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HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICER, Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Job ID 1006506
  • Career Level  Others
  • Experience  5 Years
  • Industry  Management
  • Qualifications  Master’s Degree

Job Description

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Humanitarian Affairs Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

  •  Deploys on humanitarian surge and support missions in Southern and Eastern Africa as requested, including to facilitate: humanitarian operational coordination (e.g. chairing inter­ cluster meetings); humanitarian financing proposals (e.g. CERF applications); implementation of preparedness actions (e.g. contingency plans); development of humanitarian needs overviews and appeals; and humanitarian needs assessments.
  •  Monitors, analyzes and reports on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management or emergency situations in assigned areas of Southern and Eastern Africa.
  •  Organizes and prepares updates and reports on humanitarian, emergency relief and related issues in assigned countries/areas of coverage; organizes follow-up work, including interagency meetings to support information-sharing and decision-making on important issues.
  •  Participates in large, complex projects, to include disaster assessment or other missions to countries in the region; deploys on surge to assist in the coordination of international humanitarian/emergency assistance for complex emergency/disaster situations and in ensuring the necessary support (e.g. staff, funding, specialized equipment, supplies, etc.); drafts situation reports to the international community, apprising of situation to date and specifying unmet requirements of stricken countries.
  •  Partners with other humanitarian agencies to plan and coordinate humanitarian and emergency assistance programmes – including through deployment on surge if required – and helps ensure that latest findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are incorporated into these activities, including gender and protection-related considerations.
  •  Assists in the production of appeals for international assistance – including Humanitarian Needs Overviews, Humanitarian Response Plans and Flash Appeals – in the region; ensures the proper use and spending of donor contributions channeled through OCHA. eM7r7cR B5csXX
  •  Establishes and maintains contacts with government officials, other UN agencies, non­ governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, etc.
  •  Undertakes and provides support to technical assistance and other field missions, e.g. participates in field trips to review and/or support specific country coordination mechanisms.
  •  Prepares or contributes to the preparation of various written reports, documents and communications, e.g. drafts sections of background papers, briefings, case studies, presentations, correspondence, etc.

Required skills

A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in political science, social science Analytical capacity and in particular the ability to analyze and articulate the humanitarian dimensi Knowledge of a range of humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and related humanitarian issue

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