Vacancy Notice No.: ETH/AA/VN/45/18
Grade: NOB
Type of Appointment: Temporary Appointment (TA)
Closing Date: 17/4/2018
Duration of the Contract: Up to 31 December 2018
No. of vacant post: One
Organizational Context:
On 19 September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the New York Declaration (NYD) on Refugees and Migrants, calling for greater burden sharing by the international community to support the world’s largest refugee hosting states. The Declaration called on UNHCR to develop and initiate the application of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) in close coordination with relevant states and in collaboration with relevant UN agencies, applying a multi-stakeholder approach. The objectives of implementing the CRRF are to: (i) ease pressure on host countries, (ii) enhance refugee self-reliance, (iii) expand access to third-country solutions and (iv) support conditions in countries of origin for return in safety and dignity. Ethiopia, currently hosting nearly 900,000 refugees, is a CRRF pilot country. The Government has made nine related ‘Pledges’ in the six areas foreseeing expansion of opportunities related to the “Out-of-Camp” policy, Education, Work and Livelihoods, Documentation, Social and Basic Services, and Local Integration .
The Associate Legal Officer position will be located with the office Durable Solutions structure, which oversees the coordination of our response on matters related to resettlement, voluntary repatriation and local integration as well as other opportunities including family reunification, complementary legal pathways, and self-reliance.
The Associate Local Legal Officer will be based in the UNHCR Representation in Addis Ababa, with frequent travel to the field and undertake tasks under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Durable Solutions Officer.
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