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Humanitarian Access Officer
Country Afghanistan Province Kabul,
Categories Program, Type Full Time
Post Date 2021-08-12 Close Date 2021-08-17
Vacancy No VA-CO-2021-08-04 Gender male female
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration One Year
Education University degree in Management, Political Sciences, or related field, preferred. • Technical degree or certification in related field with significant applicable experience. • Prior training in Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP), access and its im Experience 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience, within humanitarian assistance programs with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing and executing humanitarian security operations in the field
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About Company

About UNFPA: Background: UNFPA Afghanistan is seeking a qualified Humanitarian Access Officer/Humanitarian SRH Officer. Afghanistan is affected by one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, emanating from almost 40 years of protracted, armed conflict and frequent natural disasters. Afghanistan consistently ranks globally within the top 10 countries facing the worst humanitarian disasters. It is the country with the highest level of risk in the Asia Pacific region, according to the Inform Risk Index for humanitarian disasters. The COVID-19 crisis with 146,523 cases and 6,677 deaths (as of 28.07.2021) in a country with weak health care system has exacerbated the population’s needs for humanitarian assistance and increased the caseload while posing new challenges to service delivery. The current humanitarian challenges must be addressed through service adaptation as well as increased support and resources dedicated to humanitarian coordination of the response.

Job Description

The Position:

The thematic focus of humanitarian and emergency support will be centered on reproductive health and GBV in emergencies. The Humanitarian Access Officer/Humanitarian SRH Officer’s duties include liaising and coordinating with MoPH, BPHS implementing organizations, and UN agencies at the provincial level, as well as training and sensitization, strategic planning, monitoring, and evaluation. The Humanitarian Access Officer/Humanitarian SRH Officer will use the above-mentioned tools and companion materials to facilitate access, implementation, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of SRH and community-based health proposed activities as outlined in the IASC guidelines.

S/he works closely with the International Humanitarian coordinator (surge), Humanitarian and RH Program Specialists, and other program staff providing analysis of projects. The humanitarian Access Officer/Humanitarian SRH Officer monitors access and supervises the project activities implemented by the Implementing partners of UNFPA in humanitarian crisis focusing on SRH in the provinces based on needs. Also, the Humanitarian Access/Humanitarian SRH Officer will participate in the Health and RMNCAH in Emergency taskforce working group meetings.

Job Purpose:

Under the direct supervision of the Program Specialist/Humanitarian Assistance, the Humanitarian Access Officer will be responsible for the planning, coordinating, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the project “Humanitarian response with a focus on SRH and access. The humanitarian Access Officer/Humanitarian SRH Officer will be based in Kabul with frequent traveling to project sites all over the country.  The humanitarian Access Officer/Humanitarian SRH Officer facilitates and coordinates rapid implementation of health projects supported by UNFPA in a humanitarian emergency setting in accordance with Inter-Agency Standing Committee guidelines, such as the IASC Guidelines on Reproductive Health and GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Settings, Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP)  implementation, tools on capacity building of health workers in the clinical management of rape survivors, involving multiple organizations and actors from the displaced and host communities, NGO and government implementing partners, UN agencies, and other national and international organizations to engage in the implementation of humanitarian projects.

Job Requirement

Coordination

  • Participate in meetings including humanitarian access working group and consultations related to humanitarian assistance;
  • Build strong partnerships with Humanitarian assistance stakeholders at provincial and regional levels.
  • Actively participate in health cluster meetings and workshops, provide feedback on key areas of UNFPA interventions at country, regional and provincial level to health cluster members.
  • Ensure integration of SRH and GBV in contingency plans of humanitarian actors at regional level.
  • Liaise with other clusters and sectors (particularly health and child protection sub-cluster, etc.) to ensure a multi-sectoral approach for SRH and GBV.
  • Provide timely feedback on questions and technical assistance requests from country program team members 

Project Implementation

  • Implement humanitarian access strategies and approaches tailored to local contexts in affected provinces/districts;
  • Ensure programmatic, financial, and operational management of PRM supported program;
  • Ensure humanitarian access approaches are responsive to the local context and include overarching community engagement components.
  • Assist the UNFPA Afghanistan team in efforts to conduct principled and sustainable negotiations with relevant actors in all areas of intervention and in line with the humanitarian principles, humanitarian needs, and duty of care principles.
  • Work to encourage stakeholders to work with the UNFPA in ensuring that staff and programs are safe and allowed to continue humanitarian activities in each area of intervention.
  • Provide technical input and advice in assessments to consider new programs in new geographic areas, and regular assessment reviews for existing locations outlined in PRM program as directed by UNFPA Representative
  • Assist in the continued development of humanitarian access and activities across all areas of intervention and in close collaboration with OCHA
  • Contribute to developing and implementing UNFPA specific guidelines for humanitarian access and engagement with external stakeholders
  • Maintain a high level of preparedness vis-a-vis predicted contextual fluctuations operationally and programmatically.
  • Provide technical support and guidance to the implementing partners responsible for PRM funded program, in order to ensure good quality implementation of project activities;
  • Build capacity of newly recruited staff under the IP, through coaching and on the job trainings.

Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation

  • Undertake to monitor of PRM funded programs and assessments as appropriate to inform strategic approaches and for addressing the issues around SRH and GBV and access to SRH and GBV services in a humanitarian context.
  • Participate with IPs implementing PRM program and other key actors in the humanitarian action, health, and SRH in the development/revisions of SRH specific assessment tools, health, and protection clusters tools, and any other initiative as required.
  • Monitor progress of the project activities, identify sources of delays in the project implementation, contribute to feasible solutions, and ensure follow-up actions are being carried out.
  • Collect, compile, and analyse monthly report data with an emphasis on identifying trends and patterns. Develop or adapt monthly report formats that capture relevant information and that support the analysis and evaluation of project progress and outcomes.
  • Organize and ensure that UNFPA AFG office keep and maintain a network of key informants and interlocutors at field level to ensure timely and accrete information sharing.
  • Identify, create and maintain a network with INGO/UN and other humanitarian access and safety/security specialists suitable for Afghanistan. 

Emergency Preparedness and Response:

  • Contribute to the development of country emergency preparedness plans
  • As required, support and advise the SMT during humanitarian or security/safety emergencies
  • Assist with the humanitarian access and security component (situation analysis and background information, security assessments) of the Emergency Response Team deployments in Afghanistan
  • Contribute to the development of operational and programmatic contingency plans that respond to different emergency scenarios

 

Reporting

  • Compile and submit monthly reports that track incidents and trends in humanitarian access and local security contexts
  • Submit daily and monthly contextual updates as needed to the Representative
  • Prepare regular weekly and monthly access reports for project implementation to be shared with the UNFPA Country office.
  • Ensure preparation and submission of PRM supported program report to a donor
  • Any other activities as requested by the UNFPA Representative

Submission Guideline

Interested Afghan Nationals may send the completed United Nations Personal History form (P‐11) by email along with a cover letter to the e‐mail address: recruitment.afg@unfpa.org

Qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply.

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