Background Information/Organizational Context
Community-based protection (CBP) empowers communities to obtain their rights in safety and dignity. It is a process that engages refugees of different ages and backgrounds in all stages of the programme cycle. Using a community-based protection approach approaches, crisis-affected communities and the humanitarian actors who assist them can identify a community's concerns, priorities and risks, explore their causes and effects, and jointly decide how to prevent and respond to them. This achieves better protection impact and improves the lives of people of concern.
By undertaking this internship, one will gain insight into participatory and community engagement techniques with both communities and civil society being applied in displacement situations. One will also strengthen skills in accountability mechanisms, including around feedback and complaints.
Duties and Responsibilities
Accountability:
- Contribute to the development of UNHCR Lebanon’s Participatory Assessment (PA) exercise, including feedback to refugees in its aftermath
- Update a multi-year trends analysis report, using the PA as a basis and other community information sources
- Support in monitoring, analyzing and reporting on information from different community structures, including data from CDC tools and live dashboards in coordination with IM
- Support in data analysis from M&E tools related to the UNHCR self-help desks or kiosks within community centers
- Support in mapping feedback and complaint systems for refugees in Lebanon, as well as in setting up such mechanisms within community centers
Reporting, meetings and trainings:
- Support in trainings relevant to the Community-Based Protection Unit and its partners
- Contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting of activities
- Draft minutes of meetings, trainings and workshops
- Other tasks as requested by the supervisor
Intervention Sectors
Refugees
Location
- Lebanon
- Beirut
- Beirut
Application Deadline
Organisation
Salary Range
< 800 (USD)
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines
Interested qualified external persons meeting the requirements of the attached Job Description can apply online through the following website: https://lb.unhcrjobs.org/ no later than COB 09/02/2022.
Please note that only applications received through the above website will be accepted and no applications will be accepted through email.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training or any other fees). UNHCR strongly encourage qualified female applicants for this position, applications form individuals with special needs are encouraged. Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit for the written test and/or oral interview.
UNHCR is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. UNHCR has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment. Successful candidates will be subject to mandatory UN Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment clearance check prior to receiving an offer.
UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training or any other fees).
Requires a Cover Letter?
Yes
Experience Requirements
No experience required
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details
BA in social sciences field, including anthropology, social studies, public health
Familiar with monitoring and evaluation frameworks, behavioral science
Strong digital technical skills
Strong drafting and analytical skills
Excellent command of English and Arabic
Eligibility
In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Recent graduate (those persons who completed their studies within one year of applying) or current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by UNESCO; and
Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of the Organization.
An individual whose father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister is a staff member of UNHCR, including a Temporary Appointment holder or a member of the Affiliate Workforce, is not eligible for an internship.
Familiar with monitoring and evaluation frameworks, behavioral science
Strong digital technical skills
Strong drafting and analytical skills
Excellent command of English and Arabic
Eligibility
In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Recent graduate (those persons who completed their studies within one year of applying) or current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by UNESCO; and
Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of the Organization.
An individual whose father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister is a staff member of UNHCR, including a Temporary Appointment holder or a member of the Affiliate Workforce, is not eligible for an internship.
Arabic
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
None
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No