Protection Associate

Description

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Desired Candidate Profile

Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level):

English

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Polish

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Operational context

Occupational Safety and Health Considerations:

Nature of Position:

Poland’s eastern borders with Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine serve as the European Union’s external boundaries. The country currently hosts over 1 million refugees from Ukraine, in addition to a smaller number of asylum seekers and refugees from different countries.

UNHCR has been in Poland for 30 years (since 1992), working with national authorities on refugee-related matters. With the Ukraine emergency, UNHCR has substantially scaled up its presence and operations. It currently has a Country Office and Frontex Liaison Office in Warsaw, three Field Offices in Warsaw, Lublin and Rzeszow, and a Sub-Office in Krakow, with a workforce of nearly 140 national and international staff.

The overarching principles guiding UNHCR’s strategy in Poland include: i) localization and centrality of protection, ii) strengthening national systems, avoiding duplication and rationalizing the Refugee Coordination Model (RCM) so that it serves the purpose efficiently and iii) capitalizing on the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) paradigms to advance the rights of refugees and stateless persons in Poland.

As the UN-mandated agency to provide international protection to refugees, UNHCR leads the refugee coordination structure in support of the Government-led response, with the aim to complement, support and strengthen the national response to the refugee crisis, along with ensuring no duplication of interventions and complementarity of action.

The Protection Associate, as member of the protection unit of SO Krakow, will work on implementing key objectives of the Protection strategy, including contributing to strengthening the humanitarian response to Gender based violence (GBV), Child Protection (CP), Mental health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and other areas of priority. The Protection Associate will also be engaged in capacity-building of partners and personnel of public institutions or government officials in topics covered by and related to UNHCR’s mandate. For these tasks and responsibilities, the candidate would be expected to have strong organizational and planning competences, excellent drafting skills in English and Polish, agile interpersonal skills, good communication skills and ability to facilitate training sessions for small to medium groups and demonstrate the flexibility and adaptability to travel regularly in the five voivodships covered by UNHCR Sub-Office Krakow. In a context where majority of Protection actors are still new in working on refugee issues and at integrating GBV, CP and other protection aspects with limited legal capacities, the incumbent must have a legal background to be able to provide guidance on procedural and judicial aspects. The Protection Assistant will also be working closely with the Protection Officer design, implement, monitor, and evaluate “Greening the Blues” Innovations Project that harnesses the benefit of nature to increase mental health and wellbeing, refugee participation and protection dividends.

Living and Working Conditions:

Additional Qualifications

International Law - Other, Political Science - OtherProtection

Competencies

Accountability, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Judgement & decision making, Negotiation & conflict resolution, Organizational awareness, Stakeholder management, Teamwork & collaboration

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Functional clearance

This position doesn't require a functional clearance

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