National Disaster Management Officer UNOCHA

Position Purpose

This position is in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC), Duty Station Havana City, Cuba. The National Disaster Management Officer reports to the Regional Head of Office (OCHA-ROLAC).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Within delegated authority, the National Disaster Management Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
• Assist the RC / HC in setting up humanitarian coordination and advocacy mechanisms and strategies throughout the country.
• Assist in developing humanitarian strategy documents or appeals, policies, planning, and short- and medium-term priorities, particularly in needs analysis, targeting, and monitoring.
• Ensure that mechanisms are established for collecting and processing humanitarian information from partners, that information is disseminated regularly using the appropriate channels, and the main information tools (3W, contact list, etc.) are regularly updated.
• Support the UNETT, and the government in disaster preparedness, Anticipatory Action Framework. Support developing and updating the national/regional multi-hazard contingency and response plans.
• Monitor national humanitarian trends, produce regular analyses of humanitarian and security developments, and advise the office hierarchy, mainly to set up early warning, advocacy, and emergency response mechanisms.
• Ensure interaction between partners in the field and the Inter-Sector, monitoring response plans, follow up the recommendations of evaluation missions, circulating reports on joint or inter-agency missions, etc., and putting in place an archive of all humanitarian documentation in the field (minutes of meetings, SitRep, situation notes, etc.).
• Prepare and coordinate the drafting of situation reports and notes (SitRep.).
• Provide all necessary support to partners for advocacy and implementing pro