Head Of Field Unit

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Fully remote
Humanitarian operations experience
Refugee protection
Complex operational environments
The Head of Field Unit position at UNHCR seeks an experienced professional to manage humanitarian operations related to forcibly displaced persons. This fully remote role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and coordination skills within complex operational environments

Job Summary

  • The Head of Field Unit represents UNHCR at the field level, persuading and obtaining assistance on matters of non-routine significance.
  • Key duties include monitoring and reporting on refugee conventional responsibilities, advocating for UNHCR standards, and ensuring basic needs assessments and assistance projects are properly planned and implemented.
  • The role involves managing UNHCR resources (human, financial, material) optimally, ensuring security measures, and maintaining staff welfare in challenging operational areas.

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The Head of Field Unit position at UNHCR seeks an experienced professional to manage humanitarian operations related to forcibly displaced persons. This fully remote role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and coordination skills within complex operational environments.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • humanitarian operations experience
  • refugee protection
  • complex operational environments
  • strategic planning
  • results-based management
  • international protection principles

Nice-to-have

  • prior UNHCR experience
  • emergency contexts
  • sustainable solutions
  • social cohesion approaches

Key Requirements

  • 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree
  • Programme Mgmt certification
  • Knowledge of UNHCR mandate
  • Applied knowledge of protection principles
  • UN/UNHCR Mandate and Global Strategic Priorities
  • IT-Computer Literacy
  • PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework

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