Senior Registration Assistant

Grade: GS5

Remote work accepted: No

Target Start Date: 2024-02-13

Target End Date: 2024-12-31

Responsibilities

- Assist in the implementation of registration strategies and methodologies for persons of concern (POC).
- Conduct registration interviews in accordance with registration standards and guidance.
- Provide counselling to and respond to queries from asylum seekers and refugees regarding UNHCR registration procedures and entitlements.
- Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date records and data related to all individual registration cases.
- Identify persons with specific needs and ensure timely referral for protection follow‑up.
- Collaborate with protection staff and/or partners to deliver assistance, including identity and entitlement documentation.
- Draft correspondence and reports relating to registration activities in the operation.
- Provide statistics and draft reports related to registration data as requested.
- Act as interpreter and translator when needed.




- Refer cases to other units within the office and to implementing partners as necessary.
- Draft and submit reports and statistics related to registration.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility; raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or relevant colleague.
- Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

- Education: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with at least 1 year of relevant work experience; alternatively High School Diploma with 2 years of relevant experience.
- Relevant work experience: Good computer skills, particularly in data management.
- Desirable: Training in basic principles of international protection; experience with UNHCR ProGres software.
- Functional skills: Data Management; Data Colle

📌 Senior Registration Assistant (Medellín)
🏢 United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (Unhcr)
📍 Medellín