UNOCHA Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer P5 Jobs 2023 – Kenya NGO Jobs

UNOCHA Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer P5 Jobs 2023 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UNOCHA Kenya looking for “Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer P5”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 16 January 2023.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is a United Nations body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.

UNOCHA Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer P5 Jobs 2023

The UNOCHA has published a job vacancy announcement on 03 January 2023 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer P5 to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

UNOCHA Job Vacancy 2023

Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority, the Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer/Deputy Head of Office will be responsible for the following duties:

• Provides senior level strategic, policy and operational advice and support to the UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator and manages his/her office, overseeing work planning and implementation.
• Serves as a senior policy officer; advise on overall policy direction on specific 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. human rights).
• Monitors, analyzes and reports on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management programmes or emergency situations in assigned country/area; develops and maintains a “watch list” of countries with potential for famine.
• Takes the lead in the planning, development and implementation of large, complex communications campaigns (e.g. global advocacy initiatives, regional public information programmes) and joint communications strategies, leading common media and communications efforts, including common messaging. Identifies sources and seeks funding and other assistance for major campaigns.
• Initiates and coordinates activities related to technical cooperation and technical assistance projects in disaster response and disaster response preparedness; formulates project proposals and relevant project documents; provides technical support to field work; reviews and clears project reports for submission to governments.
• 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.

Qualification:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in political science, social science, international studies, public administration, economics, engineering, earth sciences or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, rehabilitation, development, or other related area is required.
• At least four (4) years of humanitarian experience in the field (actual setting where a mission and/or project is being implemented) in aid operations (complex emergency or natural disaster) is desirable.
• A minimum of four (4) of relevant experience at the international level is desirable.
• Experience at the management level is desirable.
• Experience in a humanitarian context within the UN Common System or other comparable international organization is desirable.

Languages:

French and English are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.

Other Details

• Contract Type: Full Time
• Selection Process: Interview
• Salary: negotiable
• Application Process: Online

How to Apply UNOCHA Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer P5 Jobs 2023

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The Closing Date: 16 January 2023

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.