Job Title: Snr Development Assistant – UNHCR Uganda Jobs 2022
Organization: UNHCR Uganda
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda
UNHCR Uganda Profile:
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a UN agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
Job Summary:
The Senior Development Assistant will support the development and implementation of a comprehensive refugee response at regional, national, and local levels. The incumbent will assist in managing strategic partnerships and coordinating with both internal and external stakeholders including key development actors, national authorities and other relevant operational partners. Within UNHCR, the Senior Development Assistant will coordinate closely with the relevant staff across the Operation, including Community Services, Protection, Programme and other technical sectors. S/he will play a key role in ensuring high-quality communication with stakeholders (in writing and orally) and support the organisation of joint activities. The incumbent normally works under the supervision of the Senior Development Officer or any other Senior Officer as delegated by the Representative.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Assist the supervisor and UNHCR senior managers to engage in relevant government-led development planning and coordination processes through coordinating and supporting UNHCR’s participation in relevant mechanisms.
- Assist in the establishment and maintenance of effective working relations with relevant public and governmental entities and officials, with relevant local authorities and with strategic development partners through systematic communication and information sharing.
- Assist in providing adequate organizational and logistical support to multi-stakeholder coordination platform and strategic partnerships.
- Assist in efforts to institutionalize long-term development-oriented approaches for refugees and refugee-hosting areas with a broad range of development and humanitarian partners through coordinating and supporting UNHCR’s participation in relevant planning processes.
- Assist in implementing and monitoring UNHCR’s Multi-Year Multi-Partner strategy, and the development and implementation of other strategic programmes and partnerships for the benefit of refugee and host communities.
- Assist in providing administrative and coordination support to strategy development, roll-out and implementation throughout various stages of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Assist in preparing relevant information (correspondence and reports) to external and internal stakeholders regularly, on time and as per necessary requirements.
- Assist in facilitating and operationalizing strategic development partnerships and multi-stakeholder coordination for development and self-reliance oriented interventions in refugee-hosting areas through translating and disseminating relevant correspondence and texts.
- Support the secretariat of a multi-stakeholder coordination platform for development and self-reliance oriented interventions on behalf of refugees and refugee-hosting areas through managing contact lists, meeting calendars, organizing meetings, minute taking, and follow-up on agreed action to be taken.
- Provide support with the follow-up on administrative and logistical arrangements to organise missions, workshops, coordination meetings and other events through managing contact lists, meeting calendars, organizing meetings, minute taking, and follow-up on agreed action to be taken.
- Prepare documents and reports as required.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Certificates and/or Licenses
- Economics
- Development Studies
- International Relations
- Law
- Political Science
- Social Science
- (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
- Proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of actors – including government. Experience in working with development agencies or in other development planning methodologies.
Desirable
- Previous experience in UN/UNHCR. Previous experience in working with the public and governmental entities. Experience of working on the humanitarian-development nexus, and in particular working with Government and the World Bank.
Functional Skills
- *IT-Computer Literacy
- *CO-Drafting and Documentation
- *SO-Networking
- PR-Coordination in Forced Displacement situations
- (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
- Language RequirementsFor General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
How To Apply for UNHCR Uganda Jobs 2022
All interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit their applications through the link below.
Deadline: 21st February 2022
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