Senior Protection Assistant (Rsd) - G5 - Hrs016 (Unhcr Contract)

-         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