Title: Community Based Protection Internship Position Number: CYP/2019/7 Position Grade: Internship Duty Station: Cyprus Closing Date: 24/11/2019 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a humanitarian and non-political organization mandated by the United Nations to protect refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons and help them find […]
Title: Community Based Protection Internship
Position Number: CYP/2019/7
Position Grade: Internship
Duty Station: Cyprus
Closing Date: 24/11/2019
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a humanitarian and non-political organization mandated by the United Nations to protect refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons and help them find lasting solutions to their problems. UNHCR’s activities are based on a framework of international refugee law and standards that includes the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, as well as an array of international and regional treaties on human rights and humanitarian law. UNHCR works with States, civil society organizations, the legal community, the media and other actors to ensure the protection of refugees and promote their participation and integration in the economic, social, cultural and political life of their host society. For a description of UNHCR’s work, please see http://www.unhcr.org.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cyprus (http://www.unhcr.org/cy) seeks an intern to assist the Senior Protection Assistant (Community-Based) of the Protection Unit. Under the overall direction of the Protection Officer, the intern will work directly with communities of concern to identify the risks they face and to leverage their capacities to protect themselves, their families and communities. To fulfill this role the intern will be required to spend a substantial percentage of her/his time working outside the office, building and maintaining networks within communities of persons of concern.
For full details and instructions on how to apply, please see here.
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