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Mission and objectives
The Office of the UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 by the UN General Assem-bly. 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. The UN Refugee Agency in Niger acting within its mandate of protecting persons in need of international protection, and in partnership with the Government of Niger has established the Evacuation Transit Mechanism (ETM). The mechanism aims at evacuating persons of con-cern with acute protection needs from Libya to Niger, where they undergo RSD and are di-rected to appropriate durable solutions. Most of these evacuees come from Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia and are victims of severe human rights violations during their journey.
Context
The Agadez region is considered a crossroads for mixed migration movements. Historically, the re-gion has been an important axis for migrants wishing to reach the Maghreb and European countries via the Mediterranean Sea as well as for southward movements from North Africa. These migratory flows constitute mixed movements, including economic migrants as well as persons in need of in-ternational protection. As of January 2023, the DRECMR registered with the support of UNHCR Office 2,630 asylum seekers and refugees belonging to 1820 households accommodated between 3 guesthouses in Agadez city and the humanitarian center located 15 kilometers from the city where 2,379 individuals are housed. The incumbent reports to the Head of Sub Office Agadez. The ideal candidate for this position should have experience working in mixed movement situations and be able to work with multiple humanitarian partners and actors as well as national and interna-tional NGOs and donors. The incumbent advises the Head of Office and senior management of the country operation in the area of programme in Agadez.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of the Head of Field Office, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: Support the revision and analysis of plans, Mid-year and year-end reports of UNHCR Sub-Delegation in Agadez, and ensure quality assurance and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures, and standards. Assist in the provision of overall direction to broaden partnerships with key stakeholders to maximize the protection and solutions response for persons of concern. Provide support to ensure a consistent application of the framework for implementing with partners, including the effective implementation of the policy on selection and retention of partners, management of partnership agreements, risk-based project performance monitoring, and risk-based project audits, among others. Contribute to ensuring consistent and coherent monitoring approaches, tools, and systems across the region, in line with global standards and policies. Actively contribute to UNHCRs programming of a community of practice and continuously con-tribute to improvements of programming tools and processes. Oversee a timely and effective follow-up f internal and external audit observations and recom-mendations that relate to programmatic issues. Perform other related duties as required and/or as requested by The HOSO Agadez. To lead complex consultative processes involving external parties including Inter-Agency pro-gramming processes. Activities related to the CBI/vouchers, Livelihood/economic inclusion and also monitoring and management of partners. Follow the planning of the direct implementation of the sectors, including the analysis of the budgets submitted by the sectors and the preparation of the narrative to be submitted to the Head of Office and the Niamey program for reference. Effective monitoring of 2023-2024 projects with partners and progress of implementation and share a report on the progress of the situation. Coordinate the drafting of the contribution to the annual report, and other reports for next year. Follow up on the situation for the OL increase, OL increase in progress and take subsequent ac-tions related to the revision of partner agreements (CERF, PBF and GIZ/BMZ funding....). Respond to external relations requests in relation to the submission of project proposals and donor reports. In general, monitor the implementation of partner activities and direct implementation. Support in assessing and analyzing the needs of persons of concern in a participatory manner, using the AGD perspective as a basis for planning. Provide support on programmatic aspects of developing multi-year protection and solutions strategies and annual plans with corresponding priorities taking into account corporate priori-ties. Support Results Based Management and program capacity in light of evolving requirements, programming approaches, and gaps. Assist the planning process in compliance with planning parameters outlined in the Programme Manual and the planning.