Burundi: Humanitarian Liaison Officer

Job Summary: The LWF/DWS Humanitarian Liaison Officer is responsible for establishing/maintaining relationships across humanitarian responders, such as the UN, institutional donors, churches and Government ministries in Bujumbura in order to profile/coordinate the work of LWF Burundi and identify/respond to funding opportunities.

LWF/DWS Humanitarian Liaison Officer is part of the LWF Burundi country team and reports directly to the LWF Country Representative based in Kampala, Uganda.

Main responsibilities • Participates in key UN interagency coordination meetings in Bujumbura to input and receive analysis of the humanitarian situation inside Burundi, in order to develop bi-weekly situation reports for the CR in Kampala and partners; • Increases the visibility of LWF Burundi among partners and donors inside Burundi, namely by ensuring LWF Burundi’s active participation and inclusion in the HNO, HRP, OPS processes and contingency plan; • Takes active part in LWF or inter-agency assessments which will inform project designs and proposal developments; • Seeks funding opportunities in-country and develops, together with the LWF team in Burundi and relevant LWF Global Funding Officer, high quality project proposals and concept notes for submission to key donors; • Seeks opportunities and maintains relationships with partners for LWF Burundi to take part in a consortium of organizations to respond to relevant call for proposals; • Represents LWF Burundi in the ACT Burundi Forum in Bujumbura or convene ACT Forum meetings. Keep records of the meetings; • Oversees ACT appeal development, implementation and reporting processes; • Ensures all proposed humanitarian actions are rights based and fall in line with the Burundi country strategy. • Provides support to update the LWF Burundi website, and develop communication materials on the situation inside Burundi. • Provides training and support to the LWF Burundi Country program in meeting our accountability commitments to the (CHS) Core Humanitarian Standards. • Be a security focal point for staff in Burundi and participate in UNDSS briefings

Qualifications

1. Experience: Minimum 3 to 5 years of professional experience in international humanitarian programs. Good knowledge and experience of UN coordination mechanisms and institutional donors. Knowledge of the Burundian humanitarian context is desirable.
2. Education: Bachelor degree in humanitarian or development work, and/or other related social science.
3. Professional skills: • Ability to develop and maintain relationships across a wide range of humanitarian responders, international, national, and local • Good interpersonal communication and coordination skills • Fluency in French & English • Strong organizational and written communication • Flexibility, motivation, patience and ability to work under pressure and with very tight deadlines • Cultural sensitivity and adaptability. High degree of integrity and professional responsibility • Ability to work independently and at times with little supervision • Ability to reside in Bujumbura, Burundi • Positive and pro-active team player • Strong computer literacy

Applicants are required to be in sympathy with the core values of our organization.

Applications (motivation letter and detailed curriculum vitae in English), with the names and email addresses of three persons who know the applicant professionally, should be sent by 3.5.2016 to:

LWF_hroffice@lutheranworld.org

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