Senior Protection Assistant - Rsd Unit

-          Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.  -          Provide counselling on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation. -          Support activities in protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. -          Conduct preliminary information gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable solutions and social needs assessment. -          Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness. -          Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy. -          Contribute to a country-level education plan for persons of concern as part of the protection strategy.  -          Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities. -          Participate in individual protection case management including cases of SGBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents. -          Assist in identifying durable solutions for persons of concern in voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement. -          Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. -          Assist in drafting reports, routine correspondence, updating relevant databases and compiling statistics for the protection unit / section. Contribute to initiatives to enhance national and local protection capacities.