JOB DETAILS
- Organization: UNV – United Nations Volunteers
- Location: Bamako
- Grade: Level not specified – Level not specified
- Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Closing Date: 2023-05-22
ABOUT ORAGANIZATION
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program is a UN organization that encourages peace and development through volunteerism throughout the world. The program proposes volunteer opportunities in 150 countries and has volunteers from 160 countries with eclectic backgrounds and perspectives. UN Volunteers work in different fields such as disaster reply, society empowerment, and endurable livelihoods. If you are curious in serving in a UNV program, you can find a guide to UN volunteer jobs on volunteerforever.com.
JOB DESCRIPTION
• Keep the Menaka Head of Office in his/her leadership on PoC.
• Show as Secretariat of the Regional PoC Task Force. Regional PoC Task Force is chaired by the Head of the Menaka Office.
• Help the Regional PoC Task Force on its bi-monthly PoC Threat and Risk As-sessments, including preventive/mitigations recommendations.
• Aid the HoO/Regional PoC Task Force in the coordination, joint planning and implementation of PoC suggestions resulting from the bi-monthly PoC Threat and Risk Assessments.
• Help PoC Joint Field Missions and follow up on missions’ suggestions ;
• Provoke coordination on PoC activities between the different sections and com-ponents;
• Manage and prepare studies on PoC and related issues; organize follow-up work to support policy development work and decision-making on PoC issues in backing of the Head of Office and the PoC Team Leader based in Gao.
• Correspond with local humanitarian and protection actors to assess the PoC situ-ation and plan mitigation measures, mainly through the Regional PoC Task Force but not only qualified to it, in order to
(i) foster a common understanding of the threats facing civilians,
(ii) facilitate continuous information sharing to realize synergies and prevent the duplication of efforts and
(iii) support the humanitari-an community in its protection efforts when required.
• Aid assure that latest findings, lessons learned, policy guidelines, etc. are in-corporated into the above activities, including gender-related considerations.
• Acts as interim during absence of Gao-based PoC Team Leader.
• Backstops PoC planning and reporting processes as well as PoC follow up in Kidal and Gao.
APPLY ALSO: HIV/AIDS Programme Officer at UNV
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 years of background in 3 Years Experience in International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law, international relations or peacekeeping would be an added-value. Field experience required; international field experience would be an added value.
- Bachelor’s degree or equal in Human rights – Mandatory Political affairs and political reporting – Mandatory Public law – Optional
- French understanding Level: Working knowledge, Required.
- English understanding Level: Fluent, Required.