Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer

7 months ago

مصر, Egypt cinfo Full time

COMPANY PRESENTATION

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**Org. Setting and Reporting**

This position-specific job opening is being advertised for the position of Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer/Head of Office in the Cairo Regional Liaison Office in Egypt. Under the overall supervision of the Director of OAD, the incumbent will report to the Deputy Director of OAD Middle East and North Africa region.

**Responsibilities**
- Within delegated authority, the Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer/Head of Office will be responsible for the following duties:
- Provides authoritative technical and policy advice to senior management in OCHA and other agencies in the UN system, Member State officials, and international and regional organizations on programmes, projects, and issues of significant impact on humanitarian, emergency relief, and disaster response/management efforts.
- Monitors the performance of the institution's humanitarian mandate; influences the development and evolution of the UN approach to humanitarian affairs; designs and implements significant policy and programme changes to address country, regional, and global humanitarian affairs issues, including gender considerations; conceptualizes the linkages with the political and peacekeeping functions in the Secretariat.
- Conceptualizes, formulates, and manages major projects; leads and directs a multi-agency team in carrying out disaster assessment or other missions; initiates, mobilizes, and coordinates international humanitarian/emergency assistance for exceptionally complex situations or major disasters; ensure necessary support (e.g. staff, funding, specialized equipment, supplies, etc.); prepares situation reports to the international community, apprising of the situation to date and specifying unmet requirements of stricken countries.
- Manages the production of appeals for international assistance; ensures the proper use and spending of donor contributions channeled through OCHA.
- Leads capacity building initiatives; identifies bottlenecks and gaps and develops proposals to improve response systems and mechanisms, to include technical assistance in the design of specific coordination and other systems/mechanisms; organizes and participates as trainer/resource person in national and international training seminars.
- Serves as primary liaison with non-UN entities, including senior host government officials, donor representatives, NGO officials, the media, etc., in emergency situations.
- Establishes overall work plan and budget.
- Leads and directs a staff team; may oversee for a discrete work section or equivalent; plans and allocates work assignments; coaches, mentors, and evaluates staff; participates in recruitment, selection, and training of new staff and the development of training programs.
- Organizes and/or chairs inter-agency and other international meetings, conferences, and task forces; presents views and policies of the unit/institution.
- Initiates, supervises and finalizes position papers and related submissions; prepares diverse reports, papers, policy guidelines, parliamentary documents, statements, presentations, etc. for senior management.

**Competencies**
- PLANNING and ORGANIZING: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
- LEADERSHIP: Serves as a role model that other people want to follow empowers others to translate vision into results; is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives; establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support; anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions; drives for change and improvements; does not accept the status quo; shows the courage to take unpopular stands. Provides leadership and takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work; demonstrates knowledge of strategies and commitment to the goal of gender balance in staffing.
- MANAGING PERFORMANCE: Delegates the appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority; makes sure that roles, responsibilities and reporting lines are clear to each staff member; accurately judges the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and matches task to skills; monitors progress against milestones and deadlines; regularly discusses performance and provides feedback and coaching to staff; encourages risk-taking and supports creativity and initiative; actively supports the development and career aspirations of staff; appraises performance fairly.

**Education**
- An advanced university deg

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