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Chief Area Office - CLA and Tyre Areas

Lebanon

  • Organization: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
  • Location: Lebanon
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

Office Of The Field Director

Vacancy Announcement

(2 posts)

Chief Area Office (Central Lebanon & Tyre Areas),

Grade 20

Deadline for Applications

03 December 2018

Contract Type & Duration

Fixed Term – 3 years (2 posts)

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Vacancy Announcement Number

LF/23/2018

Duty Station & Department

Lebanon Field Office / Office Of the Field Director / Located in Central Lebanon Area and Tyre Area

UNRWA encourages applications from qualified women and welcomes applications from qualified candidates with disabilities.

UNRWA, the largest United Nations operation in the Middle East with over 30,000 staff working across five areas of operation, is looking for professionals like you.

UNRWA's human development goals

UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states, regional bodies, business foundations and individual contributions. UNRWA has identified four human development goals as the focus of the Agency's operations in committing to fostering human development of Palestine refugees by helping them to: lead long and healthy lives, acquire knowledge and skills, achieve decent standards of living and enjoy human rights to the fullest possible extent.

How can you make a difference? 

You will be joining a team of around 3000 staff in the Lebanon Field Office working to foster the human development of some 470,000 registered Palestine refugees.••

The Chief Area Office will be responsible for:

The main responsibilities include:

• •• Represents the Agency at the area level and liaises with Host government authorities, refugee community representatives and humanitarian organizations on the general application of Agency policies and programmes as well as other issues of interest to the Agency in particular the security situation likely to affect UNRWA operations, or incidents affecting the humanitarian situation of Palestine refugees;

• •• Leading an area management team and in close collaboration with responsible managers in the Field Office, coordinates the work of the Area Programme Officers; plans, directs and controls administrative, finance, supply, distribution, transport, personnel, building maintenance and camp service function in his/her Area to ensure that the Agency's operations and programmes address the needs of refugees within the context of the local political, social and security situations, and reports on their effectiveness and efficiency accordingly to supervisor; assists in and advises on the integration of programmes and support service activities; where necessary, takes corrective measures within his/her authority as outlined by DUO/DUA;

• •• Is responsible for effective communication in his/her Area; disseminates information collected through regular meetings with relevant interlocutors to his/her team members, the Front Office, Heads of Programme and Support Departments;

• •• Monitors potential situation in his/her area, identifies risks and issues, brings together key staff to address problems and advises the Field Director accordingly. In situations of acute emergencies and critical incidents, as declared by Field Director, is responsible for the Agency's emergency response and has the authority over all staff and assets in the designated Area; coordinates such matters with responsible staff at Field Office level;

• •• Is accountable for control and disbursement of funds allotted to the Area Office by Expending Officers;

• •• Ensures that all programme activities include cross-cutting themes such as protection, gender equality and• PCM initiatives;

• •• Where applicable, ensures protection issues affecting Palestine refugees in the area of responsibility are brought to the attention of the Field Protection Coordinator and are adequately addressed by Programmes and/or other relevant Departments;

• •• Is responsible for training of Agency staff assigned to his/her Area with particular emphasis on training Area staff in their area of expertise and broader issues including cross-cutting themes;

• •• Performs such other duties as may be assigned.

Conditions of service•

Monthly basic salary L.L. 3,215,299 - PLUS 66.39% SOA (Special Occupational Allowance)

Other benefits include:

Provident Fund contribution (15% of basic salary paid by the Agency)

Dependency allowances, Dependent spouse: L.L 60,000 per month

••• Dependent child: L.L 33,000 per month

30 days of annual leave

Compulsory medical insurance

To qualify for this position, you will need:

Education

Advanced university degree in business, public administration, political science, sociology or other related discipline

Work

experience

At least ten years of relevant experience of which five years should have been in a large governmental or international organization at a senior level.

Language(s)

Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic

You will also need to demonstrate the following competencies:

Leading and Supervising:• Provides others with a clear direction; motivates and empowers others; recruits staff of a high caliber; provides staff with development opportunities and coaching; sets appropriate standards of behavior.

•         Relating and Networking:• Easily establishes good relationships with external partners and staff; builds wide and effective networks within UNRWA, within the wider UN system and with external parties; relates well to people at all levels; manages conflict; uses humor appropriately to enhance relationships with others.

Persuading and Influencing:• Gains agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating; makes effective use of political processes to influence and persuade others inside and outside UNRWA; promotes ideas on behalf of oneself or others; makes a strong personal impact on others; takes care to manage one's impression on others. Analyzing:• Analyzes numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns and relationships; probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; makes rational judgments from the available information and analysis; demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system; produces a range of workable strategies aimed at solving numerous, possibly related issues. Planning and Organizing:• Sets clearly defined objectives; plans activities, projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; identifies and organizes resources needed to accomplish tasks; manages time effectively; monitors performance against deadlines and milestones.

Desirable Qualifications

•         Thorough knowledge of the Agency and of his/her area;

•         Possession of a valid driving license.

For guidance on how to prepare for competency-based interviews:

••••••••••• https://careers.un.org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=AYI

Recruitment in UNRWA Lebanon – How it works:

https://jobs.unrwa.org/frmFieldAnnouncementsList.aspx?id=3

How to apply

To start the application process, applicants are required to register at http://jobs.unrwa.org by creating a personal profile and completing UNRWA Personal History Form. Please make sure that you write the cover letter, highlighting in particular your strengths and your motivation for applying for these posts.

Only applications received through http://jobs.unrwa.org will be considered. Due to the large number of applications received for UNRWA vacancies, only applicants short-listed for interview will be contacted.

Please ensure that the e-mail address that you will indicate in your Personal History Profile is accurate, candidates shortlisted for test or interview will only be contacted by e-mail. No follow up phone calls will be made.

The United Nations does not charge fees at any stage of the recruitment process. The United Nations does not concern itself with information related to bank accounts.

How will the selection process look like?

The number of qualified female applicants has to be at least 20% to proceed with the short-listing. The short-listing will be done against the minimum qualifications mentioned above.• Candidates with an equivalent combination of relevant academic qualifications, professional training and progressive work experience may also be considered. The shortlisted candidates will be invited for the test. The passing mark for the test is 50%. As we are recruiting for two posts, we will interview at least the 10 top ranked candidates who pass the test. The number of the interviewed candidates may be extended to comply with the Human Resources Gender Action Plan and ensure that at least four female candidates who passed the test are interviewed. In this case all candidates having a higher rank than the fourth ranked female candidate (assuming she is not already among the first 10) will be interviewed.••• The interview result determines the selection. If a male and female candidates have comparable interview result, female candidate will be selected.••

General information

This vacancy notice is open to internal and external candidates. As an Area post, preference will be given to local candidates already based in the duty station of the post.

UNRWA is a United Nations organization whose staff are expected to uphold the highest standards of integrity, neutrality and impartiality. This includes respect for and commitment to human rights, diversity, and non-violent means of dealing with all kinds of conflict. UNRWA staff are expected to uphold these values at all times, both at work and outside. Only persons who fully and unconditionally commit to these values should consider applying for UNRWA jobs. UNRWA is a non-smoking work environment.

The Agency reserves the right not to make an appointment, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description

Date of issue: 13 November 2018

This vacancy is now closed.
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