Senior Inter-Agency Coordination Officer Juba South Sudan

Closing date: Thursday, 27 July 2023 | Senior Inter-Agency Coordination Officer Juba South Sudan

Only candidates who are not nationals of the country of assignment are eligible to apply to this position: Hardship Level: E (most hardship)

• Family Type: Non Family with Residential LocationDanger Pay
• Residential location (if applicable): Nairobi (CO), Kenya
• Grade: PR4
• Staff Member / Affiliate Type: Professional

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* S taff members will not normally serve in International Professional positions in the country of their nationality. In addition, in case of a first appointment upon recruitment, the assignment must be outside the staff member’s country of nationality.: In practical terms this means that you are not eligible to apply for International Professional vacancies advertised in the country where you are national of.: Reason: Fast Track > Fast Track

Remote work accepted: No

Target Start Date: 2023-07-20

Job Posting End Date: July 27, 2023

Standard Job Description: Senior Inter-Agency Coordination Officer

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Senior Inter-Agency Coordination Officer is located in Country Operations, Multi-Country Offices, Regional Bureaux, Regional Refugee Coordinator’s Office or in the Partnership and Coordination Service (PCS) in Headquarters. S/he plays a crucial role in ensuring UNHCR’s approach to partnership and inter-agency processes are consistent, strategic and coherent. The main aim is to ensure that UNHCR can fulfil its role to support the Government to lead the refugee response, coordinate other actors in the initial stages of a refugee emergency and adhere to UNHCR inter agency commitments in IDP situations. This should be done in line with UNHCRs Mandate, the Global Compact for Refugees, the IDP policy, and agreed inter- agency commitments. More specifically, s/he advises the senior management on inter-agency processes and related positioning, coordination, advocacy, information, resource allocation, fundraising, reporting, and communication with government entities, other UN agencies, NGOs, civil society actors, private sector media, other relevant actors through strong engagement in humanitarian inter- agency processes, but also with a focus on development processes as they impact on UNHCR. The overall goal of the position is to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of UNHCR’s leadership roles and responses to situations affecting people of concern to UNHCR (refugees, IDPs, stateless persons, returnees, host communities) through an open and transparent partnership approach.

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

•  Proactively lead and/or participate in inter-agency fora to ensure that UNHCR’s Mandate and programmes are given due attention and reflected in linkage at the country level, bureaux and at the policy levels of humanitarian and development coordination systems.
•  Formulate UNHCR inter-agency positions and ensure senior management endorsement for internal and external consumption and provide briefing notes, talking points and issue papers for relevant discussions in-house with partners, including UN agencies and NGOs, donors, and in inter-agency fora.

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Senior Inter-Agency Coordination Officer Juba South Sudan