Associate Durable Solutions Officer

UNHCR is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless persons and other persons of concern, and to seek durable solutions to their displacement. In Thailand, where there is no national asylum framework, UNHCR works with partners to provide protection services, community-based protection, advocacy, and capacity-building to support persons who are stateless and refugees and asylum-seekers.

Thailand is not a signatory to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol and does not have a comprehensive national asylum framework to regulate the presence of refugees and asylum-seekers. Nevertheless, the country has a long-standing practice of hosting individuals fleeing conflict and persecution from neighboring States, particularly Myanmar. Refugees residing in the nine temporary shelters (camps) along the Thai-Myanmar border are primarily Karen, Karenni and other ethnic minority groups from Myanmar, many of whom have lived in Thailand since the mid-1980s after fleeing protracted conflict. In August 2025, the Royal Thai Government adopted a Cabinet Resolution granting camp-based registered refugees of working age access to legal employment, marking a significant milestone toward greater inclusion and self-reliance. Multi-Country Office (MCO) Thailand pursues resettlement strategically as a complement to its broader protection and solutions strategy, which seeks to balance inclusion efforts, sustainable programming objectives, and targeted protection interventions. Resettlement case identification is guided by common protection profiles alongside individual case assessments. Priority groups include protracted Myanmar refugees residing in camps with specific needs and heightened protection concerns, including survivors of violence and/or torture, women and girls at risk, children at risk (including unaccompanied and separated children)

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Field Office with technical supervision from the Durable Solutions Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks : - Implement the resettlement SOPs, strengthening case identification and internal referrals through strengthened use of ProGres across the field office - Develop durable solution workplan for the Field Office Mae Hong Son (FOMHS) outlining how the field office will meet durable solutions objectives including the number of refugees to be submitted for resettlement each month, quarterly, annually. - Conduct durable solution interviews, ensuring that refugee interpreters are working with high levels of integrity. - Review, prepare and submit Resettlement Referral Forms for further processing. - Monitor durable solution activities to ensure progress against targets, transparency and efficiency in case submissions and appropriate follow up with stake holders. - Suport child protection activities in FOMHS and develop a child protection workplan. - Monitor UNHCR-funded partner conducting child protection activities (COERR). Contribute to the periodic reporting. - Ensure that Best Interests Assessment (BIA)/Best Interests Determination (BIDs) are smoothly conducted. Act as BID supervisor. - Ensure that all data and information is entered correctly into UNHCR’s database. - Undertake field missions as required. - Assist selection missions by resettlement countries. - Systematically apply an Age, Gender, and Diversity perspective in all aspects of resettlement and child protection processes. - Any other relevant work as clearly agreed with and assigned by the Supervisor.