Assistant CCCM Cluster Coordination Officer

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All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Duties:

• Assist the supervisor in ensuring that UNHCR delivers on its commitments and accountability as co-lead of the Global CCCM Cluster, which in turn is able to support preparedness and provides the technical capabilities needed for timely, effective and well-coordinated interagency humanitarian response to needs of management and coordination in camp and camp-like settings.
• Provide advice for decision-making and operational responses relevant for CCCM at country-level and throughout the life-cycle of a crisis, ensure they are tailored to the country/regional context (such as guidelines, protection considerations).
• Ensure staff and partners at country level are able to access guidance as well as the necessary tools, resources and support to recognize and respond effectively to the protection needs/risks of crisis-affected populations in the context of communal (camp and camp-like) settings throughout the cycle of a crisis.
• If requested, represent UNHCR in inter-agency cluster processes, establish and maintain appropriate contacts with other UN agencies, NGOs and other actors so as to foster effective mechanisms to facilitate collaboration and exchange of information on IDP situations.
• Partner with other humanitarian actors to contribute to the planning and evaluation of IDP cluster approaches to Camp Coordination and Management, ensuring that latest lessons learnt and best practices are widely disseminated for replication.
• Monitor the living conditions of people of concern (PoC), define gaps and prioritize needs.
• Maintain effective collaboration and communication with PoC, partners and key stakeholders, in line with the Global CCCM Cluster strategic framework.
• Ensure clarification of roles and responsibilities amongst stakeholders in the site, for maintenance of site infrastructures with a focus on sustainability and community/local government ownership.
• Support maintaining site information management systems and monitor service provision including cross-cutting services such as prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), health, psychosocial support and HIV among others in all sectors according to agreed guidelines, standards and indicators.
• Work with NGO and government partners to promote the use of a community-based approach to camp coordination and management and age, gender and diversity analysis in planning, evaluation and monitoring to ensure respect for the rights of all and gender equality.
• Represent UNHCR within interagency coordination bodies and at meetings on issues related to the displacement management in and out of camps and camp-like settings.
• Support camp management agencies and local authorities as they facilitate the search for durable solutions for the displaced population.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For  1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree

Language Requirements:

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Source: https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Goma-Congo-Democratic-Republic-of-the/Asst-CCCM-Cluster-Coord-Off_JR2435327

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