Employer: Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Application Deadline: 15th Jan 2015
Job Description:
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensure active participation of persons of concern is assured through continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and community based approaches.
• Protection incidents are immediately identified and addressed.
• Ensure that analytical reports of protection trends and issues are produced on a monthly and ad hoc basis.
• Keep abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Actively promote International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
• Build and grow their (Laws and policies) consistent and coherent interpretation and application through mainstreaming in all sectors and /or in clusters in applicable operations.
• In charge of the protection of populations of concern is met through the application of International and National Law, relevant UN/UNHCR protection standards and IASC principles.
• Ensure the protection strategy incorporates a thorough age, gender and diversity (AGD) analysis and reflects the Organization’s global, regional and country level priorities.
• Significantly contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related activities and partners in particular within the newly established protection response framework.
• Compile data from the field and partners in a systematic manner. Draft consolidated reports on update impact of the protection response framework and legal issues.
• Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to the operation and draft legal notes, as required.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
• Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy through a consultative process with sectorial and/or cluster partners.
• Actively facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.
• Contribute to capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights.
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate national authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
• Decide in consultation with the supervisor and the protection unit issues to be researched and topics for thematic reports.
• Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
• Line-manage the staff including day-to-day management, development and training, appraisals, etc.
• Facilitate regular staff meetings to ensure awareness of project objectives, and opportunity for feedback.
• Provide staff coaching and technical supervision to develop ownership / responsibility for activities.
• Ensure all possible durable solutions are explored for persons of concern.
• Take a lead role plan of action, to ensure the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers through interventions with local authorities and other entities on instances of arbitrary arrest and detention. Ensure the people of concern have access to legal and fair hearing in court through court follow ups, prison monitoring etc.
• Sensitize the Community and Local authorities on Refugee law and Human Rights relating to refugees and others of concern to UNHCR, in order to ensure that national legislation is in compliance with International Legal Standards.
• Advocate for legal aid services from the different legal aid service providers and Pro bono services from legal practitioners for the purpose of disposing of refugee cases at court.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The ideal candidate should hold a Law degree/ human rights or a comparable discipline
• Three or more years’ work experience in the same field of development and humanitarian work and NGOs’
• Possess the ability to produce high-quality legal documentation
• Ability to present and defend cases in a court of law
• Excellent presentation and communication skills and the ability to interact with a number of different partners and contacts, including governmental authorities, UNHCR, victims and their families etc.
• Possess communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong judgments skills are also a necessity
• Someone who can make ethical and moral decisions
• Sociable and open minded
• A person who can keep confidential information
• Must have a solid knowledge of the local law and be able to grasp new concepts with ease and accuracy
• Very organized and need to have good time management skills to meet deadlines on time.
• Ability to speak more than one indigenous and foreign language would be desirable
How to Apply:
All qualified Ugandan nationals are encouraged to send an application plus updated CV to: vacancies.ug@hijra.or.ke. Please clearly indicate the position tile in the subject line of the E-mail.
NB: Due to the urgent need to fill this position, short listing will be done as we receive applications. The earlier you apply the better!
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