Job Vacancyat UNHCR, Associate Programme Officer

Eligible Applicants

This Job Opening is available to eligible UNHCR staff members and external applicants.

Procedures and Eligibility

Interested
applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment
and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS). Applicants must be
nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of
their employment.

Duties and Qualifications

Associate Programme Officer

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The
Associate Programme Officer may be based in HQ, field/regional bureau,
typically reporting to and be guided by the Program officer and may
supervise a small team of local staff. He/she may refer to UNHCR’s
Programme Manual (Chapter IV), UNHCR’s corporate and regional strategic
priorities, operation plans and other relevant institutional rules and
regulations for further guidance.
The Associate Programme
Officer will provide programmatic guidance and support with regard to
the implementation of protection and solutions strategies within
available resources. S/he will coordinate with the other sections/units
to ensure harmonized programmatic approaches at all levels and
throughout the UNHCR Operations Management Cycle. The incumbent will
work in line with the overall UNHCR directions which crucially require
working with partners, including with persons of concern, governmental
institutions and the private sector, ensuring that programme management
is approached as per UNHCR¿s Strategic Directions, Global Strategic
Priorities (GSPs), Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), and corporate
positions on SDGs.
The incumbent is expected to work in line
with the multi-functional team (MFT) approach as defined within the
Program Manual, ensuring the participation of relevant stakeholders in
all phases of the Program Management Cycle.

All UNHCR staff
members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their
job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line
with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN
Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative
Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition,
staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a
manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and
managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of professionalism,
integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

Support
in assessing and analysing the needs of persons of concern in a
participatory manner, using an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD)
perspective as basis for planning.
Provide support on
programmatic aspects of developing multi-year protection and solutions
strategies and annual plans with corresponding priorities taking into
account corporate priorities.
Support Results Based Management and programme capacity in light of evolving requirements, programming approaches and gaps.
Assist
the planning process in compliance with planning parameters outlined in
the Programme Manual and the planning instructions.
Support the
revision and analysis of plans, mid-year and year-end reports of UNHCR
office(s) in the Area of Responsibility AoR), ensure quality assurance
and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures and
standards.
Assist in the provision of overall direction to
broaden partnerships with key stakeholders in order to maximize the
protection and solutions response for persons of concern.
Provide
support to ensure a consistent application of the framework for
implementing with partners, including the effective implementation of
the policy on selection and retention of partners, management of
partnership agreements, risk-based project performance monitoring, and
risk-based project audits, among others.
Contribute to ensure
consistent and coherent monitoring approaches, tools and systems across
the region, in line with global standards and polices.
Actively
contribute to UNHCRs programming of community of practice and
continuously contribute to improvements of programming tools and
processes.
Oversee a timely and effective follow-up of internal
and external audits observations and recommendations that relate to
programmatic issues.
Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

For
P2/NOB – 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2
years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant
experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

Economics; Business Administration; Social Sciences; or other relevant field.

(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Certificates and/or Licenses

Programme Management
Certification Programme in Programme Management (CP-PM)

(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

Essential:

Demonstrated
experience in programme management including familiarization with the
OMC and sound knowledge of Results Based-Management. Demonstrated
experience in field operations, sound knowledge on the centrality of
protection in programming, Joint Needs Assessments and the principles of
targeting.

Desirable:

Demonstrated
experience in coordination within an inter-agency context and other
actors, in a refugee or humanitarian context. Sound experience in
program management training and capacity building activities.

Functional Skills

MG-Project Management
PG-Results-Based Management
PG-UNHCR’s Programmes
PG-Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners (Gov/NGO/Corporate)

(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

For
International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English
and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For
National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working
language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

All
UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute
towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and
empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no
tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual
harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of
power.

As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in
preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing
dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and
support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.

This
is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title
and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional
essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific
operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by
reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the
screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

Language Requirements

Please also note that English is essential for this Job Opening.

Knowledge of the local language (Kiswahili) is mandatory.

Additional Information

Please
note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of it recruitment
process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing,
training or any other fees).

Qualified female and candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply

Shortlisted Candidates will be required to sit for a test

In case of difficulties with application process, please contact email: [email protected]

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See below for this postion’s Operational Context

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Current Situation:

Tanzania
hosts more than 246,745 refugees mainly from Burundi and Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) in the refugee camps in Kigoma region, Dar es
salaam urban, in Chogo, Kigoma villages and old settlements. As of 10th
December 2021, there are two refugee camps (Nduta and Nyarugusu) in
Kigoma region housing Congolese and Burundian refugees. Refugees in the
camps rely on humanitarian assistance provided by the government of
Tanzania, UNHCR, UNHCR partners and other national and international
NGOs. In 2022 and beyond, UNHCR Tanzania will continue to work with the
Government of Tanzania and humanitarian partners for the provision of
protection and basic services to refugees and persons of concerns,
delivered in accordance with minimum protection and assistance standards
(including admission, non-refoulement, registration and documentation,
assurance of basic security and other human rights standards). It will
further continue to strive towards achieving international standards in
the provision of basic needs and essential services such as shelter,
health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene for refugees in the
camps

Profile Statement for matching purposes

Under
the direct supervision of the UNHCR Senior Programme Officer, the
incumbent will need to demonstrate the capacity, skill set and
competencies necessary to work in a challenging position with
demonstrated leadership skills sufficient to lead discussions with
government and NGO partners in planning, implementation, monitoring and
reporting of project activities in the refugee camps and urban areas.
The operation gets funding from different donors for implementation of
various programmes. This requires a lot of programme support and
resource mobilization skills including skills in managing partnerships. A
solid understanding of protection principles is key to understanding
the programming needs of this particular operational context, given the
complexities of the operation. Experience working in refugee operations,
in coordination structures and in emergency planning will also stand
the incumbent in good stead.

The candidate should possess
excellent technical knowledge including UN Financial rules and
regulations, experience in managing large-scale programmes with multiple
Donor earmarking, experience in the emergency operations, experience in
programme management/monitoring of complex operations, excellent
reporting skills, knowledge of various Donor reporting requirements
(including but not limited to EU, ECHO, PRM, etc). In the context of
Tanzania operation, official language of communication is English. It is
very valuable that the incumbent will be able not only to communicate
but to comprehend documents, contracts and official government
communications and understand the content of such correspondences.

Additional Factors