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Programme Assistant for Regional Disaster Risk Reduction/Resilience
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European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
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The job holder carries out activities to contribute to the delivery of an effective humanitarian response and more specifically ECHO’s Disaster Risk Reduction/Resilience Integrated Operational Approach. The job holder contributes to assessments, monitoring and evaluations of projects, as well as to the analysis of the humanitarian context in the area of coverage.
Requirements
- A relevant first level university degree or equivalent professional experience;
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience at national or international level in supporting programme/project operations, including experience with an NGO’s, donor, or national/international organisation;
- Experience in Disaster Risk Reduction/Resilience will be an asset;
- Previous experience in the humanitarian and/or development sectors, with a multilateral or international organization will be an asset;
- Good understanding of Humanitarian Aid principles, policies and standards;
- Good knowledge of the EU humanitarian aid system preferable;
- Good knowledge of International NGOs, UN Aid agencies and Red Cross Movement;
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.);
- An excellent level of English;
- An excellent knowledge of Thai or another language from South East Asia is mandatory.
As a part of a dynamic team, the Programme Assistant for Disaster Risk Reduction/Resilience will carry out activities under the guidance of the ECHO/Technical Assistant. For the detailed activities, see attached Terms of Reference (TOR) for the position.