Org. Setting and Reporting
The United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC) provides critical Supply Chain, Geospatial, Information and Telecommunications Technologies services and Training to all Secretariat Entities, Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions, Agencies, Funds and Programmes of the UN system worldwide.
The Standing Police Capacity (SPC) is the “operational arm” of the UN Police Division, within the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions/Department of Peace Operations (OROLSI/DPO), at the United Nations Global Center, based in UNGSC, Brindisi.
The SPC is a UN Police mechanism for starting up police components in new UN peace operations as well as assisting existing operations on a continual basis.
The Public Order Officer reports directly to the Public Order Adviser in the Standing Police Capacity (SPC) and works under the overall supervision of a Team Leader.
Responsibilities
The SPC is a UN Police mechanism for starting up police components in new UN peace operations as well as assisting existing operations on a continual basis.
The incumbent provides assistance in the field of developing specific strategies and programmes for the SPC with regard to addressing crowd management matters in UN peace operations. This work is done in respect to the strategic mission of the UN Police, which is to build institutional law enforcement capacity in post-conflict environments.
Particular attention is paid to the use of international Formed Police Units (FPUs) in UN peace operations as well as the development of this capacity in indigenous law enforcement agencies that UN Police are mandated to assist.
The incumbent also assists other SPC members as directed in other law enforcement thematic areas outside of his/her own area of focus.
When at headquarters (50 percent of the time) the incumbent analyses the full spectrum of crowd management issues in UN peace operations in order to provide relevant input into the SPC’s pre-mission planning and preparatory activities, communicating as required with relevant personnel in the Police Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
In the field (50 percent of the time), the incumbent surveys the capacity of indigenous law enforcement to effectively plan and engage in non-lethal crowd management and makes recommendations on facilitating organizational, structural, training and resource improvements in this regard, co-operating with other SPC members as well as UN Police, including international FPU personnel.
Crowd-related issues such as close police protection of VIPS, policing diplomatic compounds and other representation, and police convoy and escort services may also at times fall under the purview of the incumbent’s analysis and advisory responsibilities.
Education
High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Work Experience
Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management,
administrative services or related area is required.
Experience in performing recruitment oversight, recruitment process compliance review or
reference verification related duties is desirable.
Experience in delivering training programs related to recruitment or reference verification is desirable.
Experience with ERP systems such as SAP (Umoja), Oracle/PeopleSoft (Inspira) or other
similar platforms is desirable.
How to apply
https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=205813&Lang=en-US