Anticipatory Humanitarian Action Advisor
(Part-Time: 75%)
Welthungerhilfe
Home-based
As Anticipatory Humanitarian Action Advisor you will be responsible for supporting partners and country offices concerning orientation, capacity building, development, implementation, and updating of community-based Early Action Protocols within one of Welthungerhilfe’s strategic programs. You will be a member of a Technical Anticipatory Humanitarian Action Team which together with a Program Management Unit forms an Operational Support Unit for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action within the Humanitarian Directorate of Welthungerhilfe.
Your responsibilities
- Support Welthungerhilfe’s strategic program on AHA in general, and in particular for organizations in countries assigned;
- Drive the scale-up of pilot EAP regions in current AHA pilot countries of Welthungerhilfe in Sub-Saharan Africa and further develop the multi-hazard approach of Welthungerhilfe and program partners;
- Oversee and conduct studies to explore the feasibility of AHA implementation in participating countries;
- Facilitate onboarding and capacity building workshops in participating countries;
- Support ongoing EAP development progress in respective countries;
- Facilitate training in EAP development and respective preparatory work for organizations;
- Participate and support in relevant regional AHA meetings, seminars, conferences, and dialogue platforms;
- Monitor project progress in respective countries;
- Participate in the preparation of thematic briefings;
- Ensure ongoing updates and country ownership of existing EAPs;
- Participate in technical consultations and administrative monitoring of implementation of Anticipatory Humanitarian Action;
- Contribute to the validation and acceptance of project milestones in the EAP development process;
- Support the review and monitoring of EAP projects as well as support of their implementation.
Your profile
- A university degree in a relevant field like disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management, or similar;
- At least one to three years of professional experience in humanitarian action;
- Experience in development of early action protocols, conducting vulnerability assessments, and applying participatory methods;
- Experience in the further development and localization of forecasting and anticipation methods for weather-related and non-weather-related hazards;
- Willingness to work in countries where Welthungerhilfe or program partners are implementing or supporting anticipatory humanitarian action projects;
- Willingness and flexibility to travel to project countries (in total up to 3 months/year);
- Very good English language skills. French language skills are an strong advantage.
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