UNV Community Services Assistant

Description of task

Duties associated with the assignment will be carried out within a framework of voluntary commitment and engagement, which are the foundations of volunteerism. This position is a national UN Volunteer assignment within the UNHCR office in Nampula, Mozambique. Under the direct supervision of the Head of Protection Unit, the UNV Community Services Assistant will undertake the following tasks:

• Conduct home visits to refugees and asylum-seekers and undertake vulnerability assessments recommending the appropriate protection intervention.
• Effective support and advice is provided to promote Age Gender and Diversity (AGD) sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities as the essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.
• Support and advice is provided to establishing community activities which address the social, cultural, and livelihood needs of populations of concern.
• Support and advice is provided to involve the host community in the protection of persons of concern.
• The AGD approach is applied in all aspects of his/her protection and solutions work on behalf of persons of concern.
• Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy and operational procedures.
• Work with host communities to identify opportunities for national civil society involvement in improving the protection of persons of concern.
• Work with implementing and operational partners as well as with displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho- social, cultural, health, organizational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to SGBV.
• Assist in analyzing protection risks and capacities of communities of concern.
• Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
• Assist in planning and monitoring of programmes and budgets, with an AGD perspective.
• Build office capacity for community-based protection through training and establishing systems for community mobilization and participation of persons of concern.
• Contribute to the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.

Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Secondary education Required experience: 24 Months Experience remark:

• Minimum 2 years of previous relevant job experience.

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Portuguese(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise: Other development programme/project experience, Human rights Area of expertise details:

• Proficiency in use of computer is required especially with knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and databases
• Fluency in both English and Portuguese is required for verbal and written communications.
• Knowledge of a local language will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of Swahili will be an added advantage

Driving license: No Competencies values:

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Client Orientation, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Empowering Others, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Judgement and Decision-making, Knowledge Sharing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Self-Management