Plan a viable and safe response and ensure a conflict sensitive approach to DFID interventions. Humanitarian and disaster risk management theory and architecture Humanitarian advisers have a strong understanding of: Influence the overall crises The organisation and structure of the response to ensure it is bespoke international humanitarian system, and to the context and in order to the roles and mandates of key UN maximise the combined organisations, INGOs and of the Red effectiveness of the entire Cross movement and the architecture that humanitarian ecosystem and not exists to coordinate humanitarian action just the international response system The roles, responsibilities and capacities of national governments and national Advise on a balanced and NGOs/ CSOs, diaspora and private sector appropriate approach to DFID’s in preparing for, and responding to crises, policy and programming and how to engage with relevant actors decisions ex-ante and ex-poste when designing and managing DFID using whatever mix of preparedness, response or resilience instruments is needed to activity; achieve desired humanitarian outcomes; The potential relevance of development programmes (e.g. safety nets and social Contribute to the overall protection; livelihoods; health, education effectiveness of HMG’s etc.) and actors (internally and externally, response to crises, drawing on such as MDBs/IFIs) in preparing and all available assets – responding to crises humanitarian, development assistance, diplomatic, military The financing of humanitarian action and or other Government Depts. crises response, including the principles of Good Humanitarian Donorship, and the Promote effective and different financing instruments that are use of military assets in used to deliver response and broader humanitarian operations resilience objectives (e.g. pooled funds, risk financing etc); The policy framework that governs the humanitarian work, including DFID UK’s humanitarian operational and policy objectives; and UK policies with regard to working in fragile and conflict affected states and Leave No One Behind The framework that governs civil-military partnerships in emergencies. International humanitarian law and humanitarian principles Humanitarian advisers understand: The key legal frameworks that govern Support the development of the humanitarian action, with a particular international legal and policy focus on international humanitarian and frameworks to support the refugee law; (including UK obligations) protection of those affected by conflict and natural disasters; How to apply humanitarian principles in complex operations; Inform the positioning of HMG’s humanitarian work in relation to The political framework that operates in other military and diplomatic relation to humanitarian issues, including the role of the UN Security Council and responses to crises;
Plan a viable and safe response and ensure a conflict sensitive approach to DFID interventions. Humanitarian and disaster risk management theory and architecture Humanitarian advisers have a strong understanding of: The organisation and structure of the international humanitarian system, and the roles and mandates of key UN organisations, INGOs and of the Red Cross movement and the architecture that exists to coordinate humanitarian action The roles, responsibilities and capacities of national governments and national NGOs/ CSOs, diaspora and private sector in preparing for, and responding to crises, and how to engage with relevant actors when designing and managing DFID preparedness, response or resilience activity; The potential relevance of development programmes (e.g. safety nets and social protection; livelihoods; health, education etc.) and actors (internally and externally, such as MDBs/IFIs) in preparing and responding to crises The financing of humanitarian action and crises response, including the principles of Good Humanitarian Donorship, and the different financing instruments that are used to deliver response and broader resilience objectives (e.g. pooled funds, risk financing etc); The policy framework that governs the UK’s humanitarian work, including DFID humanitarian operational and policy objectives; and UK policies with regard to working in fragile and conflict affected states and Leave No One Behind The framework that governs civil-military partnerships in emergencies. Influence the overall crises response to ensure it is bespoke to the context and in order to maximise the combined effectiveness of the entire humanitarian ecosystem and not just the international response system Advise on a balanced and appropriate approach to DFID’s policy and programming decisions ex-ante and ex-poste using whatever mix of instruments is needed to achieve desired humanitarian outcomes; Contribute to the overall effectiveness of HMG’s response to crises, drawing on all available assets – humanitarian, development assistance, diplomatic, military or other Government Depts. Promote effective and use of military assets in humanitarian operations International humanitarian law and humanitarian principles Humanitarian advisers understand: The key legal frameworks that govern humanitarian action, with a particular focus on international humanitarian and refugee law; (including UK obligations) How to apply humanitarian principles in complex operations; The political framework that operates in relation to humanitarian issues, including the role of the UN Security Council and Support the development of the international legal and policy frameworks to support the protection of those affected by conflict and natural disasters; Inform the positioning of HMG’s humanitarian work in relation to other military and diplomatic responses to crises;
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