Humanitarian Affairs officer Assistant – Libyanjobs – موقع التوظيف الليبي

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Job Overview

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF – Doctors Without Borders) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that provides medical aid to populations in distress, victims of natural and manmade disasters and victims of armed conflict, regardless of race, religion and political beliefs.

For more information, visit our website http://www.msf-me.org/ar.

Purpose :

Carrying out activities involving social support to individual patients/survivors and linking them with other relevant support services and communities at large. Within the framework of the project, participate in the development of humanitarian activities by supporting the project team in the following areas: analysis of the context and the humanitarian situation, implementation of testimonial and advocacy strategies and activities, while respecting the policies and values of MSF, and in order to improve the humanitarian situation and human rights for the population concerned.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Collect data and conduct research concerning local context, including health assistance and access to care, generally in the humanitarian needs of populations in the project’s response areas in order to be able to provide reliable information that will be used for future decision-making. Includes collecting testimonies on humanitarian issues, such as access to care.
To be in charge of the various documentation tools and data collection related to humanitarian affairs in the project, to participate in the reviewing of these tools and the development of a new ones according to the project needs.
To assist the Humanitarian Affairs Officer, the Project Coordinator and the Project Team to analyze the data collected to better guide programs and projects, and to respond effectively to the needs of the population.
Compile regular updates of the ongoing activities and plans by NGOs, the UN, the ICRC, the local authorities and any other humanitarian and medical actors present in the project’s intervention areas (advocacy, operational actions).
In close collaboration with the Humanitarian Affairs Officer, the Project Coordinator and any other relevant parties, participate in the development and implementation of a coherent local strategy to address the humanitarian situation.

Contribute the integration of humanitarian affairs into the project’s activities, and work closely with medical teams.

· Ensure the highest standards in data protection and confidentiality in accordance with the MSF and project guidelines on data protection.

Participate in the definition of messages, tools, lobbying activities and other action plans and advocacy strategies to address all humanitarian issues identified in the project’s response areas.

· Ensure good working relationships with local authorities, other NGOs, local communities, etc. to facilitate the contact of MSF teams with the population and improve coordination of their activities with third parties.

· Update and file field contacts and correspondence related to humanitarian affairs in order to ensure information sources accuracy and its availability on regular basis.

· Organize discussions, training, briefings, etc. on humanitarian affairs, human rights and humanitarian law issues, as well as current and future advocacy plans, to raise awareness among MSF staff on these topics.

· In close collaboration with the Humanitarian Affairs Officer, the Project Coordinator, participate in the organization of activities to raise awareness of humanitarian principles, medical mission and other advocacy messages for local actors.

Specific ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Accompany the medical team on its activities in detention centres, the community and health facilities several times per week.
Identify and screen protection cases for referrals to the relevant agencies. Maintain and update the protection database.
Document the situation of human rights for migrants by taking testimonies from patients and collecting data in coordination with the medical team.
Contribute to the identification of services available to refugees and migrants in the community, and maintain good relationships with service providers and migrant communities.
Translate documents and assist with interpretation as needed by the Humanitarian Affairs department.
Liaise with the medical department for data collection, and update the data monitoring tool weekly.

Minimum Requirements and Competencies

Requirements
Education	Diploma in law, humanitarian affairs, political science, social sciences, journalism or other similar university degree
Experience	A minimum of two years of experience in research, analysis and advocacy highly desirable. Experience in protection case management desirable. Experience within MSF, other NGOs or civil society organisations required. Experience working with migrants highly desirable.
Languages	Arabic and English essential French highly desirable Tigrinya, Somali, or other languages spoken by the migrant community desirable
Knowledge	Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet) essential Good writing / research / analytical skill highly desirable

Application

Interested candidates should submit their applications in English before 15 June 2021 with a CV, motivation letter and supporting documents (certificates of diplomas, Degree etc.) to Médecins Sans Frontières, via E-mail tripoli-jobs@oca.msf.org

The subject line of the email must state “Your Name – Humanitarian affairs officer Assistant” in English in order to be accepted. Please note that incomplete applications, as well as applications in Arabic will not be considered.