NRC recruits 01 Access Working Group Co-Lead Burkina Faso

Context

Burkina Faso is experiencing an unprecedented security and humanitarian crisis. Since the beginning of 2022, armed groups attacks on civilians have increased in several regions of the country, particularly in the Sahel, the North and Center-North, and the East. Gradually, this situation has spread to the western and southwestern regions and Cascades, impeding the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach affected people and reducing civilian access to aid.

About the Access Working Group

In response to this crisis, strengthening humanitarian coordination to promote access is essential. The Access Working Group (AWG) was established in Burkina Faso in 2019 with the objective to contribute to a more effective and coordinated humanitarian response and to complement and support the efforts of other strategic and operational humanitarian coordination structures, including the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG), CMCoord Platform, and other partners.

The AWG supports the development, implementation, and monitoring of a humanitarian access action plan. As an analytical and advisory body, it works to improve humanitarian access in the long term.

About the Position

NRC is seeking an Access Working Group Co-Lead to strengthen its contribution to the AWG. The position will be solely focused on co-chairing the Burkina Faso Access Working Group (AWG-Burkina) alongside an OCHA co-chair.

While hosted by NRC, the Access Working Group Co-Lead will spend significant amounts of time in the offices of working group members to support improved collaboration and collective outcomes.

Location

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso