Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based) A (least hardship) Family Type (not applicable for home-based) Family Staff Member / Affiliate Type NUNV National Target Start Date 2025-08-01 Deadline for Applications July 11, 2025 Terms of Reference Assignment context: In September 2024, building on the previous experience with the issuance of Humanitarian Visas for Afghan nationals, Brazil launched a new initiative of community sponsorship for Afghans - the “Resettlement, Admission, and Humanitarian Reception Program through Coplementary Pathways and Community Sponsorship for Afghan Nationals”. UNHCR has already started to work with the Brazilian authorities to provide technical assistance and capacity building to all actors involved in the community sponsorship. This has been done through technical support to the establishment of the programme, through the outreach and capacity building of civil society organizations who are interested in becoming sponsors, and through the development of specific operating procedures and guidelines for the identification and referral of individuals by UNHCR. The position is part of the Field Office São Paulo unit and is directed supervised by the Durable Solutions Unit of the Office. The incumbent will support the office in providing support to the protection component of UNHCR’s support to Brazil’s community sponsorship programme for Afghan nationals within the São Paulo Office Area of Responsibility. Task description: Within the framework of delegated authority and under the supervision of the Head of Office Field Office and/or his/her designated representative, the UN Volunteer will carry out the following tasks: - Provide support on protection issues to refugees and other persons in need of international protection; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation. - Support activities in protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. - Assistance in the gathering of preliminary information gathering and interviews in support of eligibility, status determination, durable solutions, and social needs assessment. - Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness. - Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy. - Contribute to a country-level education plan for refugees and other persons in need of international protection as part of the protection strategy. - Contribute to a country-level plan for indigenous refugees and other persons in need of international protection. - Together with partners, Refugee-Led Organizations, refugees and other persons in need of international protection, identify needs concerning informative material for the provision of timely and accurate information to displaced persons and support its development and distribution. - Foster the development and empowerment of refugee-led organizations and implement jointly activities for the benefit of refugees and other persons in need of international protection. - Support the development and implementation of community-based protection strategies to strengthen the protection of refugees and other persons in need of international protection. - Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies regarding Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, including through capacity-building sessions and the development of informative material. - Contribute to the development and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities. - Participate in individual protection case management including cases of GBV and child protection. Monitor and report on cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents. - Assist in identifying durable solutions for refugees and other persons in need of international protection in voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement. - Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners. - Draft reports, routine correspondence, update relevant databases and compiling statistics within the Area of Responsibility (AoR). - Contribute to initiatives to enhance national and local protection capacities. - Support on the selection of refugees and other persons in need of international protection for preliminary interviews and decide which relevant information to share. - Support organization and participate in workshops, training programmes, monitoring visits and working groups with regards to protection of refugees and other persons in need of international protection. - Provide support to ensure partnership agreements are implemented in a timely manner, are regularly monitored and reported on in accordance with established guidelines and procedures including in the framework for implementation with partners. - In co