Resettlement Assistant job at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Vacancy title:
Resettlement Assistant

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Legal ]

Jobs at:

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Deadline of this Job:
13 March 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, February 27, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Duties
• Prepare written documentation for resettlement submission; ensure that records / files of individual cases are updated in a systematic and timely manner.
• Assess and review individual resettlement cases and prepare individual / group submission for scrutiny by the supervisor.
• Follow-up on cases from time of submission to final decision and departure.
• Comply with UNHCR¿s standard operating procedures on resettlement, ensuring timely action on cases.
• Assist in logistical arrangements of selection missions by resettlement countries.
• Coordinate travel and departure arrangements for refugees accepted for resettlement.
• Assist in maintaining and updating proGres or Consolidated Online Resettlement Tracking System (CORTS) database.
• Occasionally, assist in carrying out preliminary interviews and initial assessments, to process refugees for resettlement following established procedures.
• Occasionally, provide counselling to persons of concern (PoC).
• Provide administrative support for resettlement-related training activities, including organization of resettlement workshops and meetings as required.
• Assist in maintaining accurate resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date records on individual cases; assist in the preparation of reports.
• Draft / type routine correspondence to Field Offices / Multi-Country Offices / Headquarters.
• Systematically apply an Age, Gender and Diversity perspective in all aspects of the resettlement process; comply with UNHCR policy and guidelines on HIV/AIDS.
• Assist in mitigating resettlement fraud by reporting suspected fraud.
• Provide counselling to PoC.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• G4 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Certificates and/or Licenses

• International Relations, International Law
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)


Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Legal jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 13 March 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 28-02-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 28-02-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 28-02-2067
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