Humanitarian Access & Safety (HAS) Adviser

The Humanitarian Access and Safety (HAS) Adviser supports principled humanitarian response design and implementation by providing analysis, operational support, and technical guidance to ensure sustained and quality access for NRC Niger. The Adviser also co-chairs Niger's Access Working Group (AWG) alongside OCHA, contributing to coordination and advocacy on humanitarian access issues.

Responsibilities

• Advise programme teams on the design of conflict-sensitive activities, adapted to access dynamics.
• Contribute to contextual and access analyses in proposals, reports, and strategic notes.
• Participate in Project Cycle Management (PCM), integrating access analysis and supporting programme decision-making.
• Train programme teams and local partners on humanitarian access issues and negotiations.
• Support planning and prioritisation of activities based on access constraints and risks.
• Provide support on periodic access strategy development processes, ensuring AWG members' perspectives and aspirations are represented in the strategy and work-plan.
• Contribute to the collection of information from humanitarian actors to guide the implementation of the work-plan, including access severity mapping, incident reporting and monitoring, stakeholder mapping, bureaucratic constraints, negotiations, policy development, advocacy and training.
• Support the preparation and facilitation of monthly and ad-hoc AWG-Niger meetings, including agenda preparation, co-chairing, minute-taking, and follow-up of action points.
• Support the establishment of temporary sub-working groups/task forces on specific activities.
• Contribute to the organisation and delivery of access training and workshops, within the humanitarian community or with external stakeholders.
• Support the roll-out of the NRC access monitoring tool, internally and with NGO partners, to inform programme decision-making and advocacy at country and regional level.
• Draft bi-monthly access reports based on the NRC access monitoring tool, and thematic briefing notes upon request.
• Contribute to regional analyses and advocacy notes in collaboration with the Regional Access Adviser and Regional Head of Advocacy.
• Build synergies with existing actors and fora (OCHA, ICCG, clusters, civil-military coordination) to ensure AWG-Niger analyses are informed by programmatic and operational priorities.
• Network actively with AWG members, donors, and Country Directors of INGOs and UN agencies to ensure the relevance and visibility of the AWG's contribution.
• Co-represent AWG-Niger in meetings of the regional Task Force on Access.
• Work with the Security Manager to analyse access-related risks and develop mitigation measures.
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of security plans, including acceptance, protection, and deterrence approaches.
• Provide advice on engagement with parties to the conflict, including non-state armed groups and state armed forces at the country level, when requested by management.
• Support field security assessments and contribute to strategic decisions on presence and expansion.
• Participate in the management of access incidents and post-incident follow-up.
• Develop and maintain networks of community and security contacts.
• Perform any other task related to HAS and the position, as delegated by the HAS Manager.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience in humanitarian work in conflict/post-conflict or volatile contexts, including in a senior role.
• Master's degree in a relevant field (or Bachelor's degree with equivalent work experience).
• Demonstrated experience in humanitarian programming and access.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian principles and how to operationalise them within a humanitarian response, including humanitarian access dilemmas.
• Previous experience in complex contexts and participating in access negotiations with an NGO and/or UN agencies.
• Demonstrated excellent writing and analytical skills.
• Fluency in French, both written and verbal.
• Working proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated experience in and/or knowledge of the Sahel region is a strong asset.
• Experience leading or contributing to coordination forums (AWG/HAWG or equivalent) would be a strong asset.
• Experience with NGOs and the UN system would be an asset.
• Experience in risk management with implementing partners.
• Experience in remote management is an added value.
• Prior experience as a trainer is an added value.

Skills

• Humanitarian Programming
• Humanitarian Access
• Access Negotiations
• Humanitarian Principles Operationalization
• Conflict Context Experience
• Post Conflict Experience
• Humanitarian Response Analysis
• Risk Management
• Coordination Forum Leadership
• Remote Management
• Training Delivery
• Analytical Writing
• Language Proficiency in French
• English Language Proficiency
• NGO Collaboration
• UN System Collaboration

Languages

French, English