Civil-Military Coordination Officer

Norwegian Capacity

The Civil-Military Coordination Officer will support OCHA s Access and Civil-Military Coordination Unit to strengthen humanitarian access through engagement with military actors, coordination with partners, and analysis of access constraints. Success in this role means enabling safer humanitarian operations, improving coordination mechanisms, and supporting effective negotiation and information exchange.

This position is based in Jerusalem , with some travel to Gaza or West Bank , and is offered as a 6-month assignment . The Civil-Military Coordination Officer will report to the Head of Access and Civil Military Coordination Unit .

Responsibilities

As the Civil-Military Coordination Officer, you will take on the following responsibilities:

Main Tasks and Duties to be Executed:

• Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Access and Civil Military Coordination Unit, conducts OCHA s civil military engagement with Israeli military authorities, including participation in the Joint Coordination Board and the Civil Military Coordination Center, to support humanitarian access, and effective information exchange with the military counterparts, adapting engagement modalities in line with evolving operational dynamics.
• Supports and maintains the Humanitarian Notification System (HNS), serving as one of the designated HNS focal points. Ensures humanitarian movement notifications are processed, tracked, and followed up in accordance with established HNS Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidance, and systematically relays partner feedback to support continuous improvement of the system.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with humanitarian partners and support in trouble shooting access-related issues and incidents for negotiation. Facilitates information sharing to support humanitarian partners.
• Maintains contact and dialogue with the different military actors present in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT) and maintains mechanisms to resolve operational issues and ensure appropriate mutual exchange of information regarding ongoing relevant activities and access constraints.
• Advises and alerts the military and forces in the oPT on the structures and dynamics of coordination with and within the international humanitarian community and the practicalities of implementation.
• Prepares, or provides regular analysis on humanitarian access and civil-military coordination matters, including on access issues through the HNS, and produces reports, snapshots, and other internal / public products.
• Advocates for humanitarian issues with relevant military organizations for facilitating humanitarian access in coordination with other OCHA entities.

Expected Outcome of the assignment:

• Effective support to the Head of Unit on HNS, Access and Civil-Military Coordination (CMCoord)-related tasks.
• High quality information analysis and production of reports related to Access that supports advocacy efforts and humanitarian operations.
• Strong relationships with relevant stakeholders, supporting negotiations and troubleshooting, including with parties to the conflict
• Run robust Civil-Military coordination mechanisms to address access and protection issues with armed actors at strategic and operational levels. Relationship with parties is established in order to negotiation and troubleshoot access-related issues.