Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer / Deputy Head of OfficeNew

Serves as OCHA Afghanistan Deputy Head of Office in Kabul, directing coordination, communications, humanitarian financing and information management. The officer provides policy advice, leads multi-agency emergency response and capacity-building work, manages strategies and appeals, liaises with government and partners, and leads coordination, communications and information-management staff.

• Act as Deputy Head of Office for OCHA Afghanistan
• Provide technical and policy advice on humanitarian response
• Develop and implement coherent humanitarian response strategies
• Lead multi-agency disaster assessment and emergency-assistance missions
• Manage appeals, donor contributions and capacity-building initiatives

• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible humanitarian-affairs or emergency-management experience
• Five years of relevant international-level experience
• Senior-management experience in humanitarian operations and coordination
• Experience with IASC policies and processes
• English is required

• Knowledge of another official United Nations language or a local language
• Relevant country-level experience in development, fragile and humanitarian contexts

• Humanitarian coordination
• Policy advice
• Emergency response management
• Team leadership

• IASC policies and processes