PROTECTION ANALYST, P3

Posting Title : PROTECTION ANALYST, P3
Job Code Title : Protection Analyst
Department/ Office : UNRWA – Programme Protection & Neutrality – West Bank
Location : Jerusalem (East) West Bank Fie
Posting Period : 16 May 2023-12 June 2023
Job Opening number : 23-HRI-UNRWA – Programme Protection &-209249-RJerusalem
(East) West Bank Fie (E)
Staffing Exercise : N/A
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
Org. Setting and Reporting
UNRWA, the largest United Nations operation in the Middle East with over 30,000 staff
working across five areas of operation, is looking for highly committed personnel wishing to
make a change.
If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference for one of the
most vulnerable communities in the world, UNRWA would like to hear from you.
The Protection Analyst reports directly to the Protection Team Leader.
Responsibilities
– Is responsible for the Protection Office research and analysis output that enable further
planning, decision-making and enhancing protection activities; manages the research and
analysis and the radio room teams, ensuring quality work through their career building and
development; assesses data tools and processes in place, identifies areas for enhancement,
makes proposals for improvement and follows up their implementation.
– Responsible for the collection, visualization, management and analysis of the gathered
protection related data and information, ensuring appropriate verification and accuracy of
information collected; ensures the team have effective and harmonized tools to facilitate
information sharing and analysis.
– Drafts reports (internal and external) on all projects in humanitarian principles and
protection, while contributing to the annual, mid-term and all other reports as required, in
addition to UNRWA Protection Division reports, including but not limited to overseeing the
publication of regular protection reporting such as all WBFO Protection reports.
– Drafts inputs for the Protection Office reports of international human rights mechanisms,
UN, donors, and responses to all ad hoc requests regarding international human rights and
protection issues, the living conditions of Palestine refugees, their access to services provided
by UNRWA and its partners, and humanitarian principles issues.
– Regularly reviews UNRWA’s collected information, tracks, and monitors trends, and
prepares the information in formats appropriate for presentations, advocacy and briefings such
as power point presentations, graphs and charts.
– Monitors and analyses current events, public opinion, and press, identifies issues and trends,
and advises the department on opportunities to focus monitoring and promote advocacy in
accordance with the Field and Protection Division strategies and in reporting.
– Provides operational support for humanitarian principles work, including the carrying out of
analysis, monitoring, reporting and assessments, particularly to address gaps in humanitarian
and emergency operations in the Field.
– Responsible for coordination work to ensure accuracy of statistical information exchanged
with other UN system actors in the Field.
– Contributes to advocacy and visibility activities including drafting of social media content,
reviewing media and other public outputs for accuracy; analyses the impact of materials
published, while monitoring and reporting on feedback., in addition to reviewing and/or
developing and gaining approval for effective relevant work plans which support Field and
Protection Office requirements, including private and public advocacy efforts with duty
bearers and other key factors.
Competencies
UN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core
Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by
default.
i. Leading and Supervising
ii. Relating and Networking
iii. Analyzing
iv. Planning and Organizing
v. Learning and Researching
vi. Advanced skills in drafting reports and information presentation
vii. Experience in managing people
For guidance on how to prepare for competency-based interviews: https://careers.un.
org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=AYI
Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) from an accredited educational
institution in international relations, public administration, human rights, law, communication,
journalism, humanities or other related disciplines.
Job Specific Qualifications
Work Experience
Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) from an accredited educational
institution in international relations, public administration, human rights, law, communication,
journalism, humanities or other related disciplines is required.
At least five years of responsible and relevant experience in research, analysis, drafting
official reports and presenting information and data in a clear and instructive manner,
preferably on humanitarian and human rights issues is required.
Unless already serving as an international staff member in the UN Common System, at least
two continuous years of relevant international experience outside UNRWA, and outside the
country(s) of citizenship is required.
Possession of a valid international driving license is desirable.
Languages
Excellent command of written and spoken English is required.
Working knowledge of Arabic and/or Hebrew is desirable.
Assessment
Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be
followed by competency-based interview.
Special Notice
Type of Contract and duration: 1 year, project funded with the possibility of further extension.
Applicants have to complete the Personal History Profile (PHP) in Inspira in order to be
considered. The PHP should be completed with full relevant work experience as per the
requirements in the Job Opening, in order to be considered.
UNRWA welcomes applications from qualified candidates with disabilities.
A roster may be created from the selection exercise, and successful candidates may become
eligible for a temporary appointment to the same post or a similar post.
Equivalency may apply.
NB: work experience alone or formal qualifications with no relevant work experience are not
considered an acceptable combination.
UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states,
regional bodies, business foundations and individual contributions. The mission of UNRWA
is to help Palestine refugees achieve their full potential in human development under the
difficult circumstances in which they live.
For more details on UNRWA, please visit: https://www.unrwa.org/
United Nations Considerations
Staff members are subject to the authority of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA and to
assignment by him or her.
UNRWA is committed to achieving gender parity at all levels of staffing under the current
UN-wide gender agenda and strongly encourages applications from qualified applicants from
under-represented groups.
At UNRWA, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the
necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due
regard to geographic diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of
qualifications and organizational needs. UNRWA is committed to creating a diverse and
inclusive environment of mutual respect. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with
disabilities may be provided to support participation in the recruitment process when
requested and indicated in the application.
UNRWA Considerations
UNRWA staff are expected to uphold the highest standards of efficiency, competence,
neutrality, impartiality and integrity. This includes respect for and commitment to human
rights, diversity and non-violent means of dealing with all kinds of conflict. Only persons who
fully and unconditionally commit to these values should consider applying for UNRWA jobs.
Candidates will not be considered for employment with UNRWA if they have committed
violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law,
sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to
believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. Candidates who
have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for
employment. The Agency may disqualify applicants who have separated for reason of
misconduct, who left a UN Agency while misconduct processes were pending, or who appear
on the UN Sanctions List.
UNRWA is a non-smoking work environment.
Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment
platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the
Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side
of the inspira account-holder homepage.
The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in
the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable
internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations,
resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative
issuances and guidelines. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information
pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in
inspira to be considered for the current job opening. No amendment, addition, deletion,
revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates
under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the
information provided in the application.
Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time)
on the deadline date.