Deadline for ApplicationsSeptember 22, 2025
Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)E (most hardship)
Family Type (not applicable for home-based)
Non Family with Residential Location
Staff Member / Affiliate TypeUNOPS LICA6
Target Start Date2025-10-01
Terms of ReferenceEtude en droit, droits humains, ou sociologie avec plus de 4 ans dโexpรฉrience dans le domaine de la protection des personnes dรฉplacรฉes et la gestion des cas dโasile. Expรฉrimentรฉ dans la conduite dโentretiens individuels sensibles, lโanalyse juridique et la rรฉdaction de dรฉcisions motivรฉes. Excellentes compรฉtences en communication interculturelle, intรฉgritรฉ professionnelle et maรฎtrise du cadre juridique international (Convention de 1951, OUA, droits humains).
โข Qualifications acadรฉmiques
Diplรดme universitaire (au moins licence) en droit, sociologie, sciences politiques, relations internationales, droits humains, ou domaine connexe. Un master est un atout fort.
โข Expรฉrience professionnelle
Expรฉrience dโau moins 4 ans dans le domaine de la protection internationale, du droit des rรฉfugiรฉs, de lโasile ou des droits humains ;
Expรฉrience en analyse juridique, rรฉdaction de dรฉcisions ou conduite dโentretiens individuels ;
Une expรฉrience avec les organisations internationales ou ONG travaillant sur la protection des rรฉfugiรฉs ou demandeurs dโasile est fortement valorisรฉe ;
โข Compรฉtences techniques et fonctionnelles
Bonne connaissance du droit international des rรฉfugiรฉs, du droit humanitaire et du droit international des droits humains ;
Capacitรฉ ร mener des entretiens individuels sensibles et ร รฉvaluer la crรฉdibilitรฉ des tรฉmoignages ;
Compรฉtence en rรฉdaction juridique claire et prรฉcise (rapports, dรฉcisions, recommandations) ;
Compรฉtence dans la gestion de cas et utilisation de bases de donnรฉes de protection (ex : proGres).
Aptitude ร appliquer les critรจres de la Convention de 1951 et lโapproche basรฉe sur les droits.
โข Compรฉtences linguistiques :
Maitrise du Franรงais (รฉcrit et oral).
Bonne connaissance de lโanglais (รฉcrit et oral).
Connaissance de langues locales du Niger (haoussa, zarma, peulh, tamasheq, kanuri, etc.) est un atout.
โข Compรฉtences interpersonnelles :
Excellente capacitรฉ dโรฉcoute et dโanalyse ;
Sensibilitรฉ culturelle et capacitรฉ ร travailler dans un environnement multiculturel ;
Capacitรฉ ร gรฉrer des situations รฉmotionnellement difficiles avec professionnalisme ;
Intรฉgritรฉ, impartialitรฉ et confidentialitรฉ.
โข Autres atouts :
Expรฉrience dans un contexte de protection en situation dโurgence (ex : dรฉplacement forcรฉ, gestion des camps de rรฉfugiรฉs).
Familiaritรฉ avec la situation rรฉgionale (Sahel, Bassin du Lac Tchad) et les dynamiques migratoires.
Excellentes compรฉtences en organisation et priorisation du travail.
En rรฉsumรฉ, le candidat prรฉfรฉrรฉ serait un juriste ou sociologue spรฉcialiste en droits humains, maitrisant le franรงais avec une bonne connaissance de lโanglais et une solide expรฉrience dans la protection internationale et la conduite dโentretiens, sensible au contexte nigรฉrien et capable de produire des dรฉcisions juridiques claires et prรฉcises.
Standard Job Description
RSD Associate
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The RSD Associate is a member of the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) team. S/he is responsible for supporting all activities related to the processing of refugee claims in the Operation. The RSD Associate provides counselling to, and responds to queries from, asylum seekers and refugees regarding UNHCR's RSD procedures, their rights and obligations, including towards the host authorities, and the status of the processing of their claims. In discharging these responsibilities, the RSD Associate liaises closely with Registration, Community Services, Resettlement, and other Protection staff. The RSD Associate is responsible for conducting COI and other research related to RSD and maintaining the Operation's local repository of relevant information, guidelines and standards. S/he may also assist in drafting RSD Assessments. The RSD Associate assists in compiling and analysing information related to the RSD activities of the Operation, and in drafting related correspondence and reports. The RSD Associate may provide interpretation and/or translation services in cases for which s/he has the required language competencies.
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
- Stay abreast of legal, political, security and other developments which impact on the protection environment, and in particular, on protection delivery through RSD.
- Assist in the development of the RSD strategy of the operation and in the annual planning exercise.
- Provide counselling to, and respond to queries from, asylum seekers and refugees, including in the context of the notification of negative RSD decisions.
- Maintain accurate and up-to date records and data related to all work on individual cases.
- Assist in preventing and identifying fraud in RSD through oversight, advice and guidance to UNHCR staff, partners and persons of concern.
- Systematically apply an age, gender and diversity (AGD) perspective in the performance of assigned functions.
- Conduct research on country of origin information (COI) and other issues related to RSD and maintain the Operation's local repository of relevant information, guidelines and standards accessible to RSD staff in the operation.
- Assist in monitoring RSD trends and in compiling and analysing RSD statistics related to RSD case processing.
- Assist in developing and maintaining processes to ensure that persons of concern, Government authorities and partners have accurate information on the RSD procedures, including UNHCR standards, policies and practice.
- Assist in initiatives to advocate with and support Government authorities and legal partners to establish and strengthen fair and efficient RSD procedures and RSD decision-making.
- Draft correspondence and reports relating to the RSD activities of the Operation.
- Refer individual cases to other functional units in the Operation and/or external partners for appropriate follow-up, in accordance with established criteria.
- Counsel individual asylum-seekers on the reasons for negative RSD decisions, in accordance with the RSD SOPs.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G6 - 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
Field(s) of Education
Not applicable.
Certificates and/or Licenses
Social work;
HCR RSD Lrng Programme;
HCR Cntry of Orig Inf Lrng Prg;
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Not specified.
Desirable
Working experience with procedures and principles related to RSD. Knowledge of International Refugee Law and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles. Experience in working with vulnerable or traumatized individuals.
Functional Skills
PR-Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD)
PR-Counselling Asylum Seekers or Refugees
CM-Cross-cultural communication
LE-Human Rights Law
PR-RSD - Principles and Procedures, operational arrangements/assistance
SO-Research
PR-Government Refugee Status Determination (RSD) procedures
WB-Treatment of vulnerable/traumatized individuals
(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.
Required Languages French
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Desired Languages English
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Additional Qualifications
SkillsCO-Cross-cultural communication, PR-Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD), PR-Counselling Asylum Seekers or Refugees, PR-Government Refugee Status Determination (RSD) procedures, PR-RSD - Principles and Procedures, operational arrangements/assistance, SO-Research, WB-Treatment of vulnerable/traumatized individuals
EducationHigh school diploma (Required)
CertificationsCommunity Development/Social Work - Other, HCR Country of Origin Information Learning Program - UNHCR, HCR RSD Learning Program - UNHCR
Work Experience
Other informationThis position doesn't require a functional clearance
RemoteNo