Senior Field Assistant
Pubblicato il 25-07-2026 - Un News in Agrigento
Overview
The Senior Field Assistant (Grade GS5) reports to the Senior Field Officer/Associate and assists with a range of field activities, monitoring program implementation, supporting humanitarian assistance, and liaising with partners and authorities in the operational area.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Assist in monitoring the implementation of the UNHCR programme, including delivery of assistance items and monitoring of infrastructure.
- Assist in administrative tasks such as preparing reports and meeting with authorized personnel during field missions.
- Serve as interpreter in routine information exchanges and contribute to liaison activities, responding directly to routine queries.
- Collect data and other information relevant to UNHCR and report to the supervisor accordingly.
- Maintain regular contacts with local authorities and implementing partners as requested by the supervisor.
- Assist in the reception, registration, and provision of assistance to persons of concern to UNHCR, in coordination with implementing partners.
- Follow up on the overall situation of persons of concern in camps and other accommodation areas, reporting findings.
- Liaise with local authority counterparts, partners, and populations of concern.
- Direct incidents and problems to the supervisor when they cannot be resolved at the assistant level.
- Support the identification and management of risks, and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility.
- Ensure risk‑based decision making in the functional area of work; raise risks, issues, and concerns to the supervisor or relevant colleagues.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: High School Diploma, or Bachelor’s degree or higher.
- Experience: 2 years of relevant experience with a High School Diploma, or 1 year of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- Field of Education: Not specified.
- Certificates and Licenses: Business Administra
