Protection Intern

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

H (no hardship)

Family

Internship

2024-06-14

June 5, 2024

Responsibilities:
– To support research on a wide range of subjects related to refugee protection, border management, and asylum policy and practice relevant in the EU context, including international and European refugee and human rights law;
– To review and analyse relevant reports issued by Frontex, other EU actors, civil society organisations or the media;
– To provide statistical analysis of refugee and migration trends in Europe;
– To assist in the implementation of various initiatives undertaken by the UNHCR Liaison Office to Frontex, designed to promote and assess the application of international and European refugee and human rights law, particularly in areas of relevance to the work of Frontex;
– To assist in the drafting of minutes of meetings, reports or advocacy documents prepared by UNHCR;
– To assist in the preparation of UNHCR or Consultative Forum-led meetings and events, and to attend conferences and meetings on topics of relevance to UNHCR as necessary, as well as support to follow-up action;
– To assist with other tasks that may arise.
Qualifications
– Knowledge of asylum and migration in the EU context, interest in researching policies and legislation on access to protection, human rights in the EU migratory context.
– In order to be considered eligible for an internship, the candidate must fulfil the following criteria:
• A recent graduate or current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme, preferably in political sciences and/or international relations, from a university or higher education facility accredited by UNESCO; and
• Has completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR.

Standard Job Description

Required Languages

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Desired Languages

English

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Additional Qualifications

Skills

PR-Analysis of laws and practice relevant to human rights, PR-Asylum/Migration, PR-Asylum and reception related information and data analysis, PR-Asylum related law, policy and procedures, PR-Migration frameworks, PR-Mixed migratory movement management

Education

Certifications

Protection

Other information

Candidates who are not EU Citizens must hold a valid residence/work permit in Poland at the time of application.
The Food and Local Transportation Allowance in Warsaw is currently 2,765.25 PLN/month.This position doesn’t require a functional clearance

Home-Based

No