Associate Humanitarian Affairs Officer (Access)

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Objective / Mission Statement: 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.

Established in 1991, under General Assembly resolution 16/182, UNOCHA coordinates humanitarian action to ensure crisis-affected people receive the assistance and protection they need. It works to overcome obstacles that impeded humanitarian assistance from reaching people affected by crises, and it provides leadership in mobilizing assistance and resources on behalf of the humanitarian system.

This UNV assignment is in OCHA’s Regional Office for Southern, and Eastern
Africa (ROSEA) based in Nairobi, Kenya. Under the overall supervision of the Head of Office, the incumbent reports to the Head of Access, Civil-Military Coordination and Analysis (ACA) Unit.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Access, Civil-Military Coordination and Analysis Unit, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Supports monitoring, analysis and reporting on conflict and humanitarian develop-ments, disaster relief or emergency situations in the region.
• Contributes to regular analysis and papers/information products on humanitarian, emergency relief and related issues.
• Supports partnerships with other humanitarian agencies to plan and evaluate humani-tarian and emergency assistance programmes and help ensure that latest findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are incorporated into these activities, including gender-related considerations, particularly related to access and Civil-Military coordi-nation.
• Assists the Head of Unit in establishing and maintaining contacts with relevant authori-ties, other UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, de-fence attachés etc. in support of humanitarian access and Civil-Military coordination at regional and country level.
• Supports working groups and events with the preparation of relevant agendas, back-ground documentation and minutes meetings, on humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters, especially in support of humanitarian access and Civil-Military coordi-nation.
• Supports the maintenance of up-to-date access and conflict data, including access tracking, reporting and analysis, providing timely analysis and updates to various regional and in country coordination forums and key stakeholders.