Associate Registration and Identity Management Officer

The Office of the UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 by the UN General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country (www.unhcr.org)

Throughout their assignment, United Nations Volunteers promote volunteering through their actions and conduct. Engaging in voluntary activities can effectively and positively enrich their understanding of social and local realities, as well as creating a bridge between themselves and the people in their host community. This makes the time they spend as a volunteer more rewarding and productive. The term "Volunteer" and the title of this assignment refer to both women and men throughout this VAD. The Office of the UNHCR was created on December 14, 1950, by the General Assembly of the United Nations. UNHCR mandate is to protect and find durable solutions for refugees. Its mandate is also to identify, reduce, prevent and protect stateless people. The Hadjer Hadid office is one of the two Field Units under the Farchana Field Office. It operates on Chadian territory and helps the national authorities to protect and assist a population of approximately 220,000 refugees and asylum seekers and host community.

Under the authority of the Head of Field Unit of Hadjer Hadid, under the technical supervision of the Registration and Identity Management Officer based in Abeche Coordination Office, and the direct supervision of the Protection Officer of Field Unit of Hadjer Hadid, in accordance with the human principles and values of the United Nations and the Code of Conduct of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Volunteer will assume the following functions:

- Assist in the implementation of registration, enrolment, and digital identity strategies for populations of concern in compliance with global and regional protection and inclusion objectives and priorities, ensuring that relevant standards are met and appropriate methodologies and technologies are implemented.
- Provide technical support to staff on planned registration and digital identity management activities.
- Contribute to the development and dissemination of operational guidance, instructions, and capacity-development initiatives, in accordance with policy and guidance disseminated by the Global Data Service at Headquarters.
- Design appropriate procedures and systems for assurance of quality registration data and conduct regular data quality and audit checks to monitor the accuracy of data collected, as well as tools for identification and prevention of fraud.
- Provide post-deployment support and maintenance of the UNHCR refugee systems applications as required.
- Assist the country team to establish and strengthen internal digital identity, registration, and identity management capacity and/or that of government counterparts to manage registration and maintain population data.
- Liaise with the Digital Identity and Registration Section of the Global Data Service as necessary to facilitate registration and identity management activities in the region/country.
- Advocate with and support government authorities to establish and strengthen fair and efficient registration and digital identification procedures and systems and ensure that populations of concern (POCs) identity documents or credentials are recognized.

• Perform other related duties as required.

Results/expected outputs

• Registration and Identity Management are well-coordinated at the sub-national level.
• UNHCR has reliable and up-to-date data of refugees and asylum seekers.
• UNHCR registration, ProGres database, and Biometrics and Identity Management System are maintained with high quality to be used for operational planning and producing relevant reports and statistics.
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to registration are updated and implemented, with relevant UNHCR standards and policies, including those related to age, gender, and diversity mainstreaming (AGDM) .
• Populations of concern have fair and transparent access to registration procedures.
• Fraud in the registration process is identified and appropriately addressed.
• Registration and data focal points in the field are trained adequately.
• Development of capacity through coaching, mentoring, and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs).
• Age, Gender, and Diversity (AGD) perspectives are systematically applied, integrated, and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in, and capacities developed.