COORDINATION OFFICER, Humanitarian Officer
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COORDINATION OFFICER, Humanitarian OfficerJob DescriptionThe United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future. Its mission is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. In October 2016, at the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development - Habitat III - member states signed the New Urban Agenda. This is an action-oriented document which sets global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development, rethinking the way we build, manage, and live in cities. Through drawing together cooperation with committed partners, relevant stakeholders, and urban actors, including at all levels of government as well as the private sector, UN-Habitat is applying its technical expertise, normative work and capacity development to implement the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goal 11 - to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. UN-Habitat is an active member of the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC)which is the longest-standing and highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the United Nations system and has been contributing to policy making pertaining emergency response to manmade armed conflict and natural disasters. UN-Habitat continues to advice IASC on Housing Land and Property Rights and emergency shelter and housing rehabilitation in conflict and post conflict and post natural disaster context, in line with the fourth Domain of Change of its 2020 to 2025 Strategic Plan: Effective urban crisis prevention and response. It has built a significant expertise at the global level to support national and local authorities to assess the impact of crises on housing and infrastructure. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a critical role in supporting humanitarian operations globally through several instruments including the King Salman Relief (KSRELIEF) which was established to ensure close cooperation with fully-accredited international humanitarian relief organizations and other vital support partners dedicated to coordinating and providing international relief to crisis-afflicted communities, alleviating suffering and providing the essentials to allow people everywhere to live good lives. Under the direct supervision of UN-Habitat Director, Regional Programme Division and in coordination with the Emergency Director of UN-Habitat, the Regional Representatives of the UN-Habitat Regional Offices and the Head of KSA Country Programme, the incumbent shall perform his tasks towards achieving the key following objectives: • Strengthen the strategic partnership between UN-Habitat and the humanitarian instruments of the Kingdom such as KSRelief, humanitarian Philanthropies and non-governmental organizations among others, with direct support to humanitarian affairs, and emergency response outside the kingdom of Saudi Arabia • Develop new initiatives and concepts to respond to impact of manmade and natural disasters and emergency response and negotiate with the above organizations' collaboration and potential funding. • Facilitate knowledge exchange, skills development, and joint collaboration between UN-Habitat and the above organizations in the areas of emergency and humanitarian response at the global level. UN-Habitat selected candidate shall work closely across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration. She/he shall work closely with all regional offices and humanitarian technical advisors at the regions and at HQ and hence shall adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals of UN-Habitat 2020- This position is located in the Regional Programme Division (RPD) at the Riyadh Duty Station.:The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future. Its mission is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. In October 2016, at the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development - Habitat III - member states signed the New Urban Agenda. This is an action-oriented document which sets global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development, rethinking the way we build, manage, and live in cities. Through drawing together cooperation with committed partners, relevant stakeholders, and urban actors, including at all levels of government as well as the private sector, UN-Habitat is applying its technical expertise, normative work and capacity development to implement the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goal 11 - to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. UN-Habitat is an active member of the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC)which is the longest-standing and highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the United Nations system and has been contributing to policy making pertaining emergency response to manmade armed conflict and natural disasters. UN-Habitat continues to advice IASC on Housing Land and Property Rights and emergency shelter and housing rehabilitation in conflict and post conflict and post natural disaster context, in line with the fourth Domain of Change of its 2020 to 2025 Strategic Plan: Effective urban crisis prevention and response. It has built a significant expertise at the global level to support national and local authorities to assess the impact of crises on housing and infrastructure. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a critical role in supporting humanitarian operations globally through several instruments including the King Salman Relief (KSRELIEF) which was established to ensure close cooperation with fully-accredited international humanitarian relief organizations and other vital support partners dedicated to coordinating and providing international relief to crisis-afflicted communities, alleviating suffering and providing the essentials to allow people everywhere to live good lives. Under the direct supervision of UN-Habitat Director, Regional Programme Division and in coordination with the Emergency Director of UN-Habitat, the Regional Representatives of the UN-Habitat Regional Offices and the Head of KSA Country Programme, the incumbent shall perform his tasks towards achieving the key following objectives: • Strengthen the strategic partnership between UN-Habitat and the humanitarian instruments of the Kingdom such as KSRelief, humanitarian Philanthropies and non-governmental organizations among others, with direct support to humanitarian affairs, and emergency response outside the kingdom of Saudi Arabia • Develop new initiatives and concepts to respond to impact of manmade and natural disasters and emergency response and negotiate with the above organizations' collaboration and potential funding. • Facilitate knowledge exchange, skills development, and joint collaboration between UN-Habitat and the above organizations in the areas of emergency and humanitarian response at the global level. UN-Habitat selected candidate shall work closely across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration. She/he shall work closely with all regional offices and humanitarian technical advisors at the regions and at HQ and hence shall adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals of UN-Habitat 2020-2025. This position is located in the Regional Programme Division (RPD) at the Riyadh Duty Station.Important Note: To complete your job application, these steps:Fill out the required information for the job on the Dawli platform.Upon completing your job application, you will be automatically redirected to the United Nations careers website.Register on the United Nations careers website and complete your job application.Job ID 300000029023505
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