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ОПИСАНИЕ ДОЛЖНОСТИ: 

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The Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer will be key in operationalizing the strategic vision to align livelihoods and economic inclusion efforts with the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), which underscores the need to mobilize additional actors and to adopt a whole-of-society approach to strengthen refugee self-reliance and help ease pressure on host countries. Promoting economic inclusion of refugees is a key development area that will enable the achievement of these objectives and contribute to the 2030 Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals.

Leveraging the growing global momentum, UNHCR is working to translate the objectives of the GCR into impactful results for persons of concern (POC). Contributing to this global roll-out of the GCR, the Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer, with support from the Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Unit in the Division of Resilience and Solutions (DRS), works towards the following objectives:
1) improve the enabling environment for refugees to work through advocacy on the right to/at work, access to economic opportunities and service;
2) seek new and strengthen existing partnerships including with the private sector, development actors, government institutions and specialized agencies to advance economic inclusion of refugees; and
3) enhance ongoing livelihoods and economic inclusion programming through evidence-based and market-driven approaches to improve economic inclusion outcomes.

The Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer should be proactive, always looking for new opportunities and persuasive in mobilizing donors and new partners around new models of economic and social integration.
The incumbent will interact with the government counterparts and other stakeholders with specific mandate in livelihood activities as well as with the refugee communities. Within UNHCR, the Associate Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer will work under the supervision of the head of livelihoods and closely with multi-functional teams on matters including but not limited to protection, education, cash, partnerships, research and analytics, GBV, solutions, complementary pathways and more. S/he will support the office's involvement with livelihoods and economic inclusion, working with relevant external stakeholders from government line ministries, development actors, private sector, UN agencies, international organisations, NGOs, research institutions and universities.

All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

ОБЯЗАННОСТИ: 

- Maintain close contact and cooperation with partners to facilitate the economic inclusion of refugees, such as line ministries, private sector and development actors in accordance with UNHCR Global and Country level policies, priorities, and strategies, in particular the Global Compact on Refugees. This includes advocating with public and private sector services providers to include UNHCR POC in supporting services (business development, micro-finance, training, saving accounts, poverty alleviation and social protection, etc.);
- Work with the multi-functional team, more specifically with the Protection Unit, to assess the legal framework for the right to work and rights at work and recommend/implement advocacy initiatives and policy reforms to improve UNHCR POC's economic inclusion, rights and access to work;
- Build on UNHCR databases to support regular information sharing and coordination among different humanitarian, developmental and governmental stakeholders. This includes supporting the implementation of socioeconomic and wealth ranking surveys utilising community-based strategies to inform targeting, monitoring and facilitation of development programmes;
- Conduct necessary assessments in collaboration with relevant private and public stakeholders, including impact assessments on local economies and surveys that help to identify investment and funding opportunities that enhance the economic inclusion of UNHCR POC;
- In case UNHCR is implementing specific livelihoods activities, strengthen, guide and monitor the livelihoods interventions to help ensure they are market-based, and that the role of UNHCR has been strategically determined in consideration of its comparative advantage vis-à-vis other partners;
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision-making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s);
- Perform other related duties as required.

ТРЕБУЕМАЯ КВАЛИФИКАЦИЯ: 

- 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with a Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with a Doctorate degree;
- Strong technical background in facilitating effective socio-economic inclusion through access to decent work, social insurance and active labor market policies, business development and financial services, TVET and skills recognition, and relevant wrap-around/ integration services, such as language learning, counseling, information provision, mentoring, etc.;
- Excellent knowledge of Armenia’s governance system, national and local administration and demonstrated understanding of the Government of Armenia’s socio-economic policies, social protection systems, governance structures and development challenges are required;
- Excellent partnership building and coordination skills and experience in liaising with varying levels of government, UN agencies/system, development actors, including international financial institutions, and private sector around economic inclusion are key competencies for the position;
- Experience on collecting, analyzing, and using data to build the business case for economic inclusion and on advocacy with the public and the private sector to develop impactful initiatives;
- Track record on engaging in economic inclusion as catalyst and facilitator;
- Demonstrated problem-solving and creativity combined with an organized and results-oriented approach to meeting goals is desirable;
- Knowledge of UN reform processes, UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and joint programming is desirable;
- Excellent and demonstrated communication skills in English and Armenian languages, both verbal and written, to communicate sometimes complex ideas and information in a clear manner and adapted to different audiences is an important requirement.

ПРОЦЕДУРА ПОДАЧИ ЗАЯВОК: 

Interested candidates may view the vacancy announcement and apply online through: https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Yerevan-Armenia/Associate-Livelihood-and-Economic-Inclusion-Officer--N-_JR2448194-1

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ЗАРПЛАТА: 

As per the UN Salary scale for Armenia for National Professional Category available at: https://icsc.un.org/Home/DataMobility