Resettlement Assistant - G4 - Hr162 - Beirut (Unops Contract)

Responsibility (process and functions undertaken to achieve results) - Prepare written documentation for resettlement submission; ensure that records / files of individual cases are updated in a systematic and timely manner. - Assess and review individual resettlement cases and prepare individual / group submission for scrutiny by the supervisor. - Follow-up on cases from time of submission to final decision and departure. - Comply with UNHCR’s standard operating procedures on resettlement, ensuring timely action on cases. - Assist in logistical arrangements of selection missions by resettlement countries. - Coordinate travel and departure arrangements for refugees accepted for resettlement. - Assist in maintaining and updating proGres or Consolidated Online Resettlement Tracking System (CORTS) database. - Occasionally, assist in carrying out preliminary interviews and initial assessments, to process refugees for resettlement following established procedures. - Occasionally, provide counselling to persons of concern. - Provide administrative support for resettlement-related training activities, including organization of resettlement workshops and meetings as required. - Provide administrative support for resettlement-related training activities, including organization of resettlement workshops and meetings as required. - Assist in maintaining accurate resettlement statistics as well as up-to-date records on individual cases; assist in the preparation of reports. - Draft / type routine correspondence to Field Offices / Regional Offices / Headquarters. - Systematically apply an Age, Gender and Diversity perspective in all aspects of the resettlement process; comply with UNHCR policy and guidelines on HIV/AIDS. - Assist in mitigating resettlement fraud by reporting suspected fraud.