Vacancy Notice No.: ETH/ME/UNOPS/VN/002/19
Organizational Context
UNHCR Sub office Melkadida hosts Somali refugees in the five camps; Bokolmanyo, Melkadida, Kobe, Hilaweyn, and Buramino. As at 08 October 2018, there are a recorded 38,636 households / 219,729 individuals in proGres database.
There have been positive strides in fulfilling the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) following the adoption of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migranats. There hpwever, remains a number of refugees who have protection concerns that cannot be met at the camp and are eligible for resettlement as s protection tool and durable solution. These vulnerable individuals include persons with legal and/or physical protection needs, survivors of violence and/or torture, women and girls at-risk and persons with medical needs.
In 2018, the Resettlement Unit was manned by only two staff; one ICMC deployee who is the In-Charge and a Resettlement Associate. The Resettlement Associate left the operation in September 2018.
The Resettlement Unit submitted 404 individuls to Canada in 2018 and met the annual quota. However, the quota for 2019 is yet to be set but it is anticipated that Germany will take approximately 600 individuals while Canada may allot 400 individuals.
The Resettlement Associate takes part in assessing cases for resettlement and conducting interviews as well as monitoring procedural compliance and quality of case submissions. The Resettlement Associate will neither take part in case identification not in conducting full BIDs/BIAs
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Contract Duration: Until 31 December 2019
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