Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)
A (least hardship)
- Family Type (not applicable for home-based)
Family
- Staff Member / Affiliate Type
- UNOPS LICA6
- Target Start Date
-
- Deadline for Applications
- October 13, 2024
- Terms of Reference
- IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- This position is offered under UNOPS Local ICA contract until 31/12/2024 with possibility of extension.
- Remuneration: A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered. For more information on UN salaries, allowances and benefits, please visit the portal of the Office of HR Management of United Nations. UNHCR also offers comprehensive medical insurance and pension plans.
1. General Background
(Brief description of the national, sector-specific, or other relevant context in which the individual contractor will operate)
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950, by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
2. Purpose and Scope of Assignment
(Concise and detailed description of activities, tasks, and responsibilities to be undertaken, including expected travel, if applicable).
- Support the assessment and analysis of the needs of refugees and asylum seekers and other forcibly displaced population in the country in a participatory manner and using an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective as basis for planning.
- Assist in managing the development of a broad network of partners, good coordination practices and the development of partner capacities related to programme management.




- Assist in organizing and documenting the selection of partners in accordance with the policy on selection and retention of partners, ensuring due diligence to meet the requirements of projects.
- Provide support to the field offices with technical advice to ensure partnership agreements are established in a timely manner, regularly monitored, and reported on in compliance with established guidelines and procedures included in the framework for implementing with partners.
- Support the implementation and performance of partnership agreements through field visits and appropriate physical monitoring, reviewing performance and financial reports.
- Support the development and implementation of MFT monitoring plans for activities implemented through partnerships and those under direct implementation in line with Programme Handbook.
- Contribute to ensure consistent and coherent monitoring approaches, tools, and systems across the different UNHCR’s offices in line with general standards and polices, ensuring quality assurance and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures, and standards. Generate and maintain records of implementation rate (performance progress and expenditures) on a regular basis.
- Follow up on any change in regard to alignment of results chain, verifying indicators, budget, prioritization, apportioning needed to measure programme performance, trends and target interventions,



contributing to soundness of programme strategy and enhancement of data quality.
- Provide support to the field offices through technical advice and training on resource allocation processes and other programmatic issues.
- Use UNHCR’s corporate tools (Compass, CloudERP, PROMS) for core activities related to planning, budgeting, implementation, and reporting, generating data for evidence-based programmatic decisions and analysis.
- Perform other duties as required.
3. Monitoring and Progress Controls
(Clear description of measurable outputs, milestones, key performance indicators and/or reporting requirements which will enable performance monitoring)
- The Programme Associate receive guidance from the Programme Officer in the operation. S/he may receive indirect guidance from other sections and units relevant to the country programme. UNHCR Manuals, Multi Year Programme Strategy, UN and UNHCR financial/budgetary rules and regulations will guide the work of the Programme Associate. S/he is expected to stay abreast of the challenges posed by the operational context, the UN and humanitarian reform and institutional developments.
- The incumbent is expected to have contacts within the organization and outside the duty station, as well as with partners and other stakeholders to collect information, monitor programme activities and implement administrative requirements. The incumbent will have to establish good working relationships with their peers at country level to facilitate the collection of information and other programme management related activities.
- The incumbent is expected to work in line with the multi-functional team (MFT) approach as defined within the Program Handbook, ensuring the participation of relevant s

📌 Programme Associate - Unops Lica-6 (Ciudad de México)
🏢 United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (Unhcr)
📍 Ciudad de México