Associate Joint Operations 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.

The assignment is non-family in a hardship duty station. The post is based in the Field Office’s Joint Operations Centre (FOJOC) and is working directly with the Head of Field Office as well as with the Joint Operations Centre at the Kinshasa HQ. The FOJOC has a mix of civilian and uniformed staff and lead on situational awareness and support to operational coordination at Field Office level.

Under the direct supervision of the JOC Team Leader in the respective duty station, the duties of the Associate Joint Operations Officer will include but are not limited to the following:
• Prepare consolidated reports, including daily briefs and daily situation reports, based on inputs received from mission components and other relevant sources;
• Draft and disseminate special incident reports (flash reports) and associated updates;
• Represent the Field Office Joint Operations Centre (FOJOC) and provide situational update briefings in meetings;
• Support operational coordination and crisis response;
• Act as focal point at the JOC for the SAGE database; Act as FOJOC Officer in Charge (OiC), leading the integrated JOC team, in the absence of the Team Leader;
• Facilitate and support Field Office Crisis Management Team meetings;
• Support Head of Office (HoO) in planning and conduct of field office operations;
• Support Under the direct supervision of the JOC Team Leader in the respective duty station, the duties of the Associate Joint Operations Officer will include but are not limited to the following:
• Prepare consolidated reports, including daily briefs and daily situation reports, based on inputs received from mission components and other relevant sources;
• Draft and disseminate special incident reports (flash reports) and associated updates;
• Represent the Field Office Joint Operations Centre (FOJOC) and provide situational update briefings in meetings;
• Support operational coordination and crisis response;
• Act as focal point at the JOC for the SAGE database; Act as FOJOC Officer in Charge (OiC), leading the integrated JOC team, in the absence of the Team Leader;
• Facilitate and support Field Office Crisis Management Team meetings;
• Support Head of Office (HoO) in planning and conduct of field office operations;
• Support Early Warning and Response tasks;
• Preparation of visual briefings using Power Point and Power BI;
• Liaise with civilian and uniformed mission components for situational awareness, crisis management and field office operations.