Community Services Assistant at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Rwamwanja, Uganda

Job Title: Community Services Assistant

Company: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Job Location: Rwamwanja, Uganda  

Vacancy Notice: 021/2013

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist in working with host communities to involve national civil society groups in improving the protection of persons of concern

• Offer support implementing and operational partners as well as with displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to GBV.

• Assist in analyzing protection risk and capacities of communities of concern.

• Support participatory assessments and ongoing consultation with persons of concern

• Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets for the AGD perspective

• Accompany and interpret for senior management in their contacts with local interlocutors

• Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports using word processing equipment and maintain up-to-date filing systems

• Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work

• Take lead in the identification of individuals and groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits in an agreed criteria

• Perform other duties as instructed.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• The prospective employee should have completed secondary education and possess post-secondary training in social sciences or social work.

• The candidate should possess at least three years previous job experience in a related or similar job role

• Personal Competencies:

• Computer literacy skills

• Fluency in both written and oral English.

• Knowledge of another UN or local language

How to Apply: 

All Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their applications, under confidential cover, quoting the Post No addressed to:

The Senior Administrative/ Finance Officer,

UNHCR Representation in Uganda,

P.O. Box, 3813, 

Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 3rd Oct 2013