Country: Iraq
Closing date: 21 Jul 2016
CANADEM is seeking individuals (Canadian citizens or permanent residents) with previous relevant experience available for an immediate deployment to Iraq as a seconded expert with OCHA for a 3-months contract.
The deployment of a Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Reporting at the P~3 level is urgently needed to support the Head of Office and country office.
Tasks and duties:
• Monitors, analyzes and reports on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management or emergency situations in assigned area.
• Support the office's reporting efforts through contributing to the drafting of specific types of communication products (situation reports, studies, background papers, policy guidelines, press kits, press releases, feature articles, speeches, booklets, brochures, backgrounders etc.)
• Establishes arid maintains contacts with relevant partners for information collection and information sharing.
• Supports public information efforts as requested.
• Other duties as requested.
Specific required skills (education, experience, languages, etc)
Education:
• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in, political science, social science, public administration, international studies, economics, engineering, earth sciences or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work experience:
• Sound knowledge of and exposure to the field of humanitarian assistance, protection and human rights issues, strong analytical capacity and in particular the ability to analyse the humanitarian dimension of issues which require a coordinated UN response.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs., emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, rehabilitation, development, or other related area. Field experience working in crisis countries during complex emergencies or disaster situation is desirable. Crisis reporting experience is desirable.
• Must have strong written communication skills and ability to work rapidly, under pressure, and to translate field reports into products and messages relevant for OCHA's audience, as well as for the Humanitarian Coordinator and Humanitarian Country Team.
Language requirements:
• Fluency in oral and written English is essential.
• Fluency in oral and written Arabic is desirable.
How to apply:
If you are a Canadian citizen/Permanent Resident and have all of the above-mentioned skills, please register with CANADEM before contacting us. This can be done on our website at www.canadem.ca/register . Then send an email to pantiwa.naksomboon@CANADEM.ca by no later than July 21st, 11:59 pm EDT. Please include in the Subject Line: "**HAO, Reporting-P3-Erbil,Iraq**." In your email, please include an updated resume, date of availability, your current location, and a phone number where we can reach you. Please also forward blank referee questionnaire that can be found at www.canadem.ca/rqf to two of your references (recent supervisors preferred). Full instructions on how to complete the forms are included in the document; also please send us any evaluation report you might have concerning your field work. We will be considering applications as they are received.