Humanitarian Affairs Officer / AIT Liaison (Syria Humanitarian Fund)

About the role

This is a temporary, full-time position in Damascus, Syria, within the OCHA Syria Office Coordination Unit. It supports the management, accountability, performance monitoring and impact assessment functions of the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF), strengthening evidence-based humanitarian financing, risk management, partner accountability, localization outcomes and compliance with Country-Based Pooled Fund (CBPF) policies. The post reports to the OCHA Head of Office or their delegate and works closely with the Heads of the Coordination and Humanitarian Finance Units.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze and report on humanitarian developments and emergencies affecting the Humanitarian Financing Unit's performance.
• Organize studies on humanitarian and emergency relief issues and interagency technical review meetings.
• Take part in complex projects and missions, coordinate international assistance and draft situation reports.
• Partner with agencies to plan and evaluate programmes, including gender considerations.
• Manage appeals for international assistance and ensure proper use of donor contributions.
• Build working relationships with national and international NGOs, UN agencies, cluster coordinators, donors and government counterparts to oversee the SHF.
• Support coordination with clusters and partners, and contribute to localization analysis and reporting on Humanitarian Reset priorities.
• Lead after-action reviews, lessons learned, impact assessments and portfolio reviews, and coordinate dashboards and donor reports.
• Support Advisory Board and Review Committee processes, and advise on safeguarding humanitarian principles.
• Collect and analyze data using data visualization, and guide or supervise junior staff.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in a relevant field, or a first-level degree plus two years of qualifying experience.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs, emergency relief, crisis management, rehabilitation or development.
• Field experience in complex emergencies or natural disasters, and experience in monitoring, reporting and information sharing.
• Desirable: programme management, CBPF/CERF fund experience, UN common system experience, and Middle East experience.
• English at UN Level III (reading, writing, listening, speaking); Arabic at UN Level I is desirable.