Assistant RSD Officer job at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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Vacancy title:
Assistant RSD Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Legal ]

Jobs at:

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Deadline of this Job:
09 February 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Turkana , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Duties
• Stay abreast of legal, political, security and other developments which impact on the protection environment, and in particular, on protection delivery through RSD.
• Assist in the development of the RSD strategy of the operation and in the annual planning exercise.
• Conduct RSD interviews and draft RSD Assessments in accordance with applicable standards and guidelines.
• Review and endorse RSD decisions and provide appropriate feedback and guidance to RSD staff.
• Maintain accurate and up-to date records and data related to work on individual cases.
• Provide counselling to asylum seekers and refugees.
• Assist in preventing and identifying fraud in RSD through oversight, advice and guidance to UNHCR staff, partners and persons of concern.
• Assist in monitoring RSD trends and in compiling and analysing RSD statistics related to RSD case processing to identify and respond to developments or issues impacting on the efficiency or quality of RSD decision-making, and to propose remedial measures.
• Conduct research on country of origin information (COI) and legal issues related to RSD and assist in maintaining a local repository of relevant information, guidelines and standards accessible to RSD staff in the operation
• Ensure that persons of concern, Government authorities and legal partners have accurate information on the RSD procedures, including UNHCR standards, policy and practice.
• Assist in developing and maintaining processes to ensure that persons of concern, Government authorities and partners have accurate information on the RSD procedures, including UNHCR standards, policies and practice.
• Assist in initiatives to advocate with and support Government authorities and legal partners to establish and strengthen fair and efficient RSD procedures and RSD decision-making.
• Assist in evaluating and projecting RSD staffing needs using the RSD Staffing Benchmarks.
• Decide and endorse RSD decisions.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
• Education & Professional Work Experience
• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For P1/NOA 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education
• Law; Political Science;
• International Relations; or other relevant field.
• (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: NGO - Non Government Organisations jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 09 February 2023
Duty Station: Turkana
Posted: 26-01-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 26-01-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 26-01-2067
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