Post Grade: GL4
Reports to: Resettlement Officer
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 timely written documentation for resettlement submission; ensure that records / files of individual cases are updated in a systematic and timely manner.
• Periodically assess and review individual resettlement cases and prepare individual / group submission for scrutiny by the supervisor.
• Do adequate follow-up on cases 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.
• Offer support in maintaining and updating proGres or Consolidated Online Resettlement Tracking System (CORTS) database.
• Infrequently, assist in carrying out preliminary interviews and initial assessments, to process refugees for resettlement following established procedures.
• Occasionally, provide counselling to persons of concern.
• Offer administrative support for resettlement-related training activities, including organization of resettlement workshops and meetings as required.
• Provide administrative support for resettlement-related training activities, including organization of resettlement workshops and meetings as required.
• Assist in maintaining accurate resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date records on individual cases; assist in the preparation of reports.
• Draft/ type routine correspondence to Field Offices / Regional Offices / Headquarters.
• Systematically apply an Age, Gender and Diversity perspective in all aspects of the resettlement process; comply with UNHCR policy and guidelines on HIV/AIDS.
• Assist in mitigating resettlement fraud by reporting suspected fraud.
• Perform any other duty, as requested by the Resettlement Officer.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• The applicants seeking to fill the position of resettlement assistant must have completed their secondary education with additional training in international relations, international law or relevant fields required.
• At least two years’ experience in a similar job role.
• Language proficiency i.e. Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language.
• Good working knowledge of resettlement issues and UNHCR resettlement policies and operational applications.
• Completion of UNHCR specific learning/training activities.

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