Civil Affairs Officer

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Mission and objectives

The mandate of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) was established by the Security Council in its resolution 1244 (1999). The primary and overarching objectives of UNMIK are to ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants of Kosovo, strengthen and consolidate peace, security, and stability, and promote and protect human rights for all people.

Context

Assignment context All references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999).

Task description

Under the overall guidance of the Head of the Mitrovica Regional Office (MRO), the Civil Affairs Officer of UNMIK Mitrovica Regional Office has the following responsibilities: • Participate in and report about meetings as required, including preparation of meeting minutes; • Monitor specific aspects of mandate implementation, particularly as relate to inter-community trust-building; • Liaise and maintain working relationships with municipal officials/authorities, community representatives, international organizations and international and local civil society organization; • Support good offices and other efforts to facilitate trust building between institutions and communities, particularly as relate to youth and women; • Support development of activities (programmatic, facilitation, advocacy, etc), in conjunction with local interlocutors and other UNMIK offices, to facilitate trust building between institutions and communities, particularly as relate to youth. • Monitor, report on and analyse all activities that have political, socio-economic and cultural significance or have implications for the enjoyment of the rights of communities, including developments in municipal governance and civil society. • Assist in the coordination of mandate implementation with other international agencies as appropriate; • Provide interface, direct or indirect, between relevant local institutions and communities, with a view to facilitating interactions between them; • Perform all such additional duties as required.