Associate Protection Officer (For Irbid Area and to establish roster for other Areas) -For Internal Candidates

Org. Setting and ReportingUNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA's services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. 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. • Supervisor: The position received direct supervision and technical guidance from the Protection Team Leader (P4), or the Protection Officer/Humanitarian Principles Officer (P3) as required, while the Director of UNRWA Operations/Affairs (D2) has overall responsibility and accountability for the implementation of the UNRWA protection mandate and adherence to humanitarian principles, including through the framework at the field level. • Supervisees: Not Applicable Responsibilities• Supports the mainstreaming of protection principles and standards in UNRWA service delivery and programmes including the implementation of protection alignment reviews and follow-up to their recommendations as well as support to the coordination of area protection working groups to share good practices to enhance protection responses. • Conducts regular field missions to gather information and data on protection issues confronted by Palestine refugees in order to analyse and report on the protection context and issues encountered in the field and adequately identify emerging areas of concern as a basis for informing programmatic and advocacy responses and contributing to information management systems in line with UNRWA policies and procedures. • Contributes to designing a comprehensive area level protection strategy in support of the area office by coordinating, ensuring quality, and providing technical support (including in the areas of general protection, gender-based-violence, child protection and disability and inclusion) to ensure effective responses by programmes (particularly at the area level) according to agreed priorities and procedures. • In coordination with other staff at the area level, builds and maintains relationships with a broad network of stakeholders (including government, local authorities, UN agencies and NGOs as well as Palestine refugees and other persons of concern) who can contribute to protection responses for Palestine refugees and in this regard enhances collaboration and coordination to address protection issues and provide/support external briefings to various interlocutors as required. • Undertakes integrated assessments and follow-up of the most serious humanitarian principles issues under the guidance of the Protection Team Leader and according to standard operating procedures in coordination with senior programme and other staff (including schools principals, chief medical officers, chief area officers and installations managers) that will conduct the integrated assessments, providing support as required. • Supports the delivery of trainings to UNRWA personnel on protection and humanitarian principles as required. • Prepares reports, briefings, and training materials as required and conducts oral and written translations of Arabic and English where required. • Performs other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor(s). CompetenciesUN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default. • Applying Technical Expertise • Planning and Organizing • Persuading and Influencing • Relating and Networking • Analyzing • Negotiation skills • Ability to handle sensitive issues diplomatically Education• A university degree from a recognized university-level academic institution, preferably in social sciences, political affairs, international relations, law or a related field. Job - Specific QualificationNot available. Work Experience• You are required to have At least four years of relevant experience, preferably in protection, human rights, humanitarian/relief emergency operations, or other related discipline. • You are required to have a demonstrable knowledge and understanding of humanitarian protection and humanitarian principles policies and approaches. • You are required to have a university degree from a recognized university-level academic institution, preferably in social sciences, political affairs, international relations, law or a related field. • Are you currently residing in Duty Station. It is required that you specify your current location. • Candidates are required to make a declaration as to whether they have any current or past affiliations with non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, political organizations, military, or have/are engaged in activities or have made any public statements, that could be seen to impact their neutrality, objectivity or independence in the performance of their duties for the UN / UNRWA. Any declaration will not necessarily disqualify candidates from consideration for this post. • Do you have any outside activities or political affiliations that could potentially influence your ability to perform your duties with UNRWA? You are required to explain. Please explain how you meet this criterion using examples. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English is required. Arabic is required. The table below shows the minimum required level for each skill in these languages, according to the UN Language Framework (please consult https://languages.un.org for details).