joyce okodraru

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About

Professional project and humanitarian experts with more than 7 years of experience with various types of projects. Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to monitor and maintain schedules closely. Motivated, driven to succeed, and able to work alone or as part of a group. Can travel and work long hours. A confident and highly organized operational professional with experience in a busy office and reception environment rapidly assimilating and learning processes applicable to in-house operations, consistently impressing employers which has resulted in fast-track advancement to more senior positions. Meticulous in my approach to data collation and presentation, I set up and maintain records, incorporating critical information and running high-quality reports and analyses in the requisite style and format. Also having a proven record of contributing to profitability and revenue growth. I have gained key skills that make me a valuable asset in your organization these include, financial management, accountability, concern for quality and standard, communication and interpersonal skill, report writing and presentation, time management and organizational skills, and computer information technology skills. I believe I will be a positive role model for your organization.

Skills

Organizational skills
9
and computer information
9
English
10

Experience

joyce okodraru

Work experience

Assistant protection officer at Office of the prime Minister

November, 2017 - December, 2022
Fulltime

The major duty for this position was to assist the settlement commandant in the management of the settlement, handle general protection cases ranging from child protection, sexual gender-based violence, and other cases, determine refugee status at the settlement level, and share refugee status determination (RSD) note with refugee eligibility committee (REC) for determination of refugee status under individual recognition, coordinate issuance of birth certificates to refugee children born in Uganda, Managing budget lines under protection, coordination of different stakeholders in the settlement, monitoring of the various partner activities to ensure services are provided in line with government standards and operating procedures, prepare situational, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports, focal point for drafting budgets for protection activities
Key Accomplishments
Coordinated with relevant stakeholders including UNHCR, civil society organizations and other partners to ensure quality, timely and effective delivery of services to persons of concern.
Provided technical guidance on utilization of funds in joint partner activities and projects
Supported protection Programs, by identifying partnership opportunities and liaising with local partners concerning protection activities and implementation through identifying spaces for child protection, gender-based violence, peaceful co-existence partners to implement in coordination with OPM and UNHCR.
Conducted quarterly community dialogues and sports activities between refugees and host communities to promote peaceful co-existence.
Organized protection sub-sector working group meetings through sending of invitations for Child protection and gender-based violence meetings, reviewing of minutes, and managing the meetings to ensure that issues discussed are well guided in accordance with the Government’s position, procedures, or systems and solutions provided in line with the interest of persons of concern
Conducted refugee status determination interviews and shared with the refugee eligibility committee for granting of refugee status to avoid statelessness in line with international and national legal frameworks.
Handled registration-related complaints such as merger and split of households with problems, litigation cases of continuous registration, and litigation at the food distribution center
Coordinated the issuance of birth certificates to refugee children born in Uganda in the settlement, and conducted relocation of new arrivals and refugees within and outside the settlement.
Co-chaired the Protection Sector working group meetings together with UNHCR and followed up on the implementation of activities with the protection partners to ensure action points agreed upon in the protection coordination meeting and set targets are achieved in line with the best interest of persons of concern and standard operating procedures.
Organized case management meetings to discuss complex protection cases and offer technical guidance to field protection partners in following up on cases and needs of persons of concern both in child protection and gender-based violence to the satisfaction of child protection and GBV partners in line with the best interest and survivor-centered approach.
Coordinated with protection colleagues from other settlements in relocating refugees with high protection risks and migrating their records from Rhino camps to other settlements within Uganda in line with standard operating procedures to provide safety and protection to their lives as a key human right
Together with UNHCR, jointly participated in Multi-Functional Teams activities of other partners to ascertain whether their activities were done in line with set objectives as agreed in the PPA.
conducted regular on-site visits to monitor the quality of activity implementation at the zonal -level and provide technical advice to field partner staff as necessary; this is done on daily basis in sectors such as General protection group meetings, GBV, Child protection, and education.
Conducted border monitoring missions to the surrounding borders in Arua operation to ensure non-refoulment of asylum seekers, observation of international protection protocols by the border officials, and check security situation at the borders and across countries informing programming of likelihoods of emergencies for better planning purposes as well as sensitizing border officials on obligations stated in article 33 of 1951 convention and its protocol of 1967 on non-refoulment.
Supported community-based protection through involvement in accountability to affected populations especially through effective feedback and referrals, through involvement in an integrated village meeting, being present at protection help desks in the zones, engagement with community structures including refugee leaders, working with various partner zonal focal points, and joint opening of suggestion boxes and analysis of issues as well as providing feedback to communities or individuals.
Coordinated with national, local, and international actors and participate in working groups and other sector meetings on protection-related issues, in consultation with operational partners.
Facilitated protection trainings for partner staffs, both child protection and gender-based violence community structures and local government officials.
Provided technical guidance to partner staffs in case management process to ensure survivor centered approach and best interest of persons of concern are maintained in line with the standard operating procedures.
Monitored and guided partners in the selection process of beneficiaries for available projects in the settlement.
Monitored utilization of funds by beneficiaries under cash assistance