Humanitarian Affairs Officer (Access Analysis & Reporting)

Contract

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OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA's mission is to coordinate the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crisis advocating for effective and principled humanitarian action by all and for all. OCHA core functions are:

Coordination: Coordinate humanitarian response to expand the reach of humanitarian action, improve prioritization and reduce duplication, ensuring that assistance and protection reach the people who need it most.

Advocacy: Raise awareness of forgotten crises, promote respect for international humanitarian law (IHL), bring the voices of crisis-affected people to the forefront, and help people obtain access to humanitarian assistance.

Policy: Support setting the agenda for humanitarian sector reform and effectiveness in response to a shifting global landscape, new global frameworks, and increased capacities of national Governments and local actors.

Humanitarian Financing: Mobilize and engage the full range of financing instruments, mechanisms and partners to ensure that growing humanitarian needs are met and the large array of global humanitarian financing mechanisms are complementary among themselves and coherent with development funding.

Information Management: Provide information management services to the humanitarian community to inform a rapid, effective and principled response.

OCHA’s country office in Myanmar was established in 2008 to respond to Cyclone Nargis. The overall aim of the office is to assist humanitarian action undertaken by the Humanitarian Country Team, which comprises UN agencies, international and national non-governmental organizations, and observers (i.e. Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, donors). OCHA Myanmar has three sub-offices – one in Rakhine State in Sittwe, one in Kachin State located in Myitkyina, and one in the north of Shan State in Lashio.

OCHA’s pu

Supports the monitoring and consolidation of information on the humanitarian situation, including humanitarian access constraints, and drafts regular updates/ reports focusing on achievement of the following results:





Monitor the humanitarian situation in the country and gather and consolidate humanitarian information from different sources and stakeholders;
Support the timely production of OCHA Myanmar humanitarian reporting and advocacy products, including but not limted to:
Daily Operational Update
Weekly Internal Report
Input to Regional Office (ROAP) Weekly Snapshot
Humanitarian Flash Updates (as required)
Themed advocacy products for OCHA Digital Platform
Social Media platforms
Support the timely data collection and analysis of humanitarian access in Myanmar, contributing to public and internal reporting, as well as advocacy products;
Provide secretariat support for the work of the Humanitarian Access Working Group in Myanmar;
Draft regular reports/humanitarian updates on Myanmar as required for internal and external use (United Nations Country Team, Humanitarian Country Team, Partnership meetings) and ensure briefing on the country in appropriate information, coordination and other meetings organized by OCHA-Myanmar;
Support drafting of documents for senior management as requested;
Participate in relevant meetings and workshops and ensure consolidation of information, data and analyses is provided.







Ensures facilitation of knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results:





Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to OCHA country goals and activities.
Support to training initiatives on communications as appropriate, including building the capacity of OCHA field staff.

Experience Description:

Proven abilities in information analysis and strong English drafting abilities.
Ability to work with multi-cultural teams and international professionals. Knowledge of international agencies’ operations related to humanitarian assistance and familiarity with the UN system. Able to travel and live in complex environment.
Ability to work with limited supervision and under stressful conditions.

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand. One-third of Burma's total perimeter of 1,930 km (1,200 miles) forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The country has an estimated population of 51 million people. Myanmar's capital city is Naypyidaw and its largest city is Yangon. The country is ethnically diverse. The government recognizes 135 distinct ethnic groups but the Bamar form an estimated 68% of the population. Most of them are Buddhists. Temperatures in Myanmar can vary from place to place. In general, the Myanmar climate is hot throughout the year, with temperatures averaging 27 degrees Celsius or 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The months of March, April, and May the weather in Myanmar can be very hot and humid, especially around the coastal regions. This increase in temperature is caused by the onset of the rainy season. Despite the hot temperatures, there are areas that can be quite pleasant. The interior areas such as Inle Lake and Bagan can be quite a bit cooler than the coastal regions. The mountainous areas can also be cooler as they have a much higher altitude.