National Disaster Management Officer -UNOCHA

Overview

The National Disaster Management Officer will strengthen humanitarian coordination, disaster preparedness, and response at national and local levels. The role involves supporting humanitarian affairs, increasing capacity on preparedness and emergency response, and coordinating emergency response.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze the dynamic humanitarian situation and its operational challenges.
• Organize, participate, and/or assist in organizing workgroups, meetings, conferences, consultations, etc., with other agencies and partners on humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters.
• Support the RC on his/her duties in facilitating humanitarian coordination meetings.
• Ensure the predictability of coordination forums, including regular and consistent meeting schedules, effective meeting agendas, and follow-up on the coordination meetings' decisions and action points.
• Participate and work with humanitarian agencies and relevant authorities to support coordination, information exchange, and collaboration on humanitarian activities.
• Contribute to joint planning and monitoring efforts and help promote the incorporation of lessons learned, gender considerations, and accountability to affected people into response activities within the area of responsibility.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining contacts with other humanitarian partners, relevant government counterparts at national and departmental levels.
• Produce information products on the humanitarian situation, needs, gaps, early warning, response, and gaps.
• Support the database of information on who is doing what where (345W) and the mapping of partners and agencies’ presence.
• Assist in establishing appropriate monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
• Support uploading, updating, and maintaining work files on shared drives.
• Prepare updates, humanitarian overviews, and context analyses.
• Support advocacy efforts concerning humanitarian issues based on analysis of the humanitarian situation.
• Keep abreast of the latest developments and help liaise with other humanitarian organizations, donors, and government counterparts.
• Provide information and advice on a range of humanitarian issues.
• Contribute to the preparation of various written reports, documents, and communications, e.g., Draft briefing notes, advocacy messages, talking points, presentations (including PowerPoint), etc. as required
• Support the elaboration of flash appeals and other emergency response documents as required

Required Experience

• Applicants with a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in coordination, humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, rehabilitation, development, or related area.
• Familiarity with existing coordination structures in Cuba and among the different humanitarian actors is highly desirable.
• Familiarity and good knowledge of the region's social, political, humanitarian, security, and economic conditions are highly desirable.
• Experience in the Cuban context and in areas of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response is an advantage.
• Ability to work in a multiracial and multicultural environment is required.
• Good command of standard IT tools (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) is required.
• Good analytic skills are required.
• Good oral communication and writing skills are required.
• Good interpersonal skills are required.
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively in a challenging environment is required.

Qualifications

Master’s Degree preferably in Political or Social Science, Law, International studies, Business Management, Management, Science, or any other relevant area is required. A first-level university degree in the field of humanitarian affairs or any other related field will be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

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