The incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

• Support the development of new anticipatory action frameworks (action plan, crisis timeline, trigger mechanism based on predictive data analytics, etc.), contribute specific expertise and dedicated knowledge to the revision and improvement of existing frameworks, and provides expertise through research, analysis, presentation and facilitation. ensuring that frameworks align with OCHA’s criteria and objectives and that triggers are based on rigorous data analysis.
• Provides expertise and knowledge to monitor specific Anticipatory Action frameworks, including whether trigger conditions have been met based on data analysis, and facilitates the activation of Anticipatory Action frameworks when agreed triggers have been reached. 
• Contributes specific deliverables to the learning workstreams for specific anticipatory action frameworks, including surveys, data analysis, evaluations, process learning and monitoring.
• Provides guidance and develops specific deliverables (e.g., frameworks, templates, guidance, data analyses, monitoring tools) for OCHA’s early action work and leads on selected workstreams, such as cholera or El Niño/La Niña
• Contributes their Anticipatory Action expertise and knowledge to OCHA’s overall Anticipatory Action workstream, including disaster risk financing and the development of policy, standards, reports, data analysis, background papers, presentations. 
• Perform other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above.

Work implies frequent collaboration with the following: 

• Personnel at all levels within OCHA/UNOPS in New York, Geneva, country and regional offices as needed
• Counterparts in other UN agencies, NGOs and research institutions
• Work potentially includes travel to countries with humanitarian contexts or for surge support, workshops, seminars, trainings, etc.

* FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY*
*CANDIDATES WITH NO UNITED NATIONS OR UNOPS EXPERIENCE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
Education 

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) preferably in international relations, humanitarian affairs, diplomacy, public health, medicine, engineering, or a similar field.
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in combination with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience: 

Required:

• At least two (2) years of experience working on humanitarian action is required.
• Direct experience with humanitarian anticipatory action is required

Desirable: (The following experiences are optional. Candidates who do not have them are welcome to apply)

• Experience with humanitarian pooled funds is desirable.
• Experience working in the health sector and/or disaster risk financing is a strong advantage
• Collaboration or interaction with different types of humanitarian stakeholders: NGOs, UN agencies, Governments, etc.  

Languages:

• Fluency in English (reading, writing, speaking)  is required. 
• Fluency in French and Spanish is desirable.
• Fluency in at least one additional official UN language is an asset.