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UNHCR is opening a vacancy for Assistant Development Officer in Uganda.
UNHCR Sub-Office Yumbe is promoting various socio-economic interventions. It is also adopting implementation arrangements and approaches that are primarily aimed at facilitating the shift of refugee households from dependency to more self-reliance. UNHCR Sub-Office Yumbe is therefore opening job vacancy for an Assistant Development Officer to support the Operation’s efforts.
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Eligibility
This UNHCR job vacancy is open to applications from Group 1, Group 2 and all external candidates.
Candidates must be primarily Ugandan nationals. The minimum educational requirement for this position is a university degree.
Applicants should support their application with documentation of fully effective performance history and demonstrated potential to assume professional responsibilities.
Furthermore, your application will not be considered if;
- You didn’t duly fill the application form.
- The questionnaire at the end of the application form is not answered. (for external candidates)
Moreover, interested staff members should consult Recruitment and Assignment of Locally-recruited Staff.
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Duties
- co-operate in finding solutions to refugee situations with development partners. Also, cooperate with the inclusion of persons of concern within development planning and programming instruments.
- support UNHCR’s engagement and cooperation with development agencies, medium-term programmes assisting local communities and UNHCR’s population of concern.
- You should also pose the ability to leverage development partnerships to influence policy dialogue
- taking into account and reducing the vulnerabilities of forcibly displaced persons.
- assist in identifying potential opportunities. Also, ensure complementarity between UNHCR’s protection work and the economic and social development objectives pursued by development partners and their government counterparts.
- The incumbent may supervise some support staff and may receive indirect guidance from other sections and units.
- In addition, staff members should 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.
- Help ensure evidence generated from analytical and advisory services.
- Assist in planning for resilience and inclusion with a clear shared vision of longer-term protection and solution outcomes for people of concern.
- Support the facilitation of the development of comprehensive multi-year transition strategies for Persons of Concern to UNHCR or facilitate the inclusion of populations of concern into national and local development planning and programming instruments.
- Also, support the identification, strategic articulation and capitalization of development and resilience opportunities.
- In addition, support the operation to ensure that development actors are provided relevant data to inform their planning, programming and advocacy around resilience for inclusion of UNHCR persons of concern.
- Also, support the facilitation, coordination, collaboration and the sharing of knowledge and experience between UNHCR and development actors and across UNHCR operations globally.
- In addition, support training activities aimed at the capacity building of UNHCR and partner agency staff.
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Minimum Qualifications
- For P1/NOA – 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree in Development Economics, Development Studies, Socioeconomic Development, International Relations, Political Science, Law, or other relevant fields.
- One year of direct work experience in a large international development institution in a relevant position.
- experience in field operations.
- Preferably with knowledge or experience in, local or area-based economic development
- direct engagement in a technical sector.
- Also has practical experience working with and an understanding of the different aspects of economic growth, governance, fragility and conflict.
- In addition, expertise related to the governance of specific multilateral development banks or bilateral development actors is most relevant to the AoR.
Desirable Qualification
- Experience with forced displacement.
- Experience in primary data collection, quantitative research methods and results-based management.
Language Requirements
For National Professional jobs, knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
Specifications
| Type of Opportunity | General Job |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 13 December,2021 |
| Country | Uganda |
| Company Name | UNHCR |
| City | Yumbe |