Humanitarian Affairs Officer/ Head of Access Unit

3 months ago

กรงเทพมหานคร, Thailand United Nations Full time

The position is located in the Operations and Advocacy Division, (OAD), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response efforts. OCHA's mission is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; advocate the rights of people in need; promote preparedness and prevention and facilitate sustainable solutions.

This temporary job opening is being advertised for the position of Humanitarian Affairs Officer (Head of Access Unit) and is located in Bangkok, Thailand, within OCHA Myanmar. Under the overall supervision of the Head of Office, OCHA Myanmar, the incumbent reports to the Deputy Head of Office.

**Responsibilities**:
Within delegated authority, the Humanitarian Affairs Officer (Head of Access Unit) will be responsible for the following duties:

- Serves as a senior policy officer; advise on overall policy direction on specific issues related to engagement with stakeholders, humanitarian access and protection issues; and, more generally, reviews and provides advice on a diverse range of policy issues related to safeguarding humanitarian principles and ensuring the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance and the linkages with other related areas (e.g. protection of civilians, displacement, human rights).
- Prepares policy position papers on humanitarian access and related issues.
- Develops and supports access networks to promote principled, coordinated approach to outreach, interactions with key stakeholders, coordinated approaches to access, sharing best practices with partners and stakeholders to ensure tailored and effective humanitarian access strategies across the country.
- Monitors, analyzes and reports on access challenges and opportunities, as well as humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management programmes or emergency situations in assigned country/area.
- Encourages and facilitates the development of frameworks of engagement with relevant stakeholders on humanitarian access and other engagement issues, including for advocacy purposes.
- Leads and/or participates in large, complex projects, to include disaster assessment, humanitarian access negotiations or other missions; coordinates international humanitarian/emergency assistance for complex emergency/disaster situations; ensures necessary support (e.g. staff, funding, specialized equipment, supplies, etc.); prepares situation reports.
- Assists in the production of appeals for international assistance; ensures the proper use and spending of donor contributions channeled through OCHA.
- Advises the country office leadership on overall direction on humanitarian access and other engagement related issues.
- Analyzes and assists in introducing new mechanisms for monitoring and analyzing humanitarian access in line with the OCHA Access Monitoring Framework.
- Organizes and prepares studies on humanitarian, emergency relief and related issues; organizes follows-up work, including interagency technical review meetings to support policy development work and decision-making on important issues; and ensures the implementation of recommendations emanating from relevant studies.
- Assists or leads, as appropriate, in the preparation of OCHA reports, studies, background papers, policy guidelines, correspondence, presentations, background papers, policy guidelines, parliamentary documents, etc.; with respect to the latter, takes the lead in providing support and information to relevant councils or other entities on specific issues.
- Partners with other humanitarian agencies to plan and evaluate complex humanitarian and emergency assistance programmes; helps ensure that latest findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are incorporated into these activities, including gender-related considerations.
- Establishes and maintains contacts with relevant stakeholders, other UN agencies, non governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, media, etc.; ensures appropriate mechanisms to facilitate collaboration and exchange of information both in and outside the UN system, including on early warning and contingency planning, etc.
- Serves as the primary focal point on specific topics or policy-related issues related to engagement with armed actors and humanitarian access; 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.
- Organizes and participates in work groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners humanitarian and emergency relief-relate

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