Associate Reporting and Coordination Officer (ARCO)
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.
Eligibility criteria
Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.
Description of task
Under immediate supervision of the Joint Operations and Coordination (JOC) Team Leader, and overall supervision of the Chief of JOC, the UNV ARCO will be responsible for the following duties: - Attend the Mission Operational Coordination Team (OCT) and Planning OCT meetings and provide the meeting notes and action points, to follow up on the implementation on the action points; - Attend Mission Civilian-Military Coordination meetings and to provide the meeting notes; - Facilitate the JOC coordination process through day-to-day active coordination with all Mission components; - Support and attend weekly JOC coordination meetings and to provide the meeting notes; - Maintain and update the JOC contact lists of all mission substantive heads, all field offices, UN country team representatives, reporting focal points, and humanitarians in CAR; - Maintain and update the JOC crisis management contact list, and support the crisis management working group with situation brief note; - Act as the JOC focal point to coordinate with Security Operations Centre (SOC), Mission Support Centre (MSC), and Medical Section on security, logistic support and Mission CASEVAC to issue the Alert and Flash report. - Act as the JOC Protection of Civilian (POC) focal point, to attend the POC training and meeting, to provide JOC’s inputs, and to coordinate with the Field Offices and coordination report as requested.
Qualifications/Requirements
Required degree level:
Master degree or equivalent
Education - Additional Comments:
Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Political Science, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Law, Security, Public Management, Administration or related field. A first-level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience in related areas may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Required experience:
24 Months
Experience remark:
Experience in drafting reports is required. Experience working in an operations centre and/or with the United Nations is an asset.
Language skills:
- English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
- French(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
Area of expertise:
Other security and protective services experience, Political affairs and political reporting
Driving license:
Yes
Competencies values:
Communication, Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams
Application procedure:
* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.
* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply.
Application deadline: 16-04-2021