United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

UNHCR leads international action to protect people forced to flee conflict and persecution and those denied a nationality.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

The candidate will be part of the Protection Unit, under the overall supervision of the Protection Officer and direct supervision of the Associate Protection Officer.

Primary scope of assignment:

• Support data entry project in the registration/proGres database, including filing of individual documents in online storage platforms; document review and classification; translation or medical, civil registration and other documents from Thai to English; extraction and analysis of large data sets using Excel application.

• Provide weekly protection counselling to urban refugees and asylum-seekers in person at the Bangkok Refugee Centre with guidance from the Protection Unit;

• Refer refugees and asylum-seekers to UNHCR protection colleagues or to partner organizations to provide appropriate protection services;

• Support Protection Unit in carrying out Communication with Communities activities;

• Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience:

• The candidate must be a recent graduate (those persons who completed their studies within one year of applying) or current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by UNESCO. The candidate must have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of the Organization.

• Strong skills with Excel and other Microsoft applications, as well as Kobo Toolbox are highly desirable.

• Knowledge of refugee law, international human rights law, and domestic immigration law is desirable.

• Previous experience in humanitarian work is desirable.

• Excellent knowledge of English and Thai (reading and writing)

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

UNHCR leads international action to protect people forced to flee conflict and persecution and those denied a nationality.

Website
Unknown
Between 250 and 2000 employees
Others

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) did not yet communicate its impact measurement.

This structure did not communicate to us the labels or certifications that it was able to obtain.

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