Associate Protection Officer

The Associate Protection Officer at UNHCR's Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) provides functional protection and solutions support and oversight to country operations in the Asia-Pacific region on international protection standards and operational procedures and practices.

Requirements

• Stay abreast of legal, political, security, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment in the region
• Support country operations in the region to ensure compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity
• Provide advice and guidance on issues concerning protection oversight, management of individual case processing, including RSD adjudication, fraud risk identification, prevention and response
• Conduct eligibility interviews, draft RSD Assessment Forms and provide quality review of RSD Assessment Forms
• Provide capacity building, coaching and training on the inclusion criteria; principles/procedures related to exclusion; cancellation/revocation; international humanitarian law; human rights law; interviewing techniques and credibility assessment/establishing the facts; and legal drafting

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity to work with a leading international organization
• Chance to contribute to the protection of refugees and asylum seekers