Humanitarian Coordination Support Officer

Volunteering

Overview

Support UN humanitarian coordination efforts in Nepal

You have:

• Understanding of the disaster risk reduction and global humanitarian architecture.
• 3 years of experience in disaster risk reduction, humanitarian assistance, or emergency response programming.
• Experience working in Nepal is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and representation skills.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written).
• Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated intercultural, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), conferencing applications, and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.
• Ability to travel within Nepal as required and as security conditions allow.

Contract

This is a UNV International Expert contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Expert contracts.

The UNV Humanitarian Coordination support Officer will be based in the UN Residential Coordination’s Office (RCO), which supports the UN Resident Coordinator and the UN Country Team of 17 UN agencies, to facilitate the UN system support in the implementation of the 2023 Agenda and acceleration of progress on Sustainable Development Goals with focus on disaster and humanitarian coordination, UN response on flood response and recovery efforts after heavy rainfall of September 27/28, and other humanitarian coordination.. Based in the RCO, the UNV Humanitarian Coordination support Officer will work under the direct supervision of the head of the RCO, and in day-to-day communication with the humanitarian coordination team, to support and facilitate the humanitarian coordination, preparedness, and support for response in emergency situations in Nepal.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of the RCO, and in day-to-day work with the Humanitarian Team, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Supports RCO to ensure efficient coordination and information exchange for joint UN activities in the support of implementation of the relevant disaster events, emergency preparedness and response; • Supports RCO in coordination on work related to the joint programmes implemented by UN agencies and inter-agency working groups; • Supports RCO to promote and facilitate the cluster approach and inter-cluster coordination process in emergency as well as in normal situations; • Supports RCO in developing situation, monitoring reports, work progress reports, humanitarian and success stories, and donors reports; • Supports RCO in organizing and implementing field missions, as required, and assist in documenting the findings and the follow up actions. • Supports in organizing meetings with relevant stakeholders, preparing meeting notes, briefing papers etc. • Supports RCO in information management related to disaster and emergencies. • As required, participate and support in cluster meetings, coordination meetings with government, humanitarian country team (HCT) meetings, workshops, training etc. • Support PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, and Abuse), Accountability to Affected Population (AAP), information management, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), communication team as when required. • Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

☒ Accountability ☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Commitment and Motivation ☒ Commitment to Continuous Learning ☒ Communication ☒ Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒ Knowledge Sharing ☒ Self-Management ☒ Technological Awareness ☒ Working in Teams

• Understanding of the disaster risk reduction and the global humanitarian architecture. • 3 years of experience in disaster risk reduction, humanitarian assistance, or emergen-cy response programming, with a focus on multi-sectoral projects. • Experience working in Nepal is highly desirable. • Excellent communication, negotiation, and representation skills, with the ability to work effectively in humanitarian coordination groups and advisory capacities. • Fluency in English (spoken and written). • Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated intercultural, in-terpersonal, and negotiation skills. • Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), conferencing applications, and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications. • Ability to travel within Nepal as required and as security conditions allow.

Living conditions in Kathmandu are good. In Kathmandu, comfortable inexpensive flats (furnished and unfurnished) are available. Both imported and local food and clothing are abundantly available. There is a short supply of water and it is not safe to drink without treatment. Public transport is easily available and generally reliable. Kathmandu has a temperate climate with coldest temperature reaching just above zero at the night during the winter and mild but humid during the monsoon period, mid-June to end September.

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