Community-Based Protection Associate

The Community-Based Protection Associate works directly with communities of concern to identify risks and leverage their capacities to protect themselves. The role involves building and maintaining networks within communities, supporting community-based protection standards, and contributing to protection planning and programming in a humanitarian context in Adre, Chad.

Responsibilities

• Assist functional units and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in protection strategy and operations
• Maintain relationships with persons of concern (PoC) and partners to monitor protection environment and advise protection team
• Work with host communities to identify opportunities for civil society involvement in protection
• Develop community-owned activities addressing social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organizational, livelihood, child protection and GBV concerns
• Assist in analysis of community capacities and risks
• Support participatory assessments and ongoing consultation with PoC
• Assist in planning and monitoring programmes and budgets with an age, gender and diversity (AGD) perspective
• Build office capacity for community-based protection through training and systems establishment
• Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures
• Ensure community understanding of UNHCR's accountability and quality assurance commitments
• Act as interpreter and contribute to liaison activities
• Contribute to enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis
• Initiate AGD sensitive interventions on community-based protection issues
• Identify and prioritize individuals or groups for counselling and field visits
• Intervene with authorities on protection issues
• Enforce compliance of implementing partners with protection policies and standards
• Recommend and prepare payments to individual cases
• Support risk identification and management in area of responsibility
• Perform other related duties as required

Requirements

• 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
• Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English
• Knowledge of French and local languages of eastern Chad is desirable
• Certificates and Licenses in Development, Human Rights, International Law, International Social Work, Social Science, Political Science
• UNHCR learning programmes (PLP) and knowledge of MSRP are desirable
• Functional skills including IT-Computer Literacy, IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures, Community-based Protection principles and methodologies, Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community, Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners, Capacity Building
• Ability to work in a complex humanitarian environment with strong community orientation
• Strong community mobilization skills and participatory approach
• Good understanding of protection issues including GBV, child protection, access to rights, social cohesion
• Excellent communication, facilitation, analysis, and reporting skills
• Ability to manage multiple activities under tight deadlines
• Teamwork and coordination skills with partners and authorities
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and protection standards including PSEA

Skills

• Community-Based Protection
• Human Rights
• International Law
• Social Science Research
• Political Science
• IT-Computer Literacy
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• UN Administrative Rules
• UNHCR Legal Procedures
• CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications
• Stakeholder Management
• Capacity Building
• Social Mobilization
• Participatory Approaches
• Protection issues
• Gender-Based Violence Awareness
• Child Protection
• Access to Rights
• Social Cohesion
• Communications Skills
• Facilitation Skills
• Reporting Skills
• Activity Management
• Team Coordination
• Humanitarian Principles
• Protection Standards
• PSEA Integration

Languages

French, English