Humanitarian Military And Security Coordination Analyst-Unocha-(nationals Only)

Organizational Context

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) coordinates humanitarian actors for effective response to emergencies. This role, based in Maiduguri, Nigeria, operates within a complex humanitarian crisis marked by insurgency. The Humanitarian Military Security Coordination Analyst supports OCHA's mandate by navigating the challenging environment between military operations and humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence.

Job Purpose

The Humanitarian Military Security Coordination Analyst supports OCHA's mandate in Northeast Nigeria by facilitating effective humanitarian action amidst complex security challenges. The role involves liaising with military and security forces, mapping the humanitarian-civil-military landscape, and contributing to strategies that protect and expand humanitarian space. By ensuring adherence to coordination guidelines and fostering communication between humanitarian actors and security forces, the analyst aims to alleviate human suffering, advocate for the rights of affected populations, and promote sustainable solutions in a protracted protection crisis. This position is crucial for maintaining the operational capacity and principled approach of humanitarian efforts in a volatile region.

Responsibilities

The Humanitarian Military Security Coordination Analyst serves as an operational focal point, liaising daily with the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security forces. Responsibilities include assisting with access negotiations for humanitarian convoys, contributing to humanitarian-civil-military and security mapping, and engaging with security management teams. The role involves assessing the security environment to inform and implement coordination strategies, ensuring dissemination and adherence to humanitarian civil-military coordination guidelines among all actors. Additionally, the analyst will maintain contact networks with humanitarian organizations, support the humanitarian coordination structure in interfacing with military representatives, and facilitate communication to resolve operational issues. This includes educating military and police forces on humanitarian coordination dynamics and providing input for management briefings on coordination matters.

Work Experience

Applicants with a Master's degree require no professional experience. Those with a Bachelor's degree need a minimum of two years of professional experience in humanitarian civil-military coordination and security. Experience with the Nigerian Armed Forces, Office suite applications, understanding socio-political conditions, and facilitating meetings is desirable.

Skills

Professionalism, teamwork, planning and organizing, communication, knowledge of humanitarian assistance and security issues, ability to work under pressure, knowledge of Nigerian Armed Forces and security services, proficiency in Office suite applications, meeting facilitation, and reporting.

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