UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP)

National Humanitarian Affairs Officer

Contract Bahir Dar February 20, 2022 - March 7, 2022 Community & Social Science - Economics - NGO

Job Overview

• Salary Offer As per Company Scale
• Experience Level Junior
• Total Years Experience 2
• Date Posted February 20, 2022
• Deadline Date March 6, 2022

 Job summery

Functions / Key Results Expected

Summary of key functions:

• Within the limits and delegated responsibilities, the Humanitarian Affairs Officer will be responsible for facilitating coordination in Amhara Region on behalf of OCHA and the Humanitarian Coordinator. He/She will work under the overall supervision of OCHA Head of Amhara region. The incumbent will be based in Bahir Dar and will work closely with the regional, zonal and woreda authorities in coordinating humanitarian actions in Amhara Region.

Specific duties include:

• Spend one-third of his/her time visiting and monitoring current relief operations and traveling extensively in vulnerable crisis areas, obtaining information, assessing or monitoring either independently or jointly with relevant stakeholders.
• Facilitate and undertake joint assessments of humanitarian needs in Amhara region to inform response planning and implementation.
• Work closely and consistently with the regional authorities, UN agencies, NGOs and other partners as appropriate and as required to ensure functional, accountable, predictable and scalable coordination mechanisms in the region.
• Facilitate the establishment and strengthening of effective sectoral task forces in the designated region with relevant regional and zonal line bureaus taking leadership and supporting humanitarian cluster partners to assume their respective cluster leadership roles.
• Work closely with relevant regional officials, UN and NGO counterparts to monitor, analyze
• and report on humanitarian development, emergency or relief management in Amhara region.
• Work with regional Government counterparts to strengthen or establish appropriate emergency preparedness tools and activate ad-hoc coordination mechanisms to respond in a more timely and predictable manner in the event of quick onset or deteriorating emergencies
• Maintain a close working relationship in the field with regional, zonal and woreda government officials especially the Regional Disaster Preparedness and Food Security Coordination Office (DPFSCO) civic and non-governmental aid organization, UN agencies and the Red Cross Movement in order to establish a cooperative network for the exchange of humanitarian information.
• Work with regional counterparts to enhance community participation, including but not limited to facilitating the creation of a platform for effective involvement of local NGOs and CBOs in humanitarian response.
• Work with other humanitarian actors to identify gaps in the capacity of regional government humanitarian coordination apparatus and endeavor to marshal resources locally to address those gaps
• Work closely with and support the regional early warning system in monitoring and reporting on hazards and its impact on communities in designated regions of assignment.
• Organize and facilitate OCHA and humanitarian donors’ field missions in the region, including organizing appropriate briefs on humanitarian situations and facilitating local field travels.
• Work with OCHA Information Management Unit and partners to enhance information management by ensuring that information products such as zonal profiles, 3Ws, contact list and briefing packs are in place and are regularly updated.
• Work with humanitarian counterparts to ensure that cross-cutting issues such as gender and protection are embedded more thoroughly in the humanitarian program cycle
• Promote the dissemination and understanding of OCHA’s mandate, the humanitarian principles and humanitarian code of conduct amongst partners in assigned areas
• Perform other duties as may be required by the OCHA Head of sub-office in Amhara region

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates commitment to UNOCHA’s mission, vision and values
• Displays cultural, gender, religion and nationality sensitivity and adaptability

Functional competencies:

• Professionalism
• Planning and Organizing
• Client Orientation
• Analytical and Conceptual Thinking
• Communication & Networking
• Teamwork

Job Requirement

• Education: Advanced or first degree in political science, social science, public administration, international studies, economics, or related area

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years for Advanced degree and 4 years for first degree of progressively responsible and relevant professional experience in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, rehabilitation, and development, with significant field experience in complex emergencies.
• UN or NGO experience required
• Proven ability to work in an inter-agency environment and experience in working with government officials and technical staff in a cooperative manner
• Field experience in Ethiopia would be an advantage
• Availability for travel in country
• Cultural sensitivity and diplomatic skills are essential
• Ability to build and lead field teams under difficult and insecure conditions
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English and languages of the region (oral and written) is required. Being able to interpret/translate relevant communications, reports and/or documents from local language into English is a requirement

Duty Station: Bahir Dar , Amhara Region  

How to Apply

Closing: 06 March 2022

Interested applicants must submit their CV, letter of motivation, and supporting documents via email: ocha-eth-hr@un.org 

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.