Overview
The Humanitarian Affairs Officer/ Reporting will monitor, analyze, and report on humanitarian developments and emergency situations. The role involves preparing studies, drafting reports, and supporting the implementation of humanitarian work plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitors, analyzes and reports on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management or emergency situations in assigned area.
- Organizes and prepares studies on humanitarian, emergency relief and related issues.
- Organizes follow-up work, including interagency technical review meetings to support policy development work and decision-making on important issues.
- Drafts and prepares regular situation papers/reports highlighting relevant operational factors affecting the humanitarian situation and response efforts.
- Prepares or contributes to the preparation of various written reports, documents and communications.
- Assists in the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of the Office's humanitarian work plan, usually expressed in the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP).
- 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.
- Partners with other humanitarian agencies to plan and evaluate humanitarian and emergency assistance programmes and help ensure that latest findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are incorporated into these activities, including gender-related considerations.
- Provides substantial support to sector / cluster working groups as required and facilitates exchange on cross cutting issues.
- Establishes and maintains contacts with government officials, other UN agencies, non- governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, media, etc.
- Supports advocacy initiatives on issues impacting humanitarian needs and response efforts through the collection of information, liaison with humanitarian partners, government officials, the media, etc.
- Manages the production of appeals for international assistance.
- Undertakes and provides support to technical assistance and other field missions, e.g. participates in field trips to undertake in depth reviews of specific country work mechanisms.
- Organizes and participates in working groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners on humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters.
- Performs other duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, rehabilitation, development, or other related areas are required. Humanitarian experience in the field (actual setting where a mission and/or project is being implemented) in emergency situations (complex emergency or natural disaster) is required. Experience with crisis communication and reporting is required. Relevant experience at the international level is desirable. Experience in the UN Common System or comparable international organization is desirable. Experience in the Middle East region is desirable.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in political science, social science, public administration, international studies, economics, engineering, earth sciences or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
