About the job
Eligible Applicants
This Job Opening is available to eligible UNHCR staff members and external applicants.
Procedures and Eligibility
Interested
applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment
and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS). Applicants must be
nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their
employment.
Duties And Qualifications
Associate Government Liaison Officer
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The
Associate Government Liaison Officer is usually located in country
operations. S/he plays a crucial role in ensuring UNHCR's approach to
the Government is consistent, strategic and coherent. UNHCR assists the
Government on coordination, response delivery and protection issues.
Typically, this involves joint coordination arrangements, partnership
with various government departments in service delivery, and regular
dialogue at all levels on refugee protection issues. The main aim is to
ensure that UNHCR can fulfil its role to support the Government to lead
the refugee response ensuring the protection of refugees and - in line
with the GCR - promote the inclusion of refugees into national systems
by coordinating with other actors - including development actors at the
early stages of a refugee response and in mixed situations supporting
the Government to prevent, respond to and resolve internal displacement
while complementing and reinforcing national response efforts. This
should be done in line with UNHCR¿s Mandate, the Global Compact for
Refugees, the IDP policy, and agreed inter-agency commitments. More
specifically, the incumbent advises the senior management on issues and
processes concerning the relationship with the Government and related
positioning, coordination, advocacy, information, resource allocation,
fundraising, reporting, and communication with other UN agencies, NGOs,
civil society actors, private sector, media and other relevant actors
through strong engagement in humanitarian inter-agency processes, but
also with a focus on development processes as they impact on UNHCR. The
overall goal of the position is to strengthen and enhance the
effectiveness of UNHCR¿s leadership roles and responses to situations
affecting people of concern to UNHCR (refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs,
stateless persons, returnees, host communities) through an open and
transparent partnership approach with the Government.
All UNHCR
staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in
their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in
line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN
Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and
Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability
frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their
responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional,
cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of
professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Duties
- Participates
in formulating and communicating UNHCR positions on Government-related
matters on protection, assistance and inclusion of refugees, providing
suggestions for briefing notes, talking points and issues papers for
relevant discussions with the Government.
- Provides suggestions
for promoting UNHCR's policies and liaising with Government authorities
on issues related to latest humanitarian and development processes.
- Assists
in establishing and coordinating country-specific coordination
mechanisms for situations co-led by UNHCR and the Government. Where
applicable, assists in supporting the development of country-specific
refugee response plans (or refugee and migration response plan and
refugee and resilience plan) and comprehensive responses.
- Assists in ensuring the coherence of the work of the Multi-sector group (MSG) in accordance with the Government.
- Assists
in organizing and implementing capacity-building seminars or training
programmes for target groups (government officials, etc.).
- Responds
to queries from Government Officials, NGOs, individuals, etc. and
provides the information required or appropriately refers the queries
elsewhere.
- Assists the supervisor in preparation of statements
that represent UNHCR's overall policies and which highlight specific
area of concern, ensuring that the supervisor is prepared for
meetings/missions by providing relevant information and establishing
contacts.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For
P2/NOB - 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2
years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant
experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education
- Political/Social Science,
- Economics;
- Law/International Law;
- Business Administration;
- or other relevant field.
(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Certificates and/or Licenses
Not specified.
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Not specified.
Desirable
Not specified.
Functional Skills
- CO-Drafting and Documentation
- CL-Multi-stakeholder Communications with Partners, Government & Community
- SO-Networking
- TR-Training
and Capacity Building of Governments and/or national programs
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
- For
International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English
and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
- For
National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working
language of the duty station if not English and local language.
- For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
All
UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute
towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and
empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no
tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual
harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of
power.
As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in
preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing
dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and
support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.
This
is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title
and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional
essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific
operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by
reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the
screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.
Language Requirements
Please also note that English is essential for this Job Opening.
Knowledge of the local language (Kiswahili) is mandatory.
Additional Information
Please
note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of it recruitment
process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing,
training or any other fees).
Qualified female and candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply
In case of difficulties with application process, please contact email: tanda@unhcr.org
See below for this postion's Operational Context.
Current Situation
Tanzania
hosts more than 246,745 refugees mainly from Burundi and Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) in the refugee camps in Kigoma region, Dar es
salaam urban, in Chogo, Kigoma villages and old settlements. As of 10th
December 2021, there are two refugee camps (Nduta and Nyarugusu) in
Kigoma region housing Congolese and Burundian refugees. Refugees in the
camps rely on humanitarian assistance provided by the government of
Tanzania, UNHCR, UNHCR partners and other national and international
NGOs. In 2022 and beyond, UNHCR Tanzania will continue to work with the
Government of Tanzania and humanitarian partners for the provision of
protection and basic services to refugees and persons of concerns,
delivered in accordance with minimum protection and assistance standards
(including admission, non-refoulement, registration and documentation,
assurance of basic security and other human rights standards). It will
further continue to strive towards achieving international standards in
the provision of basic needs and essential services such as shelter,
health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene for refugees in the
camps
Profile Statement for matching purposes
Under the
direct supervision of the UNHCR Country Representative, the incumbent
will need to demonstrate the capacity, skill set and competencies
necessary to ensure UNHCR¿s approach to the Government is consistent,
strategic and coherent. UNHCR assists the Government on coordination,
response delivery and protection issues. Typically, this involves joint
coordination arrangements, partnership with various government
departments in service delivery, and regular dialogue at all levels on
refugee protection issues. The main aim is to ensure that UNHCR can
fulfil its role to support the Government to lead the refugee response
ensuring the protection of refugees and - in line with the GCR - promote
the inclusion of refugees into national systems by coordinating with
other actors - including development actors at the early stages of a
refugee response and in mixed situations supporting the Government to
prevent, respond to and resolve internal displacement while
complementing and reinforcing national response efforts. This should be
done in line with UNHCR¿s Mandate, the Global Compact for Refugees, the
IDP policy, and agreed inter-agency commitments. More specifically, the
incumbent advises the senior management on issues and processes
concerning the relationship with the Government and related positioning,
coordination, advocacy, information, resource allocation, fundraising,
reporting, and communication with other UN agencies, NGOs, civil society
actors, private sector, media and other relevant actors through strong
engagement in humanitarian inter-agency processes, but also with a focus
on development processes as they impact on UNHCR. The overall goal of
the position is to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of UNHCR¿s
leadership roles and responses to situations affecting people of concern
to UNHCR (refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs, stateless persons, returnees,
host communities) through an open and transparent partnership approach
with the Government.
The candidate should possess excellent
technical knowledge including drafting, documentation and data
presentation. S/he should possess great negotiation and networking
skills and should be a multitasker with outstanding communication skills
especially with the partners, government and community at large. S/he
should have experience in training and capacity building of
governments/Implementing partners/Refugees
Additional Factors
¿ Experience working with International Organizations will be an added advantage
Closing Date
Please note that the closing date for the applications is Thursday 21 April 2022 (midnight Tanzania time).SWAZ
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