Echo - Programme Officer (Somalia Programme) at Flexi-Personnel

Duties & Responsibilities:

The jobholder carries out activities to ensure that effective humanitarian response is delivered. The jobholder conducts assessments; develops strategies and represents DG ECHO at technical level when appropriate. The programme officer may be asked to run an antenna/office and supervise staff in the absence of a TA (Technical Assistant) or, when in a RO (Regional Office), be in charge of regional overview tasks:

Contributes to designing DG ECHO overall strategy, policies and thematic working groups.

Appraises and evaluates partners' financing requests and monitors projects in the light of the intervention strategy adopted and advises, as appropriate.

Prepares fiche-ops (e-documents completed by DG ECHO staff for assessing and monitoring projects), as appropriate and submits to the responsible HoO/TA.

Reviews policy compliance in cooperation with policy experts in the RO/HQ (Headquarters).

Liaises with partners to finalise and review proposals, once the appraisal is agreed with DG ECHO headquarters.

Evaluates interim and final reports submitted by partners and advises DG ECHO as appropriate.

Pro-actively follows local or regional events that may impact the humanitarian situation in the country/region. Drafts reports on the humanitarian situation, including any political, economic and security events relevant to the analysis of the humanitarian situation in the country/region.

Supports the HoO/TA in the event of an emergency response.

Provides backstopping capacity and surge support in case of need.

Advises on the operational capacity of implementing partners.

Ensures the monitoring of DG ECHO visibility and pro-active communication with partners in operational contracts in line with the guidelines.

Design/appraisal of integrated, people-centred programming and required system wide enablers relevant to the Somalia Humanitarian response.

Experience on Public Health allowing for independent appraisal of epidemiological surveillance, monitoring and evaluation and digitalized tracking and reporting systems of relevant actions.

Operational coordination of health/nutrition partners guided by ECHO Somalia strategic objectives

Undertakes any additional tasks as assigned by the TA/Head of Office/RO and/or Headquarters.

Required Qualifications

• Education: A relevant second level university degree or equivalent professional experience.

Knowledge and experience:

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience at national or international level in managing programme/project operations, including at least 2 years of experience with an NGO, a donor or a national/international organisation.

Very good knowledge of the EU humanitarian aid system.

Very good knowledge of International NGOs, UN Aid Agencies and Red Cross Movement.

Very good understanding of Humanitarian Aid principles, policies and standards.

Excellent drafting skills.

Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).