Senior Protection Assistant
Deadline for Applications
November 22, 2026
Hardship Level
A (least hardship)
Family Type
Family
Residential location (if applicable)
Grade
GS5
Staff Member / Affiliate Type
General Service
Reason
Regular > Regular Assignment
Target Start Date
2027-03-01
Standard Job Description
Senior Protection Assistant
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Protection Assistant normally reports to a more senior Protection colleague. The incumbent monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support to information management and programme staff.
The Senior Protection Assistant provides quality, timely and effective protection support to persons of concern (PoC) and identifies opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and safeguards in operational responses. S/he contributes to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and may liaise externally with local authorities and partners on protection issues as guided by the supervisor.
The Senior Protection Assistant also ensures that PoC are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.
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
\- Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
\- Provide counselling on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
\- Support activities in protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
\- Conduct preliminary information gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable solutions and social needs assessment.
\- 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 for PoC as part of the protection strategy.
\- Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
\- Participate in individual protection case management including cases of GBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
\- Assist in identifying durable solutions for PoC in voluntary repatriation, local integration and where a...
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