Assistant Field Officer

Supports UNHCR's protection and assistance operation in Kosti through field assessments, project monitoring, population-flow reporting and coordination with authorities and partners. The national officer helps identify protection risks, support reception and registration, prepare operational reports, and advance risk-informed responses for refugees, displaced people and host communities.

• Assess needs of persons of concern and formulate project submissions with district authorities and implementing partners
• Promote and monitor assistance projects
• Report on new arrivals and expected influx through interviews with persons of concern
• Support reception, registration and provision of assistance
• Track detention cases and register applicants for voluntary repatriation and family reunion
• Prepare sectoral and project-monitoring reports
• Submit recommendations for protection interventions and negotiate with authorities, partners and populations of concern
• Identify and manage operational risks

• Sudanese nationals only
• One year of relevant experience with an undergraduate degree, or no experience with a graduate or doctorate degree
• Degree in Law, Political Sciences or another relevant field
• Knowledge of English, the UN working language of the duty station and a local language
• Strong written and spoken English communication for internal and external reports

• Field experience
• Knowledge of refugee law
• Good knowledge of UNHCR programmes
• Deep understanding of local contexts
• Advanced negotiation and conflict-resolution capabilities

• Field coordination
• Protection risk analysis
• Project monitoring
• Stakeholder engagement
• Results-Based Management
• Resource planning

• PeopleSoft EPM/Budget
• SAP
• Oracle
• Workday

• Hardship Level: E (most hardship).
• Family Type: Non Family with Residential LocationDanger Pay.
• Residential location: Nairobi, Kenya.
• Target Start Date: 2026-11-01.