UNHCR Field Associate Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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UNHCR Field Associate Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

UNHCR Ethiopia looking for “Field Associate”.

Applicants with a High School Diploma may apply on or before 11th February, 2024.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a UN agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 17,300 staff working in 135 countries.

The UNHCR has published a job vacancy announcement on 26th January, 2024 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Field Associate to be based in Asosa, Ethiopia.

UNHCR Job Vacancy 2024

Duties:

Monitor the situation in the AoR, collect data and other information relevant to UNHCR and report to the supervisor accordingly.
Monitor the implementation of UNHCR programme including the delivery of all assistance items and monitoring of infrastructure.
Undertake regular visits to various sites in order to assess needs of persons of concern, with particular attention to vulnerable groups.
Keep regular contacts with local authorities and implementing partners as requested by supervisor.
Act as interpreter when required.
Contribute to the preparation of status and progress reports by providing info, preparing tables, etc.
Assist in administrative tasks as required such as preparation of reports and meeting authorized personnel and assisting them during field missions.
Inform and act on the reports received on persons of concern within the refugee community or from the local authorities.
In coordination with implementing partners, assist in the reception, registration and provision of assistance to persons of concern to UNHCR.
Negotiate with local authority counterparts, partners and populations of concern.
Represent UNHCR in physical monitoring of projects.
Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility.
Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
Perform other related duties as required.

Position in Organization:

Field Associate
Locations: Asosa, Ethiopia
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Today
Job requisition id: JR2435626

Minimum Requirements:

Qualification and Experience:

3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English