Project Officer - Anticipatory Action - Internal only

Duty Station : Myitkyina, Daw Hpung Yang as Interim duty station

Report to : Project Manager- Anticipatory Action

Overall purpose of the role:

The AHEAD Project Officer will lead in the detail activity implementation for the AHEAD Project which will conduct community level advocacy and communications consultation activities intended to raise the profile of AHEAD and anticipatory action programming focused on conflict-induced displacement in Myanmar, Kachin State. The project will develop anticipatory action data models and approaches using local and global data for local-level analysis to help inform humanitarian actors’ decisions when deploying humanitarian assistance and to enable timelier, more dignified, efficient and sustainable assistance. This position will support together with Project Manager in expanding DRC’s anticipatory action initiatives beyond the AHEAD project, ensuring timely, coordinated, and efficient responses to displacement risks from both conflict and climate hazards. You will work closely with country teams, local government bodies, and stakeholders to design, implement, and scale anticipatory action projects that enhance preparedness and improve the resilience of communities at risk of displacement.

Responsibilities:

Coordination

• Lead the field level communication consultation, advocacy and cooridination with partners and stakeholders for all activities, ensuring alignment with DRC’s global strategy and the country’s specific needs.
• Support implementation of the Anticipatory Action program in Kachin.
• Facilitate awareness raising and collaboration with local partners and key stakeholders from targeted locations to ensure that anticipatory actions are well understood, integrated, and prioritized as effective response option.
• Ensure the visibility of DRC’s Anticipatory Action portfolio in the targeted locations. 

Implementation and Technical Support

• Support the detailed implementation work planning, budget estimation, and cooperation with MEAL team for the monitoring.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of anticipatory action plans, trigger mechanisms, and evidence generation frameworks, following a participatory, bottom-up design process in the community.
• Facilitate the community level anticipatory action systems building, including strengthening of early warning systems, trigger development, and development of anticipatory action plans in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

Data, Analysis, and Learning

• Work with the Evidence, Knowledge, and Learning team to ensure that data and displacement forecasting models are effectively used for anticipatory action at field level.
• Support DRC’s global and regional analysts to monitor and analyze data related to disaster risks and displacement, ensuring that forecasts and triggers are aligned with the evolving needs on the ground.
• Contribute to the lessons learned from anticipatory action project and share knowledge to the team.

Reporting and Communication

• Support the Project Manager in delivery of anticipatory action activities and community-level consultation activities as needed.
• Submission of work plans and situation reports based on field level stakeholders’ engagement, to feed into DRC area-level coordination.
• Contribute input for monthly, quarterly, interim and annual donor reports, project proposals as well as ad hoc reports and communication items, as requested.
• Document success stories and lessons learned for development of donor reports and case studies.
• Coordinate with area-level Finance and Supply Chain staff to facilitate the procurement of good and services supporting programme delivery, in accordance with DRC Myanmar guidelines and policies.

*Perform any other relevant tasks as requested by Line Manager.

Required experience and technical competencies

• University degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in disaster risk management/reduction, anticipatory action programming or any relevant humanitarian programming in Kachin humanitarian context.
• Experience working in conflict contexts or humanitarian response
• Experience working with Monitoring, Evaluation and data collection
• Experience in stakeholder coordination skills, with an ability to navigate diverse stakeholder groups and drive joint progress to achieve common goals.
• Familiarity with conflict-sensitive programming and the impacts of displacement on vulnerable populations.
• Ability and willingness to travel, including to remote or conflict-affected areas.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and coordination skills, with the ability to work across multiple teams and with diverse stakeholders.
• Full professional proficiency in English and Myanmar
• Other local languages considered an asset

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
• Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
• Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

Conditions

Contract: DRC will offer the successful applicant a DRC’s Regular contract including 3-month probation. Renewable depends on both funding and performance. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with DRC’s Terms of Employment. The position is placed in Employment Band H-non management.

Application and CV

Interested? Click the button to apply. Please send your application, in English, no later than 25th September 2025.

CV only applications will not be considered.

(Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and shortlisted candidates may be contacted for interview/an offer made before the advertised closing date)