Education & Work Experience: G-Bachelor's
Level Degree - 2 year(s) experience
GP
Vacancy Type
National Regular UN Volunteer
Posting Type
External
Bureau: United Nations Volunteers
Contract Duration: 1 Year
Closing date: Thursday, 1 February 2018
Background
The Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United
Nations General assembly. The agency is mandated to provide protection and
assistance and seek durable solutions for refugees and other persons of
concern.
Zambia has hosted refugees from Angola since the 1960s, who
lost refugee status in 2012. In the 1990s, Zambia received influxes of Rwandan
refugees; most of whom lost their refugee status in 2013. The Government of
Zambia pledged in 2011 that it would locally integrate an initial group of
former Angolan refugees; in 2015, the Government expanded the local integration
criteria to cover all 18,685 Angolans and also some 4,000 Rwandans. In April
2014, the Government (Ministry of Home Affairs) and UNHCR developed and
launched a three-year local integration strategy and resulting program. The
program operates within the dimensions of peacebuilding/coexistence and
develop-ment: it seeks to implement local integration as a durable solution to
protracted displacement, moving from a humanitarian relief approach focused on
protection, to a development approach focused on enabling sustainability and
self-reliance.
The Senior Supply Assistant provides support supply to all
local activities pertaining to the supply chain function including planning,
sourcing, transport, shipping, customs clearance and warehousing in the
operation.
The incumbent is supervised by a Senior Officer who provides
regular guidance. S/he works inde-pendently on routine tasks while follows
instructions of the supervisor or more complex issues. The incumbent maintains
regular contact on a working level on routine issues with other UNHCR offices,
UN agencies, NGOs, government partners and commercial contractors in the area
to facilitate the operation. The duty of the incumbent is to support the
management of material resources within the geographical area covered by the
office while exercising efficiency in the use of those resources.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct
supervision of the Head of Unit (Protection), the incumbent will provide
assistance to the Field Office in the daily organization and
monitoring of Community Service activities in the following areas:
- Assesses
the social conditions of the refugees and their needs for community
development and social services with attention to the needs of vulnerable
refugees;
- Work
closely with UNHCR's main implementing partner to assess the needs of
vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers and identify assistance as
required;
- Undertakes
research and assessment of community services programmes for purposes of
planning and provision of targeted assistance particularly in education,
SGBV prevention, child protection, health care and self-help activities;
- Assist
in providing individual counselling to refugees and asylum seekers in need
of UNHCR's intervention and support;
- Assist
in mainstreaming age, gender and diversity in all programmes using a
Multi-Functional Team Approach;
- Assist
the refugee community in identifying its own needs to establish priorities
and to meet these needs through developing community structures and
self-help groups;
- Assist
in the formulation of project proposals based on the results of
evaluations carried out with specific needs to develop durable solutions;
- Prepare
correspondence, reports and statistics as required.
- Perform
other duties as required.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
- Strengthen
their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by
read-ing relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in
UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD).
- Be
acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of
volunteerism in the host country.
- Reflect
on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking,
including participation in ongoing reflection activities.
- Contribute
articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV
publica-tions/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
- Assist
with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers.
- Promote
or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage
relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online
Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
Results/Expected Output:
- Regular
participatory assessments conducted to identify the needs, capacities and
solutions available among persons of concern and input provided to the Country
Operations planning.
- Standard
Operating Procedures on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)/Child
Protection reviewed; and capacities of existing community structures
involved in SGBC prevention/child protection strengthened.
- Durable
solutions proposed for problems affecting refugees with specific needs;
and plight of unaccompanied minors, elderly and persons with disabilities
addressed.
- A
final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for development
during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers
mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.
Competencies
- Ability
to establish and maintain good working relations with people of different
national and cultural backgrounds.
- Ability
to work well within a team environment.
- Ability
to work effectively in difficult field locations.
- Ability
to deliver the required work in a self motivated capacity with minimum
supervision.
- Competence
in delivery of deadlines in a timely manner.
Required Skills and Experience
Bachelor's degree
in social sciences or training in any related field of work.
Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience.
Computer skills (MS Office, including Excel, Word, Power
Point and Access).
Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant
UN language or local language.
Languages - Essential: English
Languages - Desirable:
