Deadline for Applications
October 30, 2025
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B
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Family
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IUNV International
2025-10-29
General
Assignment title: Associate Integrity Officer
UN Host Entity: UNHCR
Country of assignment: UGANDA
Duty station: Kampala
Security UNDSS Level: Country-2(low), Duty Station (Central SRM area - 3/Moderate)
Volunteer category: International UN Specialist Volunteer
Duration: 6 months
Extension under donor funds not possible
Expected starting date: 1 November 2025
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Organization mission and objectives
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Preventing, identifying, and responding to fraud and corruption in the context of protection processes is integral to the management of UNHCR’s operations; all of UNHCR’s protection functions must be implemented with efficiency, integrity, and transparency. Effective prevention and response to fraud enhances UNHCR’s ability to execute its mandated responsibilities, ensuring confidence by persons of concern, donors, and host and resettlement states.
As of 30 June 2025, Uganda hosts 1,913,153 refugees, predominantly from South Sudan (52.8%) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (32.7%). Most (92%) of the refugees live in settlements while 8% live in Kampala. Secondary cities and other rural areas also host refugee households (HHs)1. Among the registered population women and girls make up 51%, while women and children together constitute 78% of the total refugee population. Children represent 52% of the total refugee population, with adolescents aged 12-17 comprising 17%. The youth population between the ages of 15-24 represents 25%, while the elderly population constitutes only 3% of the total refugee population.2
Assignment context
Uganda operations is the largest refugee operations in Africa and ranks third globally:
https://data.unhcr.org/en/country/uga .
Combined with a complex operational and political environment and a unique stakeholder management model, the operation is faced financial, operational, and reputational risks. In addition, protection risks including Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) remain serious concerns for affected populations. Finally, as a pioneer country for Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), the donor, partner and government dynamics in Uganda reflect a unique and complex structure in terms of coordination mechanisms for humanitarian and development nexus.
Due to the size of operation in terms of number of forcibly displaced persons, and partners, geographic distance between the settlements/refugee population, and the integrity concerns – the Uganda operation has an integrity management strategy that is cross cutting looking at integrity among partners, staff, forcibly displaced, and systems gaps that enable for fraud and corruption to be perpetuated.
Incumbent of this position is the UNHCR focal point in leading the promulgation of the integrity management strategy among the inter-agency partners and UNHCR operations, and the implementation of mitigation and response plans.
2017 Policy and Operational Guidelines on Addressing Fraud Committed by Persons of Concern.
Task description
• Assist the Senior Community Based Protection Officer in the implementation of the anti-fraud policy activities and support to the Community Feedback System.
• Provide training, guidance , monitoring, reporting of data based fraud trends, and aassist with spot check reviews (under supervision) of resettlement processing.
• Support the operational coordination of anti-fraud efforts including participating in monthly meetings, conducting routine Fraud Vulnerability Surveys/Checklists, training of anti-fraud focal points staff.
• Provide daily support to the Community Feedback Mechanism (call centre), via guidance to call centre staff, monitoring and reporting of trends and support the referral and documentation of sensitive cases (under guidance) for the handling of sensitive cases referred through the system.
• Work in a Multi-Function Team, including, Protection and Community Based Protection focal points for the development and updates of the call centre system.
Under the direct supervision of Snr Community-Based Protection Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
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• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including par-ticipation in ongoing reflection activities;
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV
publica-tions/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
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