Humanitarian Affairs Officer

Job Description

Title: Humanitarian Affairs Officer

Company Name: MSF Belgium (Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders)

Vacancy: 01

Age: At least 18 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 95000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree is essential, preferably in Law/ Humanitarian affairs/ Political Sciences.

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 18 years

• Essential previous working experience of at least two (2) years in research, analysis and advocacy or project management roles.

• Essential experience with MSF or other NGOs in a relevant role covering research/ analysis/ advocacy.

• Desirable working experience in developing countries.

• Proficiency in Rohingya Dialect, Bengali and English is essential.

• Strategic Analysis and contextual understanding.

• Collaboration and Teamwork.

• Advocacy and Negotiation Skills.

• Cultural Sensitivity and Community Engagement.

• Results and Quality Orientation.

• Behavioural Flexibility.

• Commitment to MSF Principles Stress Management.

Job Context:

Contribute to the development of humanitarian affairs activities in the Mission by supporting the Management Coordination Team in the analysis of context, humanitarian situation, security and in the definition of advocacy strategies, according to MSF policies and values, in order to improve the humanitarian and human rights situation among population.

Job Responsibilities:          

• Perform data collection and research concerning local and international context, with regards to security, medical, nutritional and humanitarian issues, in order to provide reliable information for further decision-making.

• Support the Head of Mission and field coordinators in the analysis of the data collected, in order to better orientate the programmes and projects, to provide an optimal response to population needs.           

• Compile regular updates of the ongoing (inter-)national activities and plans of NGO’s, UN, ICRC, donors, authorities and other actors on lobby, policy and operational plans and initiatives in order to adequate MSF ’s activities and objectives.

• Collaborate with the HoM, the Operational/Humanitarian Affairs Department at HQ and other relevant parties to develop a coherent global strategy, in order to address the humanitarian situation.

• Define and review messages, tools, lobbying activities and other advocacy action plans and strategies, in order to raise all humanitarian issues in the mission and seek assistance and protection to affected population.

• Ensure smooth working relationship with local authorities, other NGO’s, local communities and other factors, in order to facilitate MSF teams a better access to the population and improve MSF activities’ coordination with third parties.

• Organize discussions, trainings, briefings, etc. about human rights and humanitarian law issues and current and future advocacy activities, in order to raise awareness of MSF staff regarding these matters.

• Participates in the elaboration and updating of the Country Risk Analysis.

• Promotes and assists in the implementation of advocacy activities locally, nationally and internationally.

• Supervises humanitarian affairs related staff in the Mission.              

• Supports humanitarian affairs red flag monitoring and analysis, including by contributing to red flag logbook compilation and red flag monthly trends analysis. 

• Prepares an Actor and Service mapping of the available protection services relevant to the project and keep an updated contact database.

• Works in close collaboration with medical team to identify, act and follow up on protection referral requests and keep an updated record of the referred cases.

• Regularly engages with protection actors at camp level to share information and discuss provision of protection services, including facilitation of visits of protection actors to MSF facilities.

• Analyses gaps in protection services in the MSF area of intervention and recommends advocacy action and engagement at different levels.

• Works in close collaboration with other Operational Center (OC) Advocacy departments to exchange context information, plan shared activities (trainings, workshops) and flag any common advocacy points to PC/ Deputy PC.

• Organizes regular briefings, trainings and workshops related to Red Flags and Protection referrals for relevant team members.

• Conducts regular field visits with Humanitarian Affairs Liaison (HAL) to strengthen community engagement.

• Collects testimonies/interviews from the identified beneficiaries/stakeholders for Advocacy or Communication purpose.

• Contributes to the context/security analysis of the project and supports PC/ Deputy PC in managing security events whenever needed.

• In the absence of Deputy PC or if delegated, attends any relevant camp-level platform / NGO coordination meeting and supports PC in representation to the external authorities when needed.

• Performs any other tasks assigned by the line manager.

• Medical allowance,Weekly 2 holidays
• Festival Bonus: 2

• Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Hired Staff (LHS).

• Salary is not negotiable.

• Income tax deduction at source will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.

• Festival bonus entitlement is effective upon completing one (01) year of uninterrupted service with MSF.

• There are no provisions for relocations.