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Humanitarian Officer

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LOCATION: FLEXIBLE (DUBLIN BASE PREFERABLE - WILL INVOLVE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL)
Reporting to: Global Humanitarian Advisor
Contract: 12 months

GOAL is an international humanitarian agency established in 1977 and currently operational in 14 countries world-wide. GOAL has an annual budget of approximately €70m and is supported by a range of donors including the Irish Government, UK Government, USAID and the European Union.

General Description of the Role

This role will form part of GOAL’s Humanitarian Department, which currently has four main objectives:
  1. To respond efficiently and effectively to sudden on-set disasters or protracted crises;
  2. To provide technical support to GOAL’s on-going humanitarian programmes;
  3. To ensure that the agency can adequately respond to humanitarian crises by having the appropriate preparedness strategies in place;
  4. To mitigate against the impact of disasters by focusing on DRR across all our programmes.
The primary function of the Humanitarian Officer (HO) is to support and strengthen the work of GOAL’s Humanitarians Department, both in the field and in Head Quarters (HQ). In the field, the HO will act as a first responder and support the implementation and management of GOAL’s humanitarian programmes. In HQ, the HO will technically backstop GOAL’s humanitarian work, undertake the research and development of specific policy and guideline documents, and represent GOAL to donors and other humanitarian partners.
Main Objectives of the Position:
To support the implementation and development of GOAL’s overseas humanitarian programmes; specifically:
First responder and programme manager
  • Respond to humanitarian crises, contribute to GOAL’s response as required.
  • Travel to GOAL’s current and protracted humanitarian programmes in a learning and support function.
  • Gap fill for vacant humanitarian field managerial positions as requested.
Support to on-going Humanitarian Operations
When not responding to humanitarian crises, under the guidance from the Global Humanitarian Advisor, provide support to GOAL’s on-going humanitarian programmes.
  • Support relevant Desk Officers through reviewing and providing feedback on proposals and reports (interim and final) prior to submission to donors.
  • Monitor relevant project budgets using GOAL’s standard accounting procedures (Donor Status Report / DSR) to ensure that expenditure on each grant is on target and all variances are appropriately explained.
  • Develop a comprehensive knowledge of GOAL’s main humanitarian donor guidelines to ensure that the organisation is operating within these parameters. Provide input and advice to the Global Humanitarian Advisor, Operations Manager and field personnel on any changes to these donor guidelines and ensure that our submissions are compliant.
Research and Policy Development
Assist members of the Humanitarian Department to develop and update policies and guidelines specific to this function.
It is envisaged that this work will be on-going as possible with priorities and timelines to be set by the Global Humanitarian Advisor. Policy development will require the input of all departments within GOAL, plus technical support from members of GOAL’s Technical Team.
Additional Responsibilities
  • Be familiar with the social, political, economic and cultural situation in any country that you are supporting / monitoring. Provide any important information or breaking news to the relevant personnel involved in that country. Any relevant security information should be shared with the Global Humanitarian Advisor immediately.
  • Prepare a weekly report for submission to your line manager by 10 am each Monday morning.
  • Undertake from time to time certain other tasks relating to GOAL activities as requested.

Personal specifications:

  • Five year’s overseas experience in managing humanitarian programmes;
  • Experience engaging with Cluster coordination systems;
  • Experience working with Complaints and Response Mechanises and in relation to Stakeholder Information.
  • Proven ability to conduct assessments;
  • Experience of negotiation and working with local partners;
  • Evidence of good interpersonal and communication skill;
  • Experience in proposal and report writing;
  • Budgetary and financial management skills;
  • Proven ability to work under pressure;
  • Fluency in French or Arabic desirable.
This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. This is an unaccompanied position.
Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Ireland if applying for a Dublin base.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received; interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
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