Associate Reporting and Coordination Officer (ARCO)

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:

Language skills:

Area of expertise:
Other security and protective services experience, Political affairs and political reporting

Driving license:

Yes

Competencies values:

Application procedure: