Overview
The Associate Inter-Agency Coordination Officer provides support to inter-agency processes, including coordination in refugee settings and cluster coordination in IDP settings. The role assists senior management and partner agencies in ensuring UNHCR's approach to partnership and inter-agency processes are coherent.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide support to inter agency processes, including for coordination in refugee settings and cluster coordination in IDP settings
- Include partners in any UNHCR led interagency response, respecting their respective mandates and programme priorities.
- Provide appropriate support for operational planning and forward looking coordination of the inter-agency humanitarian and development response.
- Support the planning of adequate contingency and preparedness for new emergencies / scenarios is in place.
- Close follow up on the strategic, operational, and day to day basic assistance sector/ cluster issues.
- Coordinate the basic assistance Sector by chairing regular working groups meetings, ensuring all agencies in the sector are adequately represented, liaise closely with a wide range of donors and governmental institutions, etc.
- Provide close guidance and support to basic assistance working groups at field level.
- Provide analysis on key humanitarian / development issues and trends in close collaboration with the information management team.
- Conduct regular programmatic and funding gaps analysis.
- Support the development of harmonized assessment, monitoring and evaluation activities in line with the agreed inter agency response
- Draft correspondence, documents and reports, guidance notes, background information for meetings and workshops.
- Conduct regular field visits to support and build the capacity of field working groups as well as ensuring field perspectives underpin the sector strategy.
- Develop a harmonized referral system for the sector in conjunction with the information management team.
- Liaise with external partners and local organizations on behalf of different sectors, the Interagency Coordination Unit, and UNHCR.
- Lead, facilitate, and organize dedicated Sector Working Group meetings and technical task forces.
- Prioritize tasks and organize work independently.
- Engage with all sectors and identify IA Coordination activities.
- Make recommendations on IA Coordination issues.
- Work closely with government counterparts on issues related to the basic assistance.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
- Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience
- At least three years of relevant experience supporting programme implementation and coordination, preferably in inter-agency or multi-stakeholder contexts.
- Demonstrated experience contributing to joint action plans, joint assessments, and collaborative planning processes, as well as coordinating inter-agency initiatives and supporting joint resource mobilization efforts.
- Prior experience working within inter-agency response frameworks, alongside UN agencies, NGOs, and government counterparts, is highly desirable.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in humanitarian or development programme implementation, including experience in facilitating inter-agency coordination at sector or macro-level.
- Good knowledge of the UN system, NGOs and related planning and coordination practises.
- Knowledge of MS Office applications.
- Knowledge of refugee protection principles and framework.
- Presentation delivery and/or public speaking experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in emergency response and preparedness planning and monitoring, including a good understanding of related standards and indicators.
- Demonstrated expertise in either assessments, monitoring and evaluation, research for programmes, and policy / context analysis.
- Experience in coordinating and implementing cash based interventions, including harmonization of practices and operating procedures.
- Experience in leading and facilitating meetings, delivering presentations, and conducting trainings for technical and non-technical audience.
- Work experience in the interagency response.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree; or Graduate degree; or Doctorate degree
- Social Sciences; Development Studies; Economics; International Relations; Political Affairs; or other relevant field.
