Mine Risk Education Specialist - Peace and Security Cluster (ICS-10)

Background Information - UNOPS

“UNOPS plays a critical role in providing management services for our life-saving, peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. I have seen many examples of how these activities help suffering people in troubled parts of the world.”
-Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General

UNOPS mission is to expand the capacity of the UN system and its partners to implement peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations that matter for people in need.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, UNOPS vision is to always satisfy partners with management services that meet world-class standards of quality, speed and cost effectiveness.

By assisting UN organizations, international financial institutions, governments and other development partners, UNOPS makes significant, tangible contributions to results on the ground.

UNOPS employs more than 6000 personnel and on behalf of its partners creates thousands more work opportunities in local communities. With its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, a network of five regional offices and a further 20 operations and project centres, UNOPS oversees activities in more than 80 countries.

UNOPS is committed to achieving a truly diverse workforce.

Background Information - PSC

Peace and Security Cluster

The UNOPS Peace and Security Cluster (PSC) within the Global Portfolio Services Office is a principal service provider in the field of mine action with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), UNDP, UNICEF, Governments of mine-affected countries and other mine action partners. The Cluster is responsible to administer, provide support and oversight of the day-to-day management of the Project Field offices, both according to the client requirements and in line with UNOPS rules and regulations. It is headed by the Cluster Director who has the overall authority and accountability for the performance of the Peace and Security Cluster on behalf of its clients.

One of the main objectives of the Peace and Security Cluster is to rapidly deploy project personnel to the field. To accomplish this, it has established a Pool of Experts, from which it deploys and re-deploys personnel in order to fulfil personnel vacancies.  A Pool of Experts is a roster of specialists whose technical knowledge and personal suitability has been evaluated and approved in advance, allowing them to be deployed on short notice and in short order.   Pool members can be deployed on any of UNOPS contract modalities: FTA, TA, or I-ICA (International Individual Contractor Agreement).

Functional Responsibilities

The Mine Risk Education Specialist will work under the overall supervision of the Programme Manager or the Chief of Operations depending on the setting. The duties and responsibilities are as follows:

• Provide guidance to Mine Risk Education (MRE) section staff;
• Ensure staff duties and administrative actions are implemented according to policy;
• Ensure all staff activities including those projects that involve multiple sectors are coordinated at central and regional management levels;
• Provide technical and planning support to Mine Action implementing agencies with regards to project implementation including training, materials development, monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance activities;
• Provide the necessary supports and inputs for government planning, technical advice, follow up and oversight of activities;
• Develop new initiatives relevant to MRE;
• Evaluation of MRE tools;
• Provide guidance and capacity development opportunities to national mine action staff, implementing partners, and government actors with regards to the technical, monitoring including implementation of National Technical Standard and Guidelines (NTSGs) and reporting skills needed for proper oversight of mine risk education activities;
• Develop annual work plan for MRE activities;
• Develop budgetary forecasts and resource allocation plans including staff and training needs for programme implementation based on annual work plan;
• Participate in transition planning process on MRE;
• Assist with project proposals and new initiatives, develop budgets and liaise with donors;
• Provide relevant inputs for donors’ reports;
• Ensure regular MRE reporting from regional offices for MACC, UNOPS and UNMAS as required;
• Provide guidance and oversight of the contracting procedures to ensure timely submissions and feedback to implementing partners regarding scope of work and budgets;
• Ensures implementing partners provide financial reports and reconciliation of fund utilization on time and in an appropriate format acceptable to donors;
• Ensure implementing partners are tasked and deployed according to annual plan;
• Monitor and evaluate all implementing partners activities;
• Coordinate with implementing partners and government to develop an integrated community plan for MRE;
• Enhance information exchange methodology to ensure impacted communities are provided with up to date information on MRE activities in their area; 
• Any other duties as requested and tasked by the Programme Manager and/or the Chief of Operations.  
   

Competencies

• Motivation & Inspiration;
• Lives and Breathes the UNOPS Values;
• Teamwork Skills;
• Creativity and innovation;
• Ability to Learn;
• Organising and Quality Orientation;
• Result Orientation;
• Communication skill;
• Client Focus;
• Change Orientation.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

• Advanced University Degree (Masters Degree or equivalent) in relevant subject matter such as education or social work and/or equivalent  with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or a first level University degree (Bachelors Degree or equivalent) in a related field with an additional 2 years of relevant experience (minimum of 7 years in total) may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• At least 5 years experience in programme operations, management and/or development;
• Experience in community based education, public information communications, training and training development and capacity building;
• Gender and successful donor relations and fundraising experience would be an advantage;
• Knowledge of the UN system and UNOPS procedures is an asset;

• Fluency in spoken and written English;

  or fluency in spoken and written French and intermediate fluency in English;

  or  fluency in spoken and written Spanish and intermediate fluency in English;

  or fluency in spoken and written Arabic and intermediate fluency in English

 

Contract type, level and duration

Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) / Temporary Appointment (TA) / International Individual Contractor Agreement (I-ICA) Contract level: ICS-10: P3 FTA  / P3 TA  / I-ICA 2 Contract duration: Length of contract will depend on contract modality and funding availability.
For more details about United Nations staff contracts, please follow this link: http://www.unops.org/english/whoweneed/contract-types/Pages/United-Nations-staff-contracts.aspx 

For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link:
http://www.unops.org/ENGLISH/WHOWENEED/CONTRACT-TYPES/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements-ICAs.aspx

Additional Considerations

UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a level below the advertised level of the job.

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply


Based on organizational needs at the time of recruitment, applicants accepted into this UNOPS roster pool may be considered for job at the advertised job level or its equivalent.  The successful candidate(s) may be offered a contract governed by the United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules or UNOPS individual contractor agreement.