Programme Officer

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• Contributes to designing DG ECHO overall strategy, policies and thematic working groups. • Appraises and evaluates partners’ financing requests and monitors projects in the light of the intervention strategy adopted and advises, as appropriate. • Prepares fiche-ops (e-documents completed by DG ECHO staff for assessing and monitoring projects), as appropriate and submits to the responsible HoO/TA. • Reviews policy compliance in cooperation with policy experts in the RO/HQ (Headquarters). • Liaises with partners to finalise and review proposals, once the appraisal is agreed with DG ECHO headquarters. • Evaluates interim and final reports submitted by partners and advises DG ECHO as appropriate. • Assists with, participates in, and reports on meetings, as appropriate • Pro-actively follows local or regional events that may impact the humanitarian situation in the country/region. Drafts reports on the humanitarian situation, including any political, economic and security events relevant to the analysis of the humanitarian situation in the country/region. • Supports the HoO/TA in the event of an emergency response. • Provides backstopping capacity and surge support in case of need. • Advises on the operational capacity of implementing partners. • Ensures the monitoring of DG ECHO visibility and pro-active communication with partners in operational contracts in line with the guidelines. • Manages/supervises the contracts/ grants database. • Undertakes any additional tasks as assigned by the Head of Office/RO and/or Headquarters. • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience at national or international level in managing programme/project operations, including at least 2 years of experience with an NGO, a donor or a national/international organisation.