Humanitarian Affairs Officer, P3 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Duty Station: NEW YORK Deadline: 6 August 2013 Job Opening number: 13-HRA-OCHA-28221-R-NEW YORK (X) To apply go to: careers.un.org/ Responsibilities Within delegated authority, the Humanitarian Affairs Officer will be responsible for the following duties: • Monitors, analyzes and reports on developments within humanitarian financing in disaster relief or emergency situations in assigned country/area. • Provides support and technical assistance to country based pooled funds teams of assigned countries e.g. prepares for and participates in field trips to undertake in-depth reviews of specific country coordination mechanisms in coordination with relevant staff • Reviews and provides policy advice related to humanitarian financing; promote policy compliance organizes follow-up work, including review meetings to support policy development. • Contributes to the development of monitoring, reporting and evaluation policies for country based pooled funds (CBPF). • Contributes to the development of risk management systems for CBPF. • Prepares or contributes to the preparation of guidelines related to country based pooled funds and drafts various written reports, documents and communications (e.g. drafts sections of studies, background papers, policy guidelines, parliamentary documents, briefings, case studies, presentations, correspondence, etc.) • Partners with other humanitarian agencies to plan and evaluate humanitarian and emergency assistance programmes and help ensure that relevant findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are incorporated into CBPF, including gender-related considerations. • Assists in the establishment of country based pooled funds as required. • Participates in large, complex projects, to include disaster assessment or other missions; assists 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. • Assists humanitarian community in capacity-building and organizes training in relation to humanitarian financing broadly and country based humanitarian pooled funds in particular. • Establishes and maintains contacts with government officials, other UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, media. • Manages the production of appeals for international assistance; ensures the proper use and spending of donor contributions channeled through OCHA. • Under the guidance of the Chief of Section serves as the primary focal point on specific topics or policy-related issues within humanitarian financing; keeps abreast of latest developments, liaises with other humanitarian organizations, donors, etc., • Ensures appropriate monitoring and reporting mechanisms; provides information and advice on a range of related issues. • Reviews and provides advice on policy issues related to safeguarding humanitarian principles and ensuring the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance within humanitarian financing. • Organizes and participates in work groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners on humanitarian financing and related matters. • Provides guidance to, and may supervise, new/junior staff. • Performs other duties as required. Education Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in political science, social science, public administration, international studies, economics or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Work Experience A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, rehabilitation, development, or other related area. Experience in humanitarian financing is required. Experience in monitoring and evaluation is desirable. Experience in risk management related area is desirable. Humanitarian field experience is desirable. Qualifying years of experience are calculated following receipt of the first level university degree recognized by the United Nations.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:56:58 +0000