Humanitarian Access Officer -Hasakah
Job Description
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Liaison
· The Humanitarian Access Officer will be working with the Deputy Access Manager / Senior Humanitarian Access Manager for managing relationships with community relief structures as well as helping to identify possible beneficiary population
· Liaise with local relief committee members in all areas of operations
· Makes contacts with other local authorities to gain new entry points for beneficiary identification such as religious leaders, school administrators or other relevant officials
· Responsible for managing the feedback from community about potential new beneficiary families, and locations.
· Facilitate and Attends community meetings.
· Plans and carries out community acceptance events.
· Plans and facilitates focus group discussions and other information gathering sessions with connectors and dividers in the community.
· Document lessons learned and success stories on the project.
· Work with the DAM/SHAM to identify local partners.
· Update the partner tracking & mapping in area of operation.
· Support the compliance team with the compliance mechanism
· Identify passable location for hotline for compliance.
· Support the programs with engaging with authorities
· Identify programmatic challenges and work with the HAM to find relevant solutions
· Conduct training for local partner about the humanitarian principle and further trainings
· Engage with the HAO to facilitate the activities for Programs and work on permissions for the Program activities.
· Conduct focus group discussion and other information gathering sessions with IRC Female staff to identify their gender-related requirement and challenges in all IRC location in NES
· Liaise with the other NGO’s.
· Administrative activities for Access department.
· Facilitating a staff engagement session about safety – gender related issues.
· Other duties when is needed.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Reports Directly to: Deputy Access Manager
I****ndirect Reporting****: Sr. Humanitarian Access Manager, Regional Safety and Security Advisor, and CD.
Qualifications
· College degree
· At least 2 years of relevant work experience; previous NGO experience preferred.
· Solid knowledge and understanding of the Syrian context, including geographical, political and security aspects.
· Experience and/or knowledge of local financial institutions
· Experience working in a field-based environment supporting relief programmers, or working with local communities providing assistance to vulnerable families
· Understanding of the non-partisan status of an international NGO
· Good communication, numeric and strong analytical skills,
· Demonstrated ability in implementing programmers through Cash or Voucher Based Programming,
· Should be computer literate with a good sense of attention to detail,
· Good command of English and Arabic
· Kurdish will be an added advantage.
· Ability to think independently and problem solve.
· Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
· Honest, hardworking, and committed to community development.