Vacancy Notice No.: ETH/UNOPS/VN/56/2018
Grade: L-ICA 8
Type of Contract: Individual Contractor Agreement
Duration of Contract: Until 31 December 2018
No of Positions: 3 positions
Closing Date: 05/07/2018
Organizational Context
IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Round 10 (March – April 2018) identified a total of 274,765 households (HH) or 1,613,436 individuals displaced in Ethiopia with a total of 950 IDP sites. The majority of the recorded population was displaced during 2017 with 615 sites having opened within the year (DTM Rounds 3 - 8). Conflict was reported as the primary driver of displacement (1,073,764 IDPs), followed by displacement due to climate-induced factors (488,090 IDPs) and displacement due to other factors (51,582).
With regard to site management, there are critical gaps and wide disparities in all site typologies. DTM classifies sites as: collective centres, planned sites, spontaneous settlements, dispersed settlements, host communities and transit centres. All sites are managed by the government with limited technical and resourcing capacity on site management in a context of minimal basic services for core life-saving sectors including Food, WASH, Health/Nutrition, Shelter/NFIs, as well as critical protection issues.
Site management is prioritized based on a coordinated framework led by OCHA. Using DTM data as the countrywide baseline for all displacement sites a systematized and routinely updated site prioritization system has been established. Sites are prioritized by establishing thresholds on each of DTM’s sectoral indicators selected by the Clusters. The OCHA led analysis allows for a Cluster-endorsed multi-sectoral analysis of DTM indicators. Sites classified as collective centres and planned sites are best positioned to pilot the implementation of SMS, as these are recorded as sites in most need of support and assistance.
UNHCR has been asked by the UNCT to scale up site management support (SMS) to collective centres, planned sites and temporary settings hosting IDPs and containing unmet basic services and/or critical protection needs, as well as to support coordination efforts for which recruitment of six National Officers is required.
Accountability:
The National Officers would work together with OCHA staff members present or covering those areas to ensure complementarity with other Clusters/Sectors.
Responsibility:
Essential Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
Required Competencies: