Country Guidance Adviser(m/w/x)

Anforderungen

• 9 years experience with Undergraduate, 8 with Graduate, or 7 with Doctorate
• Degree in Law, International Law, Human Rights, or Humanitarian Law
• Completion of HCR RSD Learning Program
• Detailed knowledge of international refugee law and inclusion/exclusion criteria
• Understanding of UNHCR’s doctrinal guidance on international refugee law
• Knowledge of COI standards and country guidance policies
• Understanding of UNHCR and state-led refugee status determination processes
• Experience in protection information research and drafting country guidance
• Five years developing internal capacities at institutional levels
• Two years working directly with RSD principles and procedures
• Two years developing and delivering training on COI
• Efficiency under demanding conditions and tight deadlines
• Experience representing UNHCR in global and regional networks
• Sound judgment and strong political acumen
• Legal research skills
• Knowledge of protection-related guidelines and standards
• Interviewing and counselling refugees or asylum seekers
• Knowledge of RSD principles, procedures, and operational arrangements
• Accountability
• Communication skills
• Organizational awareness
• Teamwork and collaboration skills
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Client and result orientation
• Empowering and building trust
• Performance management skills
• Judgement and decision making
• Strategic planning and vision
• Leadership skills
• Resource management skills
• Analytical thinking
• Political awareness
• Policy development and research skills

Aufgaben

• Develop and review authoritative country-specific policy positions
• Ensure quality control for external publication standards
• Maintain consistency in country guidance and approaches
• Monitor legal and human rights developments globally
• Advise Regional Bureaux based on country information
• Oversee external information gathering from partner organizations
• Identify trends in flight patterns and profiles
• Recommend guidance updates to senior management
• Analyze asylum decision-making and advise on court interventions
• Present policy positions to judges and legal stakeholders
• Provide training on country information and guidance
• Develop manuals and training materials for staff
• Liaise with country experts and external networks
• Interview refugees and experts on country conditions
• Represent the company in international expert forums
• Promote consistent guidance use across headquarters and bureaus
• Advise on standards for assessing information reliability
• Validate external country information for internal use
• Manage content for Refworld and practitioner platforms
• Support regional capacity for producing country guidance
• Lead risk assessments and strategic resource allocation
• Supervise personnel and head the guidance unit

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