Community-Based Protection Assistant (LICA 4 Guayaquil – 6 months) – 33891

Title: Community-Based Protection Assistant

Project: UNHCR ¿ Protection of Refugees in Ecuador

Duty station: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Section/Unit: UNHCR Protection Unit

Contract/Level: Local Support, LICA 4 (USD 1.671,oo)

Duration: From 15 March to 15 September 2022 (6 months)

(Possibility of extension depending on performance and budget)

Supervisor: Head of Field Office Guayaquil, Ms. Marzia Dalto.

Foreign candidates, to be considered eligible for this position, must have a temporary or permanent residence in Ecuador that allows them to carry out work activities in the country.

Duties And Qualifications

• Purpose and Scope of Assignment

The Community-Based Protection Assistant is a member of the Protection Unit and may report to the Protection Officer, Community-Based Protection Officer, or another more senior staff member in the Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Unit, and in coordination with other UNHCR staff, government, NGO partners and other stakeholders, the incumbent works directly with communities of concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to protect themselves, their families and communities. S/he supports the application of community-based protection standards, operational procedures and practices in community-based protection delivery at the field level. To fulfil this role, the Community-Based Protection Assistant is required to spend a substantial percentage of the workday outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern (PoC). The development and maintenance of constructive relationships with PoC that measurably impact and enhance protection planning, programming and results, form the core of the work of the incumbent. S/he also supports the designing of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring that it is based on consultation with PoC.

Duties

• Through relationships with PoC and network of partners, stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide advice to the protection team. Understand the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the PoC and advise the protection team accordingly, highlighting the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, marginalized groups.
• Support implementing and operational partners as well as displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organisational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to GBV.
• Assist in working with host communities to involve national civil society groups in improving the protection of PoC.
• Assist in the analysis that identifies the capacities of communities of concern and risks they face.
• Support participatory assessments and ongoing consultation with PoC.
• Support communities in establishing representation and coordination structures.
• Ensure community understanding of UNHCR’s commitment to deliver on accountability and quality assurance in its response.
• Collect data for monitoring of programmes and budgets from an AGD perspective.
• Draft and type routine correspondence, documents and reports and maintain up-to-date filing systems.
• Act as an interpreter in exchange of routine information, contribute to related liaison activities and respond directly to routine queries.
• Assist in the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR¿s work.
• Identify and recommend which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
• Enforce compliance of implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
• Perform other related duties as required
• Monitoring and Progress Controls
• Case management and admissions using the PRIMES database.
• File notes from relevant meetings, workshops and events.
• Preparation of reports.
• Ensure community participation in the protection strategy.
• Qualifications and Experience
• Education
• University Degree (4 years) in Law, Social Sciences, Social Work, Psychology or any other related field.
• Work Experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience in relevant and related topics.
• Work experience in response to population in need of international protection.
• Experience in protection or social work that implies the empowerment of women and girls, gender, the protection of children and adolescents, the LGTBIQ + community.
• Knowledge of humanitarian and community development frameworks.
• Work experience with social organizations, public sector institutions and / or international organizations will be an advantage.
• Experience with refugee population or groups in vulnerable situations.
• Good understanding of the dynamics of displacement and protection, including child protection, education, and enforcement of age, gender and diversity policy.
• Work experience in border monitoring, advocacy and institutional relations.
• Work experience with social organizations, public sector institutions and / or international organizations will be an advantage.

Position Competencies

• Key Competencies
• Ability to work in difficult conditions and under stress.
• Ability to work within an international and multicultural environment.
• Ability to work with individuals in vulnerable situation.
• Willingness to work in emergency situations.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a professional manner.
• Availability to mobilize at the community level and other cities.
• Customer and results oriented.
• Computer skills: Word, Excel, Internet, Powerpoint.
• Languages: fluent, spoken and written Spanish. English would be a benefit.

Language Requirements

• English Desirable.

Additional Information

• Submission of applications
• English Desirable.
• Foreign candidates, to be considered eligible for this position, must have a temporary or permanent residence in Ecuador that allows them to carry out work activities in the country.
• If hired, the candidate must submit a current and updated RUC Unique Taxpayer Registry and a voluntary contribution certificate to the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security IESS. Voluntary IESS securities will be covered by the staff member.
• If you wish to be considered for this vacancy, please submit your application according to the following instructions:
• EXTERNAL CANIDATES: Candidates who do NOT have access to the MSRP system should submit their application through UNHCR’s official site for applications:

www.unhcr.org – Careers ¿ Vacancies ¿ Ecuador ¿ CB Protection Asst UNOPS LICA 4 ¿ Guayaquil.

• CANDIDATES WITH ACCESS TO THE MSRP: The application must be submitted by:

MSRP – Self-Service – Recruiting – Careers – Ecuador – CB Protection Asst UNOPS LICA 4 ¿ Guayaquil.

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• For any technical issues encountered during the online application, please contact the Global Service Desk ([email protected]) prior to the deadline to allow sufficient time to resolve issues.
• For any questions about the selection process, contact Human Resources ([email protected]).

CVs WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL. ONLY THOSE APPLICATIONS SENT BY THE

SYSTEM WILL BE CONSIDERED.

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See below for this postion’s Operational Context

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• General Background

Ecuador is part of the United Nations Convention of 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, as well as major international and regional human rights instruments that recognize the right to asylum. It is also part of the United Nations Convention of 1954 relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the United Nations Convention of 1961 on the Reduction of Statelessness. The asylum procedure in Ecuador is regulated by the Organic Law of Human Mobility, effective February 6, 2017 “.

Ecuador is a country of transit and destination for people who need international protection. In the last two decades, Ecuador hosted more than 68,708 recognized refugees (mainly Colombian) and has become one of the leading countries of transit and destination for refugees and migrants Venezuelans. Ecuador receives the second highest number of Venezuelans after Colombia. Since 2016, more than 4.7 million Venezuelans have left their country, making it the biggest exodus in the history of Latin America. Of these, 2.2 million have entered Ecuador, of which 400,000 Venezuelans have been established in the country.

In 2019, approximately 2,100 Venezuelans per day entered Ecuador (with peaks of 6,000) until 26 August, when Ecuador began requiring visas for Venezuelans. Since 2018, the number of Venezuelan asylum seekers exceeded the number of asylum seekers from Colombia. According to monitoring protection of UNHCR, in 2019, nearly four out of ten Venezuelans did to the least part of their journey on foot, and three in ten have specific needs (pregnant women, unaccompanied or separated children, people with disabilities or catastrophic and elderly diseases).

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees works in Ecuador supporting the Ecuadorian government to protect refugees. UNHCR’s operation in Ecuador began in 2000 as part of the strategy of the organization to protect and provide assistance, particularly to the victims of the Colombian conflict. The operation aims to support the Government of Ecuador to: (i) the development of mechanisms of protection, (ii) strengthening national asylum system, (iii) and identification of durable solutions for refugees.

The operation of UNHCR in Ecuador has a multiyear Protection Strategy and Solutions for the period 2018 – 2020, which encompasses the dimensions of the legal, economic and social protection of refugees in Ecuador and which have a decisive role the approaches to gender, ethnicity, and age and other diversities.

Closing Date

The closing date is: 24 February 2022, 17h00 – Ecuador Time (25 February 2022, 00h00 – Geneva Time)