Planning Officer

Concerned with the security, humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in the Central African Republic and its regional implications, the Security Council authorized in April 2014 the deployment of a multidimensional United Nations peacekeeping operation, MINUSCA, with the protection of civilians as its utmost priority. Its other initial tasks included support for the transition process; facilitating humanitarian assistance; promotion and protection of human rights; support for justice and the rule of law; and disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation processes. The newly established mission subsumed the UN Integrated Peace building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA). MINUSCA current uniformed personnel levels stand at 11,650 military personnel and 2,080 police personnel, and are tasked with the strategic objective of creating the political, security and institutional conditions conducive to sustainably reducing the presence of — and threat posed by — armed groups. See http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minusca/.

Concerned with the security, humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in the Central African Republic and its regional implications, the Security Council authorized on 10 April 2014 deployment of a multidimensional United Nations peacekeeping operation – MINUSCA, with the protection of civilians as its utmost priority. Its other initial tasks included support for the transition process; facilitating humanitarian assistance; promotion and protection of human rights; support for justice and the rule of law; and disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation processes. The newly established mission subsumed the UN Integrated Peace building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) on the date of the establishment and has been set to take over authority in military and police matters from the African Union-led peacekeeping operation – MISCA – on 15 September 2014. (http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minusca/)..

Within delegated authority and under the direct supervision of the Senior Mission Planning Officer, the UN Volunteer Planning Officer will:
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of various strategic planning documents which, building on the vision of the SRSG, translate the mission mandated tasks into a form that fuses objectives timelines and expected outcomes into a coherent whole, serving as authoritative guides for the development and implementation of Mission and Component plans.
• Contribute to the preparation of the Mission Results-Based Budget (RBB).
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework in collaboration with the UN Country Team, including a system for monitoring and evaluation of progress.
• Make suggestions and draft inputs for regular reports and relevant planning documents for review and approval by the Senior Mission Planning Officer.
• Support joint and integrated planning between Mission components, UNCT members and other relevant partners in accordance with the IAP guidelines and senior management guidance.
• Use of and management of Mission online planning tools including data management and analysis.
• Provide secretariat support and technical assistance to meetings chaired or organized by the Joint Mission Planning Unit, as required.