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Associate Civil Affairs Officer

Goma

  • Organization: UNV - United Nations Volunteers
  • Location: Goma
  • Grade: Volunteer - International Specialist - Internationally recruited Volunteer
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Civil Society and Local governance
  • Closing Date: Closed

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 the direct supervision of the Civil Affairs Stabilization unit Coordinator, the duties of the UN Volunteers (Associate Civil Affairs Officer) will include but are not limited to the following:

  • Contribute to the development, management, and monitoring/evaluation of stabilization-related projects

  • Support the reinforcement of democratic governance systems at the national, provincial, and local levels; and provide mentoring and advice to State and provincial administrations to enhance local participatory security governance and to develop and strengthen civil society engagement

  • Conceive and formulate project to support capacity building for local authorities and civil servants in the areas of decentralization, financing and participatory budgeting.

  • Conduct confidence-building activities with communities, civil society, and authorities to consolidate participative security governance. While operations will focus in areas affected by armed conflict, Civil Affairs will continue to use its footprint to monitor and support local actors’ collaboration for security and peace

  • Enhance civil society engagement to promote and support their role in advancing democratic and participative governance, as well as in managing and preventing conflicts and to foster inclusion and tolerance which gear social cohesion

  • Support Civil Affairs field offices in their contribution to the operationalization of Provincial stabilization strategy and other stabilization activities

  • Contributes to the development and implementation of sustainable, locally tailored reconciliation and conflict-prevention strategies by engaging and supporting local communities, civil society organizations and national partners; and conducts confidence-building activities with communities, civil society and authorities to consolidate participatory security governance

  • Perform other duties as required, in line with DPKO/DFS policy directive on Civil Affairs.

  • Any other duties as requested by the supervisor.

Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Bachelor degree or equivalent Required experience: 24 Months Experience remark:

two years of experience in the same or similar position

Language skills:
  • English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
  • French(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge
Area of expertise: Crisis and conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution and reconciliation, Political affairs and political reporting Area of expertise details:
  • University degree (Bachelor) in International Law, Political and Social Science, Sociology or a related field. Knowledge in local governance and support to state institutions is an asset. A combination of education and relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of the advanced degree;

  • Proven skills to programme management and be able to manage complex project

  • Prior experience in planning, budgeting and support to state institutions

  • Previous experience working in capacity building of state actors, programme management in a humanitarian, peacekeeping, development a strong plus

  • Fluency in oral and written French and English required;

  • Microsoft Office suite knwoledge

Driving license: Yes Competencies values:

Client Orientation, Communication, Creativity, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, 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: 28-02-2021

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