Associate Inter Agency Coordination Officer
Organizational Context
The Associate Inter-Agency Coordination Officer is based in the Inter-Agency Coordination Unit (IACU) in Ankara, Türkiye. This role supports national-level coordination processes and engages with sector and thematic coordination structures, including the Basic Needs Sector and the Cash-Based Interventions Technical Working Group, within the 3RP refugee response architecture.
Job Purpose
The Associate Inter-Agency Coordination Officer plays a crucial support role in ensuring UNHCR's approach to partnership and inter-agency processes are coherent. The main aim is to assist senior management and partner agencies in fulfilling UNHCR's role to support the Government in leading refugee response, coordinating actors, and adhering to inter-agency commitments. This involves providing support for strategic planning, assessment, monitoring, and analysis of joint assessments and interagency plans at the field level. The incumbent will engage with UN agencies, NGOs, and government bodies, prioritizing tasks and organizing work independently. Emphasis is placed on multi-sectorial information, diverse information sources, and contributions to programs, projects, and interagency processes. The role involves setting up and supporting inter-agency meetings, ensuring UNHCR's coordination role and input, and facilitating information sharing among actors. Additionally, the incumbent may collect, present, and disseminate inter-agency data and information, and support dialogue with donors on humanitarian program funding status in collaboration with partners.
Responsibilities
Provide support to inter-agency processes, including coordination in refugee settings and cluster coordination in IDP settings. Include partners in UNHCR-led inter-agency responses, respecting their mandates and priorities. Support operational planning and forward-looking coordination of inter-agency humanitarian and development responses, including contingency planning for emergencies. Closely follow up on strategic, operational, and basic assistance sector/cluster issues. Coordinate the basic assistance sector by chairing working group meetings, ensuring agency representation, and liaising with donors and government institutions. Provide guidance and support to basic assistance working groups at the field level. Analyze key humanitarian/development issues and trends in collaboration with the information management team. Conduct programmatic and funding gap analyses. Support harmonized assessment, monitoring, and evaluation activities. Draft correspondence, documents, reports, and guidance notes. Conduct field visits to support and build the capacity of field working groups, ensuring field perspectives inform sector strategy. Develop a harmonized referral system in conjunction with the information management team. Liaise with external partners and local organizations on behalf of sectors, the Interagency Coordination Unit, and UNHCR. Lead, facilitate, and organize Sector Working Group meetings and technical task forces. Prioritize tasks and organize work independently. Engage with all sectors to identify inter-agency coordination activities and make recommendations. Work closely with government counterparts on basic assistance issues. Support risk management and opportunity identification within the area of responsibility, ensuring risk-based decision-making and reporting concerns to supervisors. Perform other related duties as required.
Work Experience
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in humanitarian or development program implementation, including experience in facilitating inter-agency coordination at sector or macro-level. Good knowledge of the UN system, NGOs, and related planning/coordination practices. Knowledge of MS Office applications. Knowledge of refugee protection principles and framework. Presentation delivery and/or public speaking experience.
Skills
Inter-Agency Coordination Humanitarian Programme Implementation Development Programme Implementation UN System Knowledge NGO Knowledge Planning and Coordination Practices MS Office Proficiency Refugee Protection Principles Presentation Delivery Public Speaking Data Collection and Analysis Drafting and Documentation