Associate Liaison Officer

This Job Opening is available to eligible UNHCR staff members and external applicants.

Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS).

Applicants must be nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their employment.

Associate Liaison Officer

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

UNHCR has been present in Ukraine since 1996, supporting the government of Ukraine with the reception of refugees and asylum seekers, and with facilitating the resolution of citizenship and statelessness issues. Ukraine is currently home to around 5,000 asylum-seekers and refugees, and an estimated 35,000 people who are stateless, or at risk of statelessness due to their lack of documentation. Since 2014, UNHCR is also implementing programmes addressing the humanitarian needs of internally displaced and conflict-affected persons in Ukraine, while seeking to operationalise the humanitarian-development nexus to support sustainable solutions and resilience. Based on its protection and durable solutions mandate for displaced and stateless populations and the Global Compact on Refugees, UNHCR pursues a 'whole of society' approach to enable asylum-seekers, refugees, IDPs and stateless persons to access protection, be included in national services like social protection, and attain long-term solutions to their situation.

The Associate Liaison Officer plays a key role in promoting the inclusion of these populations in development strategies and programmes, to ensure they are not left behind but included in economic opportunities and social protection systems, and enabled to develop their human capital and contribute to the development of the society. S/he is responsible for conducting analyses of the political and economic environment, identifying opportunities which can serve to reduce the vulnerability of these populations and support their inclusion, and engaging with key Government institutions, as well as with UN agencies, civil society, development partners, international financial institutions and private partners on these issues within established sectoral working groups and bilaterally. The Associate Liaison Officer contributes to the development of UNHCR's multi-year strategy and direction, and to communication products that explain UNHCR's mission and role and contributions of persons of concern. S/he also serves as UNHCR's entry point with Government institutions on overarching and cross-cutting issues related to UNHCR's mandate, mission and operational engagement, to ensure an open and transparent partnership approach. The overall goal of the position is to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of UNHCR's responses to situations affecting people of concern to UNHCR through an open and transparent partnership approach with the Government and other stakeholders. The position is based at UNHCR's Representation Office in Kyiv and reports to the Representative.


All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties
- Participates in formulating and communicating UNHCR positions on Government-related matters on protection, assistance and inclusion of refugees, providing suggestions for briefing notes, talking points and issues papers for relevant discussions with the Government.
- Provides suggestions for promoting UNHCR's policies and liaising with Government authorities on issues related to latest humanitarian and development processes.
- Assists in establishing and coordinating country-specific coordination mechanisms for situations co-led by UNHCR and the Government. Where applicable, assists in supporting the development of country-specific refugee response plans (or refugee and migration response plan and refugee and resilience plan) and comprehensive responses.
- Assists in ensuring the coherence of the work of the Multi-sector group (MSG) in accordance with the Government.
- Assists in organizing and implementing capacity-building seminars or training programmes for target groups (government officials, etc.).
- Responds to queries from Government Officials, NGOs, individuals, etc. and provides the information required or appropriately refers the queries elsewhere.
- Assists the supervisor in preparation of statements that represent UNHCR's overall policies and which highlight specific area of concern, ensuring that the supervisor is prepared for meetings/missions by providing relevant information and establishing contacts.
- Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level
For P2/NOB - 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education
Political/Social Science,
Economics;
Law/International Law;
Business Administration;
or other relevant field.
(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Certificates and/or Licenses
Not specified.

Relevant Job Experience
Essential:
At least 3 years of experience working in government institutions, international financial institutions, research institutions or think tanks, private sector and/or UN or other organisations on policy issues and strategic development in areas relating to economic and social development of populations and societies.
Experience in monitoring, reviewing and analyzing public strategies, policies and plans, and in formulating and conducting advocacy activities.
Experience in liaison and networking with governmental institutions and other stakeholders towards common goals.

Desirable:
Experience in applying economic concepts to policy issues based on established analytical methods, and demonstrated understanding about the connections between them.
Experience in research in economics and econometrics and/or in social policy and economics.
Experience with working in an international, multilateral context.


Functional Skills
MS-Drafting, Documentation, Data Presentation;
MG-Negotiation;
CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community
MS-Networking
TR-Training and Capacity Building of Governments/Implementing Partners/Refugees
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

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.




All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.

As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.

This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates. Competencies as defined in Job Profile Excellent knowledge of English, Russian and Ukrainian languages is required for this position. Written test will be administered for shortlisted candidates.
In case of questions regarding the application process you may contact: +38044 288 97 10, +38050 444 29 92, vacancy@unhcr.org The deadline for applications is 31 January 2022.