The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is looking for an Associate Programme Officer. In this role, you will provide crucial programmatic guidance and support for the implementation of protection and solutions strategies for forcibly displaced and stateless persons. You will coordinate with other sections to ensure harmonized programmatic approaches and work with partners including governments and the private sector.
What You'll Do
- Support in assessing and analysing the needs of forcibly displaced and stateless persons using an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective.
- Provide support on programmatic aspects of developing multi-year protection and solutions strategies and annual plans.
- Support Results Based Management and programme capacity.
- Assist the planning process in compliance with planning parameters.
- Support the revision and analysis of plans, mid-year and year-end reports.
- Assist in broadening partnerships with key stakeholders to maximize protection and solutions responses.
- Provide support to ensure consistent application of the framework for implementing with partners.
- Contribute to ensure consistent monitoring approaches, tools and systems.
- Actively contribute to UNHCRs programming community of practice.
- Oversee timely follow-up of internal and external audits observations and recommendations.
- Support the identification and management of risks.
What We're Looking For
- For P2/NOB level: 3 years relevant experience with an Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with a Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with a Doctorate degree.
- Field of Education: Economics; Business Administration; Social Sciences; or other relevant field.
- Certificates and/or Licenses: Programme Management, Certification Programme in Programme Management (CP-PM).
- Demonstrated experience in programme management including OMC and Results Based-Management.
- Demonstrated experience in field operations, sound knowledge on the centrality of protection in programming, Joint Needs Assessments and the principles of targeting.
- Functional Skills: MG-Project Management, PG-Results-Based Management, PG-UNHCR's Programmes, PG-Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners (Gov/NGO/Corporate).
- Language Requirements: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
Nice to Have
- Demonstrated experience in coordination within an inter-agency context and other actors, in a refugee or humanitarian context.
- Sound experience in program management training and capacity building activities.
Team & Environment
This position may be based in HQ or a field/regional bureau. You will typically report to and be guided by the Program officer and may supervise a small team of local staff.
Work Mode
This is a local-country position.
All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe and empowered to perform their duties. We uphold the core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
