Overview
The Reporting Officer will serve within the UNDSS Global Security Information Centre (GSIC), supporting the receipt, review, verification, and dissemination of information and reports from UN field locations worldwide. The role aims to provide UNDSS leadership with a 24/7 common situational awareness overview to support coordination and operational planning and facilitate crisis management.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve within the UNDSS GSIC, supporting the receipt, review, verification, and dissemination of information and reports from UN field locations worldwide.
- Assist in maintaining situational awareness by monitoring incoming reports, alerts, and open-source information relevant to UN security operations.
- Alert on emerging threats, incidents, and security developments affecting UN personnel, premises, and operations worldwide.
- Support information management functions by organizing, categorizing, and updating incident data.
- Provide and ensure communications with UN Field Security Officers on a continuous basis.
- Support the design and development of security-related multimedia products.
- Provide substantive support during emergency and security crises, including hostage and other security incident management operations.
- Assist in maintaining accurate records of decisions, actions taken, and follow-up measures during crisis response operations.
- Develop and maintain a global security database.
- Conduct preliminary data analysis to identify patterns, trends, and risk indicators.
- Support the production of security-related analytical and structured IM outputs.
- Provide inputs for the preparation of periodic, ad-hoc, and situation-specific reports, estimates, and analytical products.
- Perform other related tasks as required to support GSIC operational objectives.
Required Experience
3 years Donor priorities - Nationality Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment. Additional eligibility criteria This assignment is funded by JICA, therefore only former Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JICA-JOCV) recommended by the JICA-JOCV Secretariat are eligible to apply. 3-5 years in political or international affairs, public information/journalism, military, police, security, civil affairs, humanitarian affairs, human rights, crisis operations and management, or related field is required.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in political science, social sciences, international relations, law, security studies, or related field.
