Associate Officer - Information Analyst

Volunteering Legal Crisis & Emergency Response Communications & PR

Overview

Support the head of office by maintaining situational awareness and crisis management.

You have:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in reporting and analysis.
• Computer proficiency, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is a must.
• Experience in the region and in a peacekeeping mission is desirable.
• Ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions is essential.
• Previous experience in FIOC or JOC is an added advantage.

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

The position of information Analyst is in the Field Integrated Operations Centre (FIOC), which is under the overall supervision of the head of office and is mandated to support and facilitate the head of office. The FIOC is comprised of civilian, military and police personnel with a civilian team leader. The core functions of FIOC are situational awareness (including reporting), operational coordination and crisis management.

1. Maintain situational awareness, to inform mission leadership decision making and mandate implementation. This is done through:

   • Collecting, triangulating, verifying and analyzing information. • Drafting daily situation reports (DSRs), weekly reports, incident reports and other ad-hoc reports as may be required. • Analysis of political and security developments/trends and patterns in AOR for early warning. • Responding to requests for information (RFIs) from JOC/JMAC. • Uploading and storing information in designated data bases including SAGE.

2. Contingency planning and crisis management:

   • Ensure that all SOPs and Contingency plans related to crisis management and response are properly stored and regularly updated • Support secretariate function of FIOC in Field Crisis Management Team (FCMT) meetings • Basing on early warning reports, situation, and developments in AOR, support conduct of Tabletop (TTX) and Field Training exercises (FTX).

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management

Reporting and analysis, information management. Computer proficiency, including Excel, Word and Power Point is a must. Experience in the region and in a peace keeping mission is desirable. Previous experience in FIOC or JOC is an added advantage.

Living conditions vary between UNMISS duty stations. Each duty station where UNMISS has a field presence has basic residential camp facilities, which includes running water and electricity. Candidates should be aware that accommodation may be austere with the possibility of water shortages and power blackouts. On arrival in Juba accommodation will be on a share basis. Ablutions will also be shared. As the accommodation situation improves single unit accommodation, with an attached ablution, should become available in all locations. Hard wall accommodation is available in Juba.

All UNMISS duty stations apart from Entebbe, Uganda are considered non - family duty stations. The security level of UNMISS duty stations is classified by the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) who will brief on arrival. A number of locations in South Sudan are prone to conflict.

Primary health care services (preventive and curative) are provided in 11 United Nations Owned Equipment (UNOE) Level-I clinics, 21 Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) Level-I clinics, 4 COE Level-II medical facilities within the mission area and the establishment of contractual agreements for Level-III and Level-IIII care outside the mission area. The 4 Level-II facilities available in Juba, Bor, Malakal and Wau, run by the Troop Contributing Countries (TCC), take referrals from the Level-I clinics and provide hospital-based care.

The climate is tropical with a rainy season in many areas, which should normally span from around April to October. Ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions is essential.

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