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The United Nations is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Humanitarian Affairs Officer

the Humanitarian Affairs Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

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.
Ensures appropriate monitoring and reporting mechanisms; provides information and advice on a range of related issues.
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; ensures the proper use and spending of donor contributions channeled through OCHA.
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.
Reviews and provides advice on policy issues related to safeguarding humanitarian principles and ensuring the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance.
Organizes follow-up work, including inter-agency 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, e.g. drafts sections of studies, background papers, policy guidelines, parliamentary documents, briefings, case studies, presentations, correspondence, etc.
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 facilitate exchange on cross cutting issues.
Establishes and maintains contacts with government officials, other UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, media, etc.
Performs other duties as required.

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