Apply for Eligibility Responsible, Meteti, Panama Job Vacancy | Position

Hardship Level (not relevant for home-based)

C

Family Type (not relevant for home-based)

Family

Staff Member / Affiliate Type

UNOPS LICA4

Target Start Date

2025-01-01

Deadline for Applications

January 8, 2025

Terms of Reference

This place will probably be positioned in Meteti, Darien. Please notice that this place is obtainable below UNOPS LICA contract at LICA-4 degree till 31 December 2025, with potential extension topic to price range, good efficiency and operational wants. Persons excited about making use of for this place should be legally current in Panama on the time of recruitment and should adjust to all eligibility necessities for employment in keeping with the prevailing legislative conditions within the nation and reveal a proof of residency and/or work allow for the mentioned nation on the time of application. The United Nations is dedicated to creating a various and inclusive setting of mutual respect. The United Nations recruits and employs workers no matter gender identification, sexual orientation, race, spiritual, cultural and ethnic backgrounds or disabilities. Levels of language data: A1-beginner A2-elementary B1-lower intermediate B2-upper intermediate C1-advanced/proficient C2-fluent English and Spanish are required on the B2 degree. I. Background and Context As acknowledged in Article No. 16 of Executive Decree No. 5 of January 16, 2018, “the National Office for Refugee Assistance (ONPAR), attached to the Ministry of Government, will be in charge of coordinating and executing the decisions made by the National Commission for Refugee Protection (hereinafter CONARE), as well as the programs for the care and protection of refugees.” One of the features assigned to ONPAR by means of the authorized instrument talked about within the earlier paragraph is to course of the asylum claims, which incorporates receiving purposes, conducting interviews, creating recordsdata, analyzing, and drafting experiences of the instances to be introduced for recognition earlier than CONARE. Additionally, ONPAR offers psychosocial steerage to asylum seekers and acknowledged refugees, guaranteeing that recognized wants are addressed and referred to the suitable actors for case follow-up. The Province of Darién, positioned on the border of Panama and Colombia, has traditionally been some extent of entry into Panamanian territory for individuals who have been pressured to flee their nation of origin searching for worldwide safety. In latest years, there have been entries of individuals from completely different elements of the world as part of blended actions. Currently, Darién is the second province with the best variety of acknowledged refugees, most of whom are from Colombia, who discover it troublesome to hold out their procedures earlier than ONPAR because of the prices related to their journey to Panama City, given the gap from the communities the place they reside and the issue of leaving them. In 2023, a historic milestone was marked with the entry of greater than 500,000 refugees and migrants into Panamanian territory by means of the border with Colombia, amongst them, a substantial variety of folks with worldwide safety wants. In mild of the above, with the help of UNHCR, in February 2024, a subject workplace of ONPAR was established in Metetí, Province of Darién, with the aim of attending to individuals who request to be acknowledged as refugees in Panama, in addition to offering help and accompaniment to acknowledged refugees residing in that province. In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between UNHCR and MINGOB, signed on November 29, 2022, on the availability of technical help by means of the short-term project of personnel, the construction of ONPAR will proceed to be strengthened to enhance and improve its capacities and promote the standard of the asylum system in Panama by means of the hiring of an Eligibility Responsible for the ONPAR subject workplace, positioned in Metetí, Province of Darién. II. Specific Objectives of the Hiring and Functions of the Eligibility Responsible Objective No. 1: Eligibility Interviews and Case Management

• Register asylum claims invoked by individuals who have entered Panamanian territory by means of the border with Colombia.
• Conduct eligibility interviews with asylum seekers to collect all vital data to hold out the credibility evaluation, each inside and outdoors ONPAR’s workplace.
• Create a bodily and digital file for every asylum declare, to incorporate all the knowledge and/or documentation offered by the asylum seeker.
• Conduct follow-up interviews with asylum seekers within the case that extra data is required.
• Maintain contact and foster coordination with authorities on the bottom to make sure respect for the rights, obligations, and safeguarding of asylum seekers, acknowledged refugees residing in Darién, and their respective household items. Objective No. 2: Case Analysis and Evaluation Reports
• Conduct a credibility evaluation based mostly on the knowledge/documentation offered by the asylum seeker and the knowledge from the nation of origin.
• Draft admissibility resolutions, as applicable, in a way that clearly displays a authorized evaluation of the weather of the refugee definition in accordance with relevant nationwide and worldwide laws.
• Carry out the corresponding notifications.
• Prepare analysis experiences for CONARE.
• Stay up to date on the scenario within the nations of origin of asylum seekers and acknowledged refugees. Objective No. 3: Assistance to Recognized Refugees Residing within the Province of Darién
• Provide help to acknowledged refugees residing within the Province of Darién for procedures that require ONPAR’s help (renewal of paperwork, acquiring work permits, acquiring everlasting residence, numerous certifications, acquiring journey paperwork, amongst others). Objective No. 4: Activities Related to the Hiring
• Conduct monitoring visits to Temporary Migration Reception Stations (ETRM), positioned in San Vicente and Lajas Blancas, host/transit communities, in addition to another area or group the place folks part of Mixed Movements and/or folks with worldwide safety wants transit or are housed.
• Stay up to date on the scenario of blended actions getting into Panamanian territory from Colombia by means of the Darién National Park. eiFd01C BTFFCp
• Refer folks with worldwide safety wants in susceptible circumstances and with particular must different organizations and/or authorities on the sphere for correct consideration.
• Provide help and recommendation on refugee standing dedication process.
• Conduct missions to host communities for the follow-up and help of refugees to strengthen alternatives for native integration and entry to primary rights.
• Periodically, or upon request, submit experiences on the actions carried out from the ONPAR subject workplace for the preparation of corresponding experiences and statistics.
• If required, and with prior authorization from the Director of ONPAR, present help UNHCR, its companions, and the Ombudsman’s Office in any extra activity requested in relation to help, steerage, and recommendation on the refugee standing recognition process, in addition to the rights and duties of refugees and asylum seekers.
• Carry out any extra activity requested for the safety of refugees and refugee standing candidates in Darién, in addition to carry out all vital actions to efficiently perform their work. III. Workplace and Supervision The employed particular person will probably be bodily positioned within the ONPAR subject workplace within the Province of Darién, in Metetí. Due to the duties to be developed, the Eligibility Responsible should journey to the ETRMs, transit and host communities of asylum seekers and acknowledged refugees by land, river, sea, or air. Will be below the supervision of the Director General of the Office for Refugee Assistance (ONPAR) and should adhere to the working hours and tips of that establishment. IV. Profile and Requirements Education and Knowledge Level
• Desirable with college diploma in Law and Political Science within the Republic of Panama or within the last 12 months of the Faculty of Law.
• Knowledge of legal guidelines, codes, and different authorized provisions governing the Panamanian legal-administrative and procedural system, in addition to worldwide conventions on human rights and worldwide safety.
• Knowledge of the scenario of blended actions getting into Panamanian territory by means of the Darién National Park. Work Experience
• Experience in worldwide safety, refugee safety, and migration fascinating.
• Knowledge of the scenario of refugees in Panama.
• Knowledge of the scenario in the primary nations of origin of individuals getting into Panamanian territory by means of the border with Colombia. Other Skills
• Proactive angle for battle decision and difficulties within the growth of their features.
• Good writing and synthesis, potential to research context.
• Proven expertise in using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

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This place would not require a purposeful clearance

Home-Based

No