This position is located in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations. The Programme Officer will be part of the Peacekeeping-Intelligence Academy in Entebbe, Uganda, which has been established to develop and deliver peacekeeping-intelligence-related training courses to civilian and uniformed United Nations staff, as well as to organize seminars and conferences, and support research on PKI-related topics. The Programme Officer reports to the Chief of the Peacekeeping-Intelligence Coordination Team.
Responsibilities:
Develops, coordinates and delivers PKI-related training courses, both in-person and online and, where requested, delivers PKI modules and/or lessons to be included in other United Nations courses.
Maintains a thorough understanding of key policy developments related to peacekeeping-intelligence and associated themes.
Identifies training gaps and conducts Training Needs Assessments in the field of PKI.
Maintains awareness of best practices in the field of learning, training and technology enhanced learning, including online learning and ensures quality of training material and delivery.
Coordinates and liaises with other UN training entities on the topic of PKI related training courses.
Initiates and coordinates outreach activities with national and regional training institutions with regards to intelligence-related training courses.
Serves as counterpart to academic institutions with regards to thematic research related to PKI.
Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions related to PKI training evaluation.
Organizes consultative and other meetings, conferences, seminars and workshops, including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, and preparing documents and presentations.
Integrates gender perspectives and other key thematic issues across all training courses.
Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget.).
Be prepared to conduct in-mission training courses up to 30 days.
Performs other duties as required.
Education:
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in political science, international relations, law, public administration, or related field or a related field.
A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience:
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in national intelligence is required.
Experience in developing and delivering intelligence and/or peacekeeping-intelligence is required.
Great communication and presentation skills are required.
Substantive knowledge of peacekeeping-Intelligence, including its framework and implementation in peacekeeping operations is required.
Experience in managing a project or a program is required.
Experience working in an integrated civilian-military-police environment is desirable.
Experience working in a peacekeeping operation or in a post-conflict environment is desirable.
Languages:
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
For the position advertised, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.
knowledge of French is desirable.
Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
