National Field Coordinator
Farchana
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Farchana
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Managerial positions
- Closing Date: Closed
In December 1991, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 46/182 designed to strengthen the United Nation's response to both complex emergencies and natural disasters. In addition, it aimed at improving the overall effectiveness of the UN's humanitarian operations in the field.
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 for the rights of people in need
- Promote preparedness and prevention
- Facilitate sustainable solutions.
The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is the UN Secretariat department responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to complex emergencies and natural disasters. OCHA also ensures that there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.
OCHA Sudan addresses and facilitates issues relating to coordination, communications, and humanitarian financing, and serves the entire humanitarian community. In doing this, OCHA works with the Sudanese Government's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) and other government counterparts. OCHA provides support to the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Sudan. Working with the entire humanitarian community, OCHA looks to foster a conducive operating environment that facilitates the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance (both material assistance and protection assistance). Crucially, OCHA promotes compliance with humanitarian principles in the humanitarian response. This is an essential element of effective humanitarian coordination and is central to establishing and maintaining access to affected populations, particularly in conflict-affected areas of Sudan.
Impact of Results:
Assist the HAO in identifying significant humanitarian issues and problems to be addressed in the assigned region/state. Develop well-reasoned, innovative suggestions and approaches to problem resolution. Assist the HAO to manage projects and work teams, ensuring timely delivery of outputs. Help meet organizational objectives and provide sound inputs and advice with respect to coordination of humanitarian/emergency action. Provide effective guidance on cultural and political issues intrinsic to the assigned state/region. Timely deliver assigned outputs, develop partnerships and effectively interact with colleagues internally and externally.
Position Purpose
Comprehensive knowledge of a broad spectrum of humanitarian assistance, emergency relief, and related humanitarian issues, encompassing sophisticated approaches and techniques to address these challenges. Demonstrated analytical acumen, particularly in dissecting and elucidating the humanitarian dimensions of issues necessitating a coordinated response from the United Nations. Exceptional ability to identify issues and exercise discerning judgment in the application of technical expertise to resolve an extensive array of problems.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of Humanitarian Affairs Officer , the incumbent will primarily be responsible for:
Information Management and Advocacy
- Assist in the collection, monitoring and collecting information on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management programmes or emergency situations, particularly on access and cross border operations.
- Contribute to the provision of analysis and updates enabling the understanding of access and cross border operations.
- Assist in the establishment and maintenance of contacts with other UN agencies and non-governmental organizations and relevant government counterparts in eastern Chad.
- Support advocacy efforts concerning humanitarian issues based on analysis of the humanitarian situation in Darfur states.
- Produce analytical reports and briefs on cross-border assistance; work with the HSIM system and other databases related to access.
- Perform other duties as required.
Access and CMCoord
- Establish partnerships with other humanitarian agencies to plan inter-agency assistance in cross- border operations, including with clusters.
- Engagement with uniformed personnel in support to planning and implementation of cross-border missions.
- Support to heads of sub offices on access and CMCoord engagement in their areas of responsibility, including in monitoring and reporting.
- Help ensure that latest findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are incorporated into activities, including gender-related considerations.
- Support in the planning of delivery of humanitarian supplies and inter-agency convoys in cross-border assistance.
- Under the supervision of the Access/CMCoord team, coordinate the delivery of international humanitarian/emergency assistance for complex emergency/disaster situations; support rapid assessments; movement of supplies and personnel.
- Support administrative and logistical preparation and implementation of cross-border missions (including permission requests, payments, convoy arrangement, etc)
- Represent OCHA in coordination meetings; support the preparation of meetings and working groups on cross-border missions.
- Perform other duties as required
Impact
- The primary anticipated outcomes will significantly impact overall efficiency, including the enhancement of results and services delivered to clients. This entails a long-term vision of the humanitarian situation in Chad, ensuring the dissemination of knowledge and the systematic collection of information.
- Major trends in the humanitarian and developmental landscape within the sub-office's jurisdiction are promptly identified and receive appropriate monitoring and response from the sub-office.
- An effective linkage is maintained through the exchange of information across various coordination frameworks.
- Essential analytical and informational tools and documents are kept current.
- Communication is significantly improved and facilitated between OCHA, its partners, and local authorities.
Core Competencies
- Atteindre les résultats: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
- Penser de façon innovante: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
- Apprendre continuellement :LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
- S'adapter avec Agilité :LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
- Agir avec détermination : LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
- S'engager et s'associer : LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
- Activer la diversité et l'inclusion : LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making
People Management (Insert below standard sentence if the position has direct reports.)
- UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
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Technical competencies - Legal Advocacy and Presentation Skills
- The proficiency in articulating and delivering legal analyses with both persuasive and objective clarity, tailored to diverse audiences including governments, administrative tribunals, arbitrators, executive management, donors, and other stakeholders. This competence involves the ability to develop and present coherent arguments, anticipate and counter opposing views, engage effectively and dynamically on legal matters, and respond strategically and adaptively to emerging facts or questions during discussions or presentations.
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Technical competencies - Legal Research
- The ability to identify and retrieve information to support legal positions and business decision-making from all relevant sources. In the context of UNDP, this competence encompasses, among other things, the proactive search for information in anticipation of the various perspectives that a given issue may present.
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Technical competencies - Negotiation/Customer relationship management
- The ability to lead efforts to work with others to close or settle a deal. These are often soft skills and include abilities such as communication, persuasion, planning, strategizing and cooperation.
- In the UNDP context, this skill involves working closely with the customer to understand the parameters of an acceptable solution, helping business units resolve commercial disputes, and working with staff members or their legal representatives to resolve a grievance, claim or problem. Negotiation often involves working with colleagues of differing opinions to arrive at an acceptable business solution.
- The ability to interact with different levels of management and between different agencies and offices to obtain information, develop legal approaches and solve problems, this skill includes liaising with counterparts and determining the best sequence in which to deal with a problem, where information, may be distributed between different independent UN agencies.
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Technical competencies - Professionalism:
- Knowledge of different aspects of humanitarian response, public information and communication.
- Ability to address a range of issues in the context of political developments, public attitudes and local conditions. Ability to conceptualize, design and implement major information campaigns. Ability to rapidly analyze and integrate diverse information from varied sources.
- Ability to diplomatically handle sensitive situations with target audiences and cultivate productive relationships. Ability to produce a variety of written communications products in a clear, concise style. Ability to deliver oral presentations to various audiences.
- Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations.
- Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
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Technical competencies - Communication
- Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
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Technical competencies - Planning & Organizing:
- Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies. Identifies priority activities 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.
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Technical competencies - Technological Awareness
- Keeps abreast of available technology; understands applicability and limitation of technology to the work of the office; actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate tasks; shows willingness to learn new technology.
- Master's Degree preferably in Political or Social Science, Law, international studies, Public Administration, or other relevant science is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Political or Social Science, Law, international studies, Public Administration, or other relevant science is required with two additional qualifying years in above fields may be accepted in lieu of the Masters
- A minimum Two (2) years (with Masters’ degree), or, minimum Four (4) years (with Bachelors’ degree) of relevant progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management or other related area, with a UN organization or an NGO.
- Experience in complex humanitarian operational environments; previous experience in eastern Chad in an advantage.
- Humanitarian experience in the field (actual setting where a mission and/or project is being implemented) in emergency situations (complex emergency or natural disaster) is required.
- Experience in a humanitarian context in the UN Common System or other comparable international organization is desirable
Language:
- Good writing skills in English and French are required.
- Fluency in oral and written English and French is required.
- Arabic is an advantage. Candidates will be tested on their linguistic ability.