Title: TA Assistant Protection Officer NOA
Duty Station: Tallinn, Estonia
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Duration: until 31 December 2022
Expected Start Date: as soon as possible
Closing date of applications: 30 June 2022 (Central European Time).
The position is open to internal and external applicants.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is a global organization protecting people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. We work in over 130 countries, helping millions of people with life-saving support, safeguarding fundamental human rights, and helping them build a better future (see www.unhcr.org).
Since 24 February 2022 Estonia has received a significant number of refugees from Ukraine and is offering remarkable reception and support to them. As of 10 May, over 36,000 Ukrainian refugees are in Estonia and more refugees continue to arrive. UNHCR has increased resources for engagement in coordination, child protection, capacity development for the prevention of trafficking and mental health support, provision of legal aid, and strengthening of communication with communities.
UNHCR currently does not have an office in Estonia but covers its activities in Estonia through the UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries (RNB) located in Stockholm, Sweden. UNHCR assists asylum-seekers, refugees, and stateless persons through partnerships with non-governmental organizations (NGO).
The Assistant Protection Officer will be based in Tallinn and report to RNB. The incumbent is expected to provide functional and administrative support to the protection unit on protection related issues, correspondence, monitoring, case management and reporting activities.
The Assistant Protection Officer will support the Office with a range of protection activities to strengthen the reception system and improve communication with communities, with particular attention to vulnerable groups. In this regard, the Protection Associate will conduct regular field visits to the border, reception, accommodation, and registration sites, initiate needs/participatory assessments, communicate with persons of concern (asylum-seekers, refugees, and stateless persons), and support with other protection activities. To ensure the involvement of persons of concern in decision-making that affect them, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with refugee communities, local authorities and NGO partners.
The incumbent may liaise externally with local authorities and partners on correspondence and/or protection issues as guided by the supervisor, the Associate Legal Officer.
Minimum Qualifications: 1-year relevant experience with undergraduate degree; or no experience with graduate or doctorate degree.
Field(s) of Education: Law, Political or Social Sciences, or other relevant field.
Language requirements: Fluency in Estonian and English is essential. Knowledge of Russian, Ukrainian, or other UN languages is an asset.
For more detailed information regarding duties, responsibilities, qualifications and language requirements, please click here (job ID 37748).
The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
The deadline for applications is 30 June 2022 (Central European Time).
Interested internal candidates should apply through MSRP – Self-Service – Recruiting Activities – Careers (please search by JO number 37748 or by Location). Please update your personal profiles with all required information in order to be able to apply.
Interested external applicants are also invited to apply online and complete the mandatory motivation letter. For help with logging in to the MSRP External Portal, or with online applications, please contact the HR Unit, [email protected], well before the deadline to allow sufficient time for any technical problem to be resolved. External vacancies are posted on the external UNHCR website and applicants who do not have internal status must apply through the external UNHCR website. https://www.unhcr.org/careers.html – Careers – Career opportunities – Other Opportunities – Vacancies – sort by Location or search by Job Opening number 37748.
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