Humanitarian Access Officer (National Males Only)

• Help in the creation of positive relations with target communities through regular meetings and informal discussions.
• Responsible for providing reports on the access negotiations and other access matters across the mission.
• Establish and maintain informal or formal relations and a network of contacts permitting the collection of diverse access/security information.
• Be available to extend support to the access focal points across the provinces of operation
• Plan regular and ad-hoc visits to all field offices in consultation with the Snr. HA manager and the DDS.
• Travel with expat staff when moving from Kabul to the provinces/ vice versa.
• Responsible to gather and consolidate all sort of access reporting and provide it to Kabul office.
• Accompany/escort the IRC’s international staff for movement within Kabul or field when asked/necessary.    
• Monitor and analyse the social/political/humanitarian context in his/her domain of responsibility and provide weekly or ad hoc updates.
• Research and collect any useful information and data relating to the strategic development and positioning of IRC in the country.
• He/she will be responsible for liaising between IRC programming staff and community representatives to:
  • Sensitize communities on IRC programming.
  • Discuss and report back on community needs to IRC program focal points.
• Contribute to improve IRC’s community acceptance through developing meaningful communication channels.
• Support IRC programming staff in conducting needs assessments when necessary.
• Participate in IRC’s meetings to provide inputs related to humanitarian access.
• Update on monthly basis (or when required) the accessibility template in liaison with the FCs and field level access agents.
• Keep oversight of the JOPs for adherence/failures by the IRC staff or external partners and escalate to the SMT for actions.
• Any other relevant task as requested by the supervisor. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of work experience in humanitarian access/public relation/community mobilization/ social integration/humanitarian response, a managerial level experience would be an additional advantage.
• At least relevant bachelor’s degree from recognised University
• Communication, engagement, advocacy, negotiations
• Critical thinking, crisis response, alertness
• Fluency in Pashto, Dari and a working level of English
• Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage

Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background