Contingent Owed Equipment (COE) Assistant

MONUSCO/MONUC was established in 1999 under the auspices of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). SCR 2277 (2016) requests MONUSCO to support efforts of the Government of DRC towards the protection of civilians, through a comprehensive approach involving all components of MONUSCO, including through reduction of the threat posed by Congolese and foreign armed groups and of violence against civilians, including sexual and gender-based violence and violence against children to a level that can be effectively managed by the Congolese justice and security institutions; and to support Stabilization through the establishment of functional, professional, and accountable state institutions, including security and judicial institutions. The project aims at a better understanding of the most serious violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law in DRC and supports the leadership of the Mission through informed policy and decision making on future vetting of security forces through risk assessment and mitigation, joint planning for MONUSCO operations, as well as advocacy efforts.

Assignments are non-family (Goma)

Under the direct supervision of the Chief, Contingent Owned Equipment the duties of the Operations Coordinator will include but are not limited to the following:

• Serves as point of contact for contingent personnel in the Team he / she is assigned on daily matters
• Conduct arrival, operational readiness, repatriation and other periodic inspections of formed units to verify by physical inspection that, the troop contributing country or police contributing country of the United Nations are in compliance with their agreed responsibilities as detailed in the MOU
• Raise inspection verification reports in UCM / eCOE database and process them for approval by the chief, COE Unit
• Provides advise to formed units and the mission technical sections in assigned AOR on all COE/MOU related matters including recommendations as to how non-compliance with the MOU, by either party may be rectified
• Maintain, within UCM/eCOE database, inventories of COE held by all assigned formed units
• Oversees issuance of all UN owned equipment and UN provided services to assigned formed units and reflect impacts on self-sustained categories in verification reports.
• Maintain assigned portion of the COE database in the COE unit
• When working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-)governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs), the incumbent is strongly encouraged to set aside dedicated time for capacity development through coaching, mentoring and formal and on-the-job training.
• Any other duties as requested by Chief COE Unit or the supervisor.