Resettlement Expert Level 1 Job at Church World Service

• Travel on deployments to UNHCR offices on short notice, with UNHCR Kasulu being the primary deployment location.
• Complete all duties in accordance with ARDU and UNHCR Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including country-specific registration and resettlement guidelines of the deployment location.
• Contribute towards identifying resettlement cases, compiling interview lists, scheduling interviews, conducting profiling and/ or Level 3 Registration (L-3 Reg.) assessments, tackling deferrals & resubmissions, as well as carrying out resettlement interviews with the goal of completing UNHCR Resettlement Registration Forms (RRFs) for review.
• Update new and verify existing refugee registration data and, ensure timely updates of all case files and database records per UNHCR SOPs and guidelines.
• Maintain updated knowledge of current refugee situations and populations served in subSaharan Africa.
• Be available, whilst on deployment, to answer any specific technical questions raised by UNHCR or CWS RSC Africa colleagues regarding USRAP processing.
• Actively participate as a member of the UNHCR team and comply with CWS and UNHCR’s security requirements.
• Undertake additional work-related duties as agreed upon by the ARDU Management in consultation with both the
• Ensure that ARDU staff resources such as Country of Origin Information, current practices and approaches in Profiling, L-3 Reg., RRF Writing and Deferral processing are updated.
• Communicate challenges related to casework, logistics and relationship with partners to ARDU Management in a timely manner.
• Submit regular reports to ARDU Management to document progress against deployment goals and objectives.
• Contribute to the development of deployment training topics, procedures and implementation.
• Undertake additional assigned duties while in the field or at the CWS RSC Africa office to support ARDU and RSC Africa, including administrative tasks.

Any other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field of study (preferable focus in international affairs, law, refugee law, human rights or social work) or four (4) years of work experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Master’s Degree in a related field of study preferred (preferable focus in international affairs, law, refugee law, human rights or social work).
• Two (2) years of work experience is required.
• Six (6) months related experience is required, including in a developing country in a relevant work area (e.g. assisting refugees in a resettlement context, casework, preparing refugee resettlement referrals, etc.).