Humanitarian Military Interaction (HMI) - Consultant

Country: Panama

Organization: World Food Programme

Closing date: 30 May 2022

The current state of humanitarian response is characterized by more frequent natural disasters and the protracted nature of the most severe conflict-driven crises. Due to its mandate, large operational presence, and size, WFP is more regularly operating in complex contexts where state and non-state armed actors are present. This has resulted in the need to operate in the same geographic space. As a result, WFP is working to establish a dialogue with military entities in areas of operations to ensure our safe and risk reduced field presence. Within this work, establishing and improving the information-sharing (within the framework of WFP's upcoming access strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean) process with military counterpart(s) and ensuring that they are aligned with WFP’s humanitarian principles, is essential to coordinate predictable and systematic WFP staff access to those most in need.

The Humanitarian and Military Interaction (HMI) Officer in the Regional Office will provide technical support to the Country Offices and Regional Bureau management on civil-military coordination, access, and logistics coordination, depending on the arising needs. The HMO Officer will work in close consultation and coordination with the Peace and Conflict, Protection, Programme, Security and Logistic staff in RBP. This position aims to ensure that there is a coordinated, coherent, principled and predictable humanitarian approach to civil-military coordination that enables the implementation of WFP programmes, with the aim of enabling WFP operations.

The HMI Officer will report to Regional SC Officer in the Regional Bureau.

How to apply

To apply for this position, interested candidates must complete and submit an online application at

*https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=163561&company=C0000168410P*

The deadline to apply to this position is May 30th, 2022.

To apply, please create a personal account and fill out the profile form with your personal information at http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings.

In the application form, ensure filling the mandatory sections, attaching your CV, answering the pre-screening questions and agreeing on the legal statement before submitting your application. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis on account of potential and performance. All applicants will undergo a rigorous process which includes screening against job requirements, possibly a written assessment and a panel interview.