DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This position requires an individual to support the management and representation of the humanitarian portfolio for South Sudan. Reporting to the OHA Director in South Sudan, the SHA will be responsible for program analysis and strategy development and work closely with the USAID/South Sudan staff, the U.S. Embassy, U.S. military representatives, and other USG interagency partners, other donors, Government of South Sudan officials, IOs, NGOs, and the UN, in responding to humanitarian needs and sudden-onset disasters. Because of the substantial coordination requirements of this position, an individual with a highly collaborative work style is necessary. The SHA must be prepared to function effectively in a challenging and restrictive work environment and be willing to strictly adhere to U.S. Embassy security guidelines.

The individual will perform the following duties:

Contextual Specialty

● Develop and maintain knowledge of the key humanitarian and DRR issues in South Sudan.

● Maintain an in-depth understanding of political, humanitarian, organizational, and stakeholder interests specific to South Sudan.

● Monitor incipient disasters, international disaster response plans and efforts, and major humanitarian issues and challenges in the area of responsibility through a wide range of USG and international sources.

● Identify humanitarian issues, priorities, lessons learned, and opportunities within and relevant to South Sudan and apply those to program strategy development and implementation.

● Prepare regular strategic and analytical reports on current or anticipated emergencies, as well as on comprehensive preparedness documentation on South Sudan.

Portfolio Management

● Lead efforts to identify and assess on-going and emerging humanitarian assistance requirements, target beneficiary groups, and locations, oversee the general direction of existing relief and transition-oriented programs, and broadly recommend the types of interventions and budget levels required in South Sudan.

● Closely collaborate with USAID Mission colleagues on program coordination to share information, avoid overlap, and explore opportunities for synergies and transition efforts.

● Maintain regular communication and close coordination with BHA/Sudans, East and Central Africa Regional Office (SECARO) and BHA/Washington on these efforts.

● Monitor ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts in South Sudan. Liaise with partners and other donors, coordinate with the SECARO on issues of mutual interest, and provide coordinated field feedback to the partners.

● Coordinate collection of information and provide updates and recommendations through written reports on issues related to the humanitarian situation, including the following:

Capacity and ability of UN, IOs, NGOs, and local institutions to carry out programs; o Capacity of the logistics infrastructure to support programs; o Security situation of beneficiaries, personnel, convoys, and relief operations in general;

o Role of in-country UN leadership and the UN Mission in South Sudan in facilitating humanitarian assistance;

o Contributions by other donors, problems arising from the implementation of relief and reintegration programs, and any other issues that require the attention of BHA; and o Humanitarian coordination issues and any recommendations for change.

● Provide guidance to organizations that are developing applications for BHA, based on BHA’s Guidelines for Unsolicited Applications.

● Review concept papers and applications and provide timely recommendations/comments to BHA/Washington and BHA/SECARO.

● Ensure reporting on a timely basis to BHA/Washington and SECARO on the quality of grantees’ work, noting deficiencies, attributes, and evolving operational conditions.