Senior Protection Assistant (Unhcr Contract - Gl5)

- 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. -Perform other duties as required.