Tasks
Attached to an SDC office or seconded to a United Nations agency (UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRWA, WFP, IOM), you perform the following tasks:
- evaluate, monitor and analyse needs in terms of protecting and assisting different groups of refugees or IDPs via field visits;
- identify partnerships, formulate recommendations and assist governments or authorities in charge of planning and implementing protection programmes;
- coordinate operations to distribute goods and support services with other partners;
- advocate for protection activities at the regional/national policy level.
Actual examples of assignments performed by Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit experts in the field of protection/child protection
- Child Protection Capacity-Building Specialist, seconded to UNICEF, Belgrade, Serbia
- Protection Mainstreaming Officer, seconded to UNRWA, Gaza, Palestine
Skills
Five years' professional experience, at least two of which have been spent abroad working in the field of international protection, experience in managing/developing protection programmes, in particular for the protection of children in armed conflict, knowledge of the multilateral environment and its mechanisms, working with governments and humanitarian negotiations.
Qualifications
University degree or equivalent qualification in international humanitarian law and/or human rights, political science, international relations, development studies, social science or other related field.