Humanitarian Technical Advisor - Quality Assurance, Accountability & Capacity Development at Christian Blind Mission (CBM)

These are your responsibilities

Programme Support and Development

• Support country offices and partners in humanitarian projects in planning, delivery, monitoring, evaluation. and continuous improvement of projects towards compliance with humanitarian standards and donor requirements.
• Continuous internal assessment on remaining gaps and barriers related to the full adherence to relevant standards and principles in CBM’s inclusive humanitarian programming.
• Identification and application of approaches that enhance the proportion of locally led humanitarian action in CBM’s humanitarian program.​

Accountability/ Capacity Development

• Develop (CBM internal) guidelines and tools to apply the humanitarian standards and principles (e.g. PSEAH, feedback and reporting mechanisms, inclusive data collection, Do No Harm).
• Sensitize and train CBM Country Offices and partners on the relevant standards and principles​
• Lead the implementation of quality assessment processes (e.g., CHS Self-Assessment, GFFO Quality Profile).
• Act as Gender Focal Person in the Inclusive Humanitarian Action Initiative and support capacity building across the team for gender mainstreaming in all relevant processes.
• Document best practices on localisation of CBM’s humanitarian programming.

Other

• Lobbying, networking, and coordination in the form of representation of CBM in relevant forums and alliances.
• Representation of the IHA Initiative in internal working groups.

These are your qualifications

• University degree in humanitarian action, development, political sciences or a related field
• Profound understanding of standards and principles of IHA and their application in the project management cycle and humanitarian coordination mechanisms
• Structured, quality-oriented, and solution-oriented approach to work
• Independent, outgoing personality with high professional & social competence and diplomatic skills
• Very good knowledge of English, additional language skills (German, Spanish) are an advantage
• Willingness to travel to humanitarian contexts, including those presenting security challenges
• Identification with the Christian values and the mandate of CBM