UN Jobs – Senior Development Assistant – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Job Title: Senior Development Assistant
Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Duty Station: Kyangwali, Uganda
About US:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Job Summary: The Senior Development Assistant will support the development and implementation of a comprehensive refugee response at regional, national, and local levels. The incumbent will assist in managing strategic partnerships and coordinating with both internal and external stakeholders including key development actors, national authorities and other relevant operational partners. Within UNHCR, the Senior Development Assistant will coordinate closely with the relevant staff across the Operation, including Community Services, Protection, Programme and other technical sectors. S/he will play a key role in ensuring high-quality communication with stakeholders (in writing and orally) and support the organisation of joint activities.
The incumbent normally works under the supervision of the Senior Development Officer or any other Senior Officer as delegated by the Representative.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist the supervisor and UNHCR senior managers to engage in relevant government-led development planning and coordination processes through coordinating and supporting UNHCR’s participation in relevant mechanisms.
- Assist in the establishment and maintenance of effective working relations with relevant public and governmental entities and officials, with relevant local authorities and with strategic development partners through systematic communication and information sharing.
- Assist in providing adequate organizational and logistical support to multi-stakeholder coordination platform and strategic partnerships.
- Assist in efforts to institutionalize long-term development-oriented approaches for refugees and refugee-hosting areas with a broad range of development and humanitarian partners through coordinating and supporting UNHCR’s participation in relevant planning processes.
- Assist in implementing and monitoring UNHCR’s Multi-Year Multi-Partner strategy, and the development and implementation of other strategic programmes and partnerships for the benefit of refugee and host communities.
- Assist in providing administrative and coordination support to strategy development, roll-out and implementation throughout various stages of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Assist in preparing relevant information (correspondence and reports) to external and internal stakeholders regularly, on time and as per necessary requirements.
- Assist in facilitating and operationalizing strategic development partnerships and multi-stakeholder coordination for development and self-reliance oriented interventions in refugee-hosting areas through translating and disseminating relevant correspondence and texts.
- Support the secretariat of a multi-stakeholder coordination platform for development and self-reliance oriented interventions on behalf of refugees and refugee-hosting areas through managing contact lists, meeting calendars, organizing meetings, minute taking, and follow-up on agreed action to be taken.
- Provide support with the follow-up on administrative and logistical arrangements to organise missions, workshops, coordination meetings and other events through managing contact lists, meeting calendars, organizing meetings, minute taking, and follow-up on agreed action to be taken.
- Prepare documents and reports as required.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Senior Development Assistant job placement should have two years of relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
- Certificates and/or Licenses: Economics, Development Studies, International Relations, Law, Political Science, Social Science
- Proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of actors – including government.
- Experience in working with development agencies or in other development planning methodologies.
- Language Requirements: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
Desirable
- Previous experience in UN/UNHCR. Previous experience in working with the public and governmental entities.
- Experience of working on the humanitarian-development nexus, and in particular working with Government and the World Bank.
Functional Skills
- *IT-Computer Literacy
- *CO-Drafting and Documentation
- *SO-Networking
- PR-Coordination in Forced Displacement situations
NB: Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below
Deadline: 27th April 2023