Associate Coordination Officer

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.

In order to facilitate and implement the Comprehensive Approach, MONUSCO has established a Comprehensive Approach Coordination Unit to coordinate and support the Management Leadership Team (MLT) in the development of integrated targeted strategies, with a focus on the protection of civilians including the neutralisation of armed groups. The Unit will also support the MLT in overseeing and monitoring the implementation of the comprehensive strategies and evaluating progress and impact.

Assignment is non-family (GOMA)

Under the direct supervision of the P5 Senior Coordination Officer, the duties of the Associate Coordination Officer will include but are not limited to the following:

1. Coordination

• support the coordination of the programme of work and provide secretariat services of the Unit including organising meetings and preparing the agenda, supporting documents and drafting background documentation;
• contribute to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, progress reports etc; and carries out basic research on selected topics/aspects relating to the work of the Unit including collecting, analyzing and presenting information gathered from diverse sources.
• support and/or participates in field missions that may be required to support the development of the targeted strategies, background papers or monitoring reports.

2. Follow up on implementation of strategies

• support the development of tracking systems for strategic interventions and action points;
• contribute to the identification of critical intervention points and measures by administering a consistent and transparent monitoring system;
• participate, as appropriate, in strategy evaluation exercises to improve efficiency and quality of strategies;
• record, analyse and select good practices and achievements for the Unit to highlight.

3. Knowledge Management

• support knowledge management through providing professional assistance in data collection and analysis and complete and accurate reporting;

• Any other duties as requested by the supervisor.