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Mission and objectives
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)
Context
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 re-solve 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).
Please provide basic background information on the project
Please provide basic background information on the project
Task description
Under the direct supervision of the Iriba Head of Office, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Keep abreast of all developments in operations to prepare appropriate briefings and reports.
• Prepare periodic reports, i.e. donor updates, internal situation reports (sitrep), briefing notes for senior managers, and activity-specific reports as required.
• Prepare funding submissions for donors, and draft any required after-action reports.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with the government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and UN agencies to ensure cooperation in inter-related activities.
• Support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-led Cluster activities by preparing and distributing minutes, assisting in the organization of meetings, occasionally chairing meetings, and serving as the general secretariat for the relevant Cluster.
• Support the supervisor in preparation for meetings and missions, including drafting of talking points.
• Organize and accompany missions for VIP visitors, media, donors, and delegates to visit refugee sites or the activities of UNHCR implementing partners.
• Serve as Communications focal point, contributing to and coordinating press events, interviews, communications and media missions, and other activities related to information dissemination to the general public to promote UNHCR activities.
• With the support of the External Relations sections in N’Djamena and Abeche, regularly produce content material (video, photos, print articles) for use on national and regional communications platforms.
• Develop 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).
• Ensure that the Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated, and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.
• Provide 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.
• Keep abreast of all developments in operations to prepare appropriate briefings and reports.
• Prepare periodic reports, i.e. donor updates, internal situation reports (sitrep), briefing notes for senior managers, and activity-specific reports as required.
• Prepare funding submissions for donors, and draft any required after-action reports.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with the government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and UN agencies to ensure cooperation in inter-related activities.
• Support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-led Cluster activities by preparing and distributing minutes, assisting in the organization of meetings, occasionally chairing meetings, and serving as the general secretariat for the relevant Cluster.
• Support the supervisor in preparation for meetings and missions, including drafting of talking points.
• Organize and accompany missions for VIP visitors, media, donors, and delegates to visit refugee sites or the activities of UNHCR implementing partners.
• Serve as Communications focal point, contributing to and coordinating press events, interviews, communications and media missions, and other activities related to information dissemination to the general public to promote UNHCR activities.
• With the support of the External Relations sections in N’Djamena and Abeche, regularly produce content material (video, photos, print articles) for use on national and regional communications platforms.
• Develop 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).
• Ensure that the Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated, and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.
• Provide 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.
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