Community Services Associate - G6 - Hrs061 - Tyr

Accountability (key results that will be achieved)- Effective support and advice is provided to promote AGD sensitive analysis of community risks and capacities as the essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.- Support and advice is provided to establishing community activities which address the social, cultural, and livelihood needs of populations of concern.- Support and advice is provided to involve the host community in the protection of persons of concern.- The Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach is applied in all aspects of his/her protection and solutions work on behalf of persons of concern.Responsibility (process and functions undertaken to achieve results)- Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy and operational procedures.- Work with host communities to identify opportunities for national civil society involvement in improving the protection of persons of concern.- Work with implementing and operational partners as well as with 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 SGBV.- Assist in analyzing protection risks and capacities of communities of concern.- Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.- Assist in planning and monitoring of programmes and budgets, with an AGD perspective.- Build office capacity for community-based protection through training and establishing systems for community mobilization and participation of persons of concern.Authority (decisions made in executing responsibilities and to achieve results)- Contribute to the enforcement of participatory AGD sensitive analysis as an essential basis for all of UNHCR’s work.- Initiate AGD sensitive interventions at the appropriate level on community-based protection issues and to respond to protection concerns and incidents within the office, with external interlocutors, groups and individuals based on agreed parameters.- Identify and select which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.