Humanitarian Affairs Officer Jobs

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Investigate alleged conduct violations in accordance with the Student Conduct procedures.

Prepare sanction letters for students violating policies and codes.

Maintain conduct files and database on all cases, track sanctions and follow-up action and prepare conduct reports.

Serve as primary system administrator of the student conduct software (Maxient). Train other users on proper utilization of the system.

Assist in developing learning outcomes and assessment programs for the Student Conduct Process.

Demonstrate collaborative interpersonal skills to work across a variety of cultures and with remote team members.

Support program start up, implementation, and close out, while learning key donor requirements.

Develop skills in backstopping program teams and providing implementation support to in-country teams.

Develop or strengthen leadership, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

Strong oral communications and written skills.

Outcome 1: Develop foundational skills in humanitarian assistance support departments:

Support the establishment of an information management system and support information being shared in a timely and relevant manner.

Demonstrate collaborative interpersonal skills to work across a variety of cultures and also with remote team members.

Rotation 1: Information Management & Program Support:

Rotation 2: Capacity Building & Roster Management:

Help create a detailed Funding Matrix with Finance and ID Focal Persons.

Assist Program Specialist in feeding into the reporting requirements from the various offices and other reporting requests.

Gathers, selects and analyses information contained in communications and publications received from different sources, including the press.

Monitors national and regional level political developments and provides advice to senior officials and Regional Centres.

Provides technical and substantive back up in the implementation of mandates and projects of the Office.

Maintains contacts with other sectors of the UN, other international organizations and governments on coordination and policy matters.

Monitors actions taken by intergovernmental groups, UN organisations, government and non-governmental organizations.

Provides substantive support to meetings, workshops, events, and promotes policy through outreach activities.

Assists senior official with briefing notes, background papers and talking points for UNOCT management.

Prepares summaries of wide variety of sources and draft a variety of correspondence, and UNOCT reports.

Monitors political, socio-economic and other politically relevant developments in an assigned area.

Provides input into political, humanitarian and economic efforts and programmes.

Participates in field missions, including provision of substantive and administrative support, data collection, etc.

Performs other related duties as required.

See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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Experience working on refugee resettlement caseloads;

Knowledge of international organizations resettlement/refugee issues.

Knowledge of communications and analytical methods and techniques.

Demonstrate collaborative interpersonal skills to work across a variety of cultures and also with remote team members.

Strong oral communications and written skills.

Ability and willingness to travel internationally.

Proficiency in another language is strongly preferred.

Generation Next Humanitarian fellowship is seekingMinority Serving Institution(MSI) graduates to become the next generation of humanitarian professionals.

Maintains a record of ongoing cases of alleged fraud or misuse of funding in the context of Country-Based Humanitarian Pooled Funds.

Organizes and participates in work groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners on humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters.

Performs other duties as required.

Monitors, analyzes and reports on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management or emergency situations in assigned country/area.

Assists in the production of appeals for international assistance; ensures the proper use and spending of donor contributions channeled through OCHA.

Establishes and maintains contacts with government officials, other UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, media, etc.

Reviews and provides advice on policy issues related to safeguarding humanitarian principles and ensuring the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Organizes and participates in working groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners on humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters.

Provides guidance to, and may supervise, new/junior staff in the area of responsibility.

Highly adept in networking and relationship management. Ability to engage diverse diplomatic interlocutors at various levels)

· Advising management on new UNSC dynamics and opportunities

5 years of experience in humanitarian affairs

Sound knowledge of international relations and the humanitarian and diplomatic environment

Previous experience in humanitarian diplomacy capitals would be useful (Geneva, New York, Brussels, Addis Ababa, …)

Demonstrated capacity and experience in developing and maintaining networks across a range of diplomatic or humanitarian actors

Support and coordinate budget setting, monitoring, and re-forecasting activities in partnership with Senior Humanitarian Manager and technical leads.

Significant experience in supporting project operations in an international NGO environment.

Ability to adopt a pro-active approach to problem solving working closely with senior colleagues as required and offering solutions as appropriate.

Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, fluent in English.

Knowledge of the global humanitarian environment/context, and sector wide initiatives

Provide administrative support during team and project recruitment processes, and lead onboarding and orientation of new and transitioning team members.

Letter of Interest containing the statement on candidate’s experience and qualification against required qualification, experience and competencies.

All deliverables will be reviewed and cleared by the task manager.

Sound knowledge of gender in humanitarian action and women’s rights.

Excellent skills in GiHA capacity building facilitation.

At least 3 years of proven international experience in developing and delivering various types of gender-focused trainings and capacity-building programmes.

A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in the humanitarian context in Palestine is highly desirable.

Responds to requests for information from senior managers at headquarters, in field missions/offices and from member states.

Has knowledge of various research methodologies and sources, including electronic sources on the internet, intranet and other databases.

Good analytical, planning and organizational skills.

Monitors political, military, police, humanitarian, logistics and other relevant developments in assigned DPO peacekeeping, peace-building, special political missions and non-mission settings.

Acts as an initial point of contact for Headquarters, peacekeeping missions, and Permanent Missions in New York when required.

Interacts routinely with peacekeeping missions in the field and with other Headquarters elements.

Analyzes and assists in introducing new technologies for disaster warning/management.

Prepares policy position papers for review.

Assists in the production of appeals for international assistance; ensures the proper use and spending of donor contributions channeled through OCHA.

Organizes and participates in work groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters.

May participate in planning and preparation of unit budget and work program.

Provides leadership and work direction to assigned work team, and/or mentors and supervises the work of new/junior officers.

Provide general program support related to advocacy and communications for Sesame Workshop’s humanitarian programs, including reporting and knowledge management.

Strong project-manager and multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills and close attention to detail.

Coordinate roles and logistics with event organizers and venues; provide briefing memos for senior executives; and manage relevant contracts.

Experience with preparing and managing high-level speaking engagements and events

Relationship builder with strong people skills, interested in building and sustaining partnerships with Sesame and across our partnerships.

Expert in PowerPoint; strong overall computer skills.

Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources on assigned topics/issues.

Develops and maintains reference/resource information on specific topics; responds to various inquiries and information requests internally and externally.

Participates in substantive and technical meetings under the OCHA Front Office’s purview as appropriate.

Performs other duties as required.

The Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and administrative issuances governing staff appointments can be viewed at: http://www.un.org/hr_handbook/English.

Certification in project management is desired.

Program oversight and management, development of programmatic policy, procedure, and guidelines;

Five (5) or more years experience implementing protection programming in an international context;

Proven experience developing programs and teams;

Experience in conducting assessments, developing technical tools and materials, developing monitoring and evaluation tools, and strategy development;

Experience in participatory approaches to protection and/or gender mainstreaming;

Establishes and maintains contacts with IASC member organizations and other key stakeholders including Member States, UN secretariat entities among others.

Reviews and provides advice on policy issues related to safeguarding humanitarian principles and ensuring the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Provides guidance to, and may supervise, new/junior staff.

Performs other duties as required.

Develop and manage 1 set of consolidated worksheets to coordinate and implement activities with UNICEF, UNHCR and ILO. By 31 July 2024

Conduct capacity building and provide support to manage global partnership with the Global Refugee Youth Network

At least 7-10 years of relevant work experience in humanitarian, refugee contexts and youth programmes.

Experience in developing and implementing adolescent and youth programs in humanitarian and forced displacement contexts.

Experience in working with UNICEF, at global, regional or country level, an asset.

Demonstrated experience with global policy advocacy and supporting young people’s advocacy.