Фахівець/ фахівчиня по взаємодії та зв’язкам між громадянськими та військовими структурами
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About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible.
In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.
Now, and for the future.
General Position Summary
The Civil Military Liaison Technical Officer (CMLTA) is an important role to our risk management systems, business continuity and duty-of-care towards staff. Reporting directly to the Humanitarian Access and Security Lead, the CMLTA’s primary role is to support Mercy Corps’ operational footprint by building a network of contacts
The CMLTA will be based in Kyiv or Dnipro and travel up to 40% of their time to support program activities in Dnipro and Odessa, Lviv.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Conduct analysis of the civil – military environment and formulate a Civ-Mil coordination strategy which should be fully integrated with the activities of MC.
- Resolve challenges that revolve around misunderstandings between MC and its programs and authorities and armed groups.
- Represent MC in Civ-Mil working groups between other humanitarian organizations.
- Deploy before and during initial stages of humanitarian program interventions and activities to liaise with military and government counterparts and assure programs are understood and accepted.
- Train staff members on de-escalation behavior and methods.
- Support the Director of Security and Humanitarian Access in mainstreaming the Humanitarian Principles into work activities and staff onboarding.
Organizational Learning: As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountabilities: Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility: None
Reports Directly To: Humanitarian Access and Security Lead
Works Directly With: Operations team, the Senior Management Team – Kyiv, Program Departments, Finance actors in Ukraine, IT/Information Security Coordinator
Accountability: Accountable to Mercy Corps Procurement Policy and Procedures. Maintains accurate electronic and hardcopy files of procurement file and other relevant files.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
- Must have a professional and approachable demeanor.
- Must have the ability to troubleshoot bureaucratic hurdles and problem solve so as to facilitate Mercy Corps program activities throughout the country.
- Must be diplomatic and follow Mercy Corps protocols on representation and reporting.
- Fluency in Ukrainian and English is required. Fluency in Russian is desired.
- Must be able to work independently and show initiative.
- Good organizational skills are necessary
- Ability to work effectively with an ethnically diverse team in a sensitive environment.
Success Factors
The successful Civil-Military Liaison Adviser will be a calm and approachable person that earns the trust of the entire team with professionalism, confidentiality and no judgement. S/he must understand programming modalities and priorities. S/he will be a team player that works closely with the Operations team and Crisis Analytics amongst other departments. She or he will be able to manage a very tight top-down go/no-go process on a daily basis and implement this without fail. While military experience is useful in some aspects, this role also values curiosity and interest in understanding the program objectives.
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