This position is open to South Sudan Nationals Only
BACKGROUND
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is part of the United Nations General Secretariat and reports to the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs.
In South Sudan, OCHA has the mandate for inter-agency coordination of humanitarian assistance in complex emergency or natural disaster contexts, in support of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator. OCHA has specific responsibility for disseminating information to the humanitarian community, the Government of South Sudan, and donors, as well as supporting resource mobilization efforts. In its operational structure, the OCHA office includes sub-field offices and antennas. This position, which may be transferred to other locations in the future depending on operational needs, is initially based in Juba.
Under the general supervision of the OCHA South Sudan Head of Office and the direct supervision of the OCHA SSD Deputy Heads of Office, the Associate Humanitarian Affairs Officer plays a crucial role within the humanitarian community and is responsible in particular the planning, coordination, and monitoring of inter-agency missions, the maintenance of a permanent communications network with the OCHA sub-offices and antennas in the counties and the collection of information allowing analyzes to be carried out at any time on the security and humanitarian situation within its jurisdiction. He works directly with all UN humanitarian actors and local and international NGOs, local authorities, and donors.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Sub-Office within his/her jurisdiction and the general supervision of the Head of the OCHA South Sudan Office, the Associate Humanitarian Affairs Officer will have to assume the following main functions:
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Experience, Knowledge, and Skills:
Language Requirements:
COMPETENCIES
Competencies:
Professionalism: Knowledge and understanding of humanitarian assistance, emergency relief, and related human rights issues. Ability to work under restrictive circumstances in a stressful environment; persevere in the face of obstacles and difficulties; know how to remain calm and effective in difficult situations. Encourage equal participation of women and men in all activities. Ability to meet deadlines, respect the agreed budget, and adhere to standards; comply with the rules and procedures of the Organization.
Communication skills: Knowing how to express oneself well orally and in writing; ability to listen to others, understand them well, and respond appropriately; knowing how to ask questions for clarification purposes and to encourage dialogue; ability to adapt language, tone, style, and presentation to the audience being addressed; ability to share information with all those interested and keep everyone informed. Ability to write reports.
Team spirit: Collaborate with colleagues to achieve the objectives of the Organization; solicit contributions, appreciate the true value of everyone’s ideas and skills; be willing to learn from others; ability to put the interest of the team before personal gain; ability to accept and comply with the final decisions of the group, even if they do not fit perfectly with one’s own position; ability to share the team’s successes and take responsibility for its failures.
Customer focus: Ability to see “customers” in all service recipients and seek to see things from their point of view; ability to establish and maintain productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; ability to discern and respond to customer needs; ability to monitor the evolution of clients’ situations, both internally and externally, in order to anticipate problems; ability to keep clients informed of project progress; ability to meet deadlines for delivery of products or provision of services.
The ability to conduct strategic planning, results-based management, and report writing.
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