Senior Child Protection Assistant (GL-5) Temporary Assistance.
Job Opening: 
1.General Background: The Office is a humanitarian and non-political organization mandated by the United Nations to protect refugees and stateless persons and help them find lasting solutions to their problems. 
The company 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. 
The company works with States, civil society organizations, the legal community, the media and other actors to ensure effective protection and promote long-term solutions through a mix of capacity-building, refugee law promotion, advocacy and public awareness activities. 
The company's workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. 
The Organization is constantly looking for talented, motivated and passionate individuals from around the world who bring new innovative ideas and skills and whose work ethic and motivation inspire others. 
The company is looking to hire a highly motivated individual for a Senior Child Protection Assistant position at its Country Office in Tel Aviv, Israel and is inviting qualifying candidates to apply. 
It is a temporary assignment on replacement capacity starting 16 June 2022 through 15 December 2022. 
Working as part of the Community Services Team, the Senior Child Protection Assistant is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of children and youth among the populations of concern. 
He /she identifies opportunities to mainstream child protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors and liaises externally with authorities and partners on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor. The incumbent will undertake a specific set of policy research tasks in order to provide evidence-based guidance and recommendations on advancing specified areas of child protection work. 
2. Purpose and Scope of Assignment: 
The Senior Child Protection Assistant will undertake the following specific tasks: Ref: 10017889/2022.
Place of Assignment: Tel Aviv, Israel.
Duration of Assignment: 16 June 2022 -15 December 2022.
Start date: 16 June 2022.
Closing Date: 23 May 2022.
1. Conduct research and collect best practices from sample operations around the world on inclusion of refugee and asylum seeker children in mainstream public education systems for the purpose of documenting experiences, challenges and good practices relating to inclusive mainstream education; 
2. Contribute to the formulation of specific and implementable recommendations for advocacy, programming and assistance for youth asylum seekers who are transitioning to adult life in Israel;
3. Participate in community outreach with asylum seeker communities, including participatory assessments, focus group discussions and individual engagement to ensure the effectiveness and relevance of the company assistance and protection activities; 
4. Engage actively with social workers, educators and other school staff, academic experts, child protection and education focal points in Municipalities and with the Ministries of Welfare and Education; 
5. Contribute to narrative and statistical reporting on the situation of children refugees in Israel as required by the company programme and reporting procedures.
6. Where required, undertake best interest assessment/determination for individual asylum seeker children at risk; 
7. Perform other related tasks and duties as required.