Apply for Vacancy for Resettlement Assistant at United Nations Office for Project Services in Zambia. The deadline for this job is 28th August 2021.

Procedures and Eligibility:

The staff members should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS, UNHCR/AI/2020/1/Rev.2).

Duties and Qualifications:

• Prepare written documentation for resettlement submission; ensure that records / files of individual cases are updated in a systematic and timely manner.
• Also, assess and review individual resettlement cases and prepare individual / group submission for scrutiny by the supervisor.
• Furthermore, follow-up on cases from time of submission to final decision and departure.
• Comply with UNHCR’s standard operating procedures on resettlement, ensuring timely action on cases.
• Additionally, assist in logistical arrangements of selection missions by resettlement countries.
• Coordinate travel and departure arrangements for refugees accepted for resettlement.
• Also, assist in maintaining and updating proGres or Consolidated Online Resettlement Tracking System (CORTS) database.
• Occasionally, assist in carrying out preliminary interviews and initial assessments, to process refugees for resettlement following established procedures.
• Likewise, occasionally, provide counselling to persons of concern (PoC).
• Provide administrative support for resettlement-related training activities, including organization of resettlement workshops and meetings.
• Furthermore, assist in maintaining accurate resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date records on individual cases; assist in the preparation of reports.

Position Competencies:

• Accountability
• Also, Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Likewise, Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Additionally, Client & Result Orientation

Minimum Qualifications

• Education & Professional Work Experience Years of Experience / Degree Level G4 – 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher
• Also, certificates and/or Licenses International Relations, International Law (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Desirable

• Good knowledge of resettlement issues and UNHCR resettlement policies and operational applications. Likewise, completion of UNHCR specific learning/training activities.

Functional Skills

CM-Cross-cultural communication PR-Resettlement/Repatriation/Voluntary Repatriation MS-Knowledge of geo-political realities and their socio-cultural implications PR-Resettlement Anti-Fraud Policy and Procedures

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