Upon request of UNOCT/UNCCT and as part of
the project team and within the framework of relevant Global Counter-Terrorism
Coordination Compact Working Groups, the consultant’s responsibilities will
primarily include:
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Engage
with the Government of Iraq, with a view to facilitate the implementation of
the projects above;
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Identify
Government needs in the areas that the UNOCT/UNCCT projects address, inform
UNOPS Programme Management Specialist, and find solutions to deliver
capacity-building;
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Prepare high
level reports on counter-terrorism and PCVE
initiatives of the Government to keep UNOCT/UNCCT leadership and the UNOPS
Programme Management Specialist informed;
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Engage
in awareness-raising of UNOCT/UNCCT activities among Government interlocutors,
UN entities, the diplomatic community in Baghdad, and civil society
organizations;
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Travel
to Iraq and the Arab/Middle Eastern region, as required for the implementation
of the projects;
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Develop
follow-up activities closer to the finalization of ongoing projects;
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Develop,
implement and evaluate the UNOCT/UNCCT Iraq project; directs review of relevant
documents and reports; identifies priorities, problems and issues to be
addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties;
identifies and initiates follow-up actions;
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Directs
research and programme evaluation on Counter-Terrorism and PCVE and presents
information gathered from diverse sources;
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Coordinates
PCVE policy development in the wider Arab/Middle Rastern region; reviews the
assessments of issues, trends, new initiatives by national Governments and
international and regional organizations, preparation of evaluations or
research activities and studies;
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Supervises
preparation of various written outputs relating to UNOCT Iraq project, e.g.
background papers, analysis, substantial sections of reports and studies,
inputs to publications, etc.
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Directs
substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, technical
assistance engagements, capacity-building efforts etc., to include proposing
agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and
presentations, etc.
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Leads
provision of guidance and technical assistance to external consultants,
government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
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Perform any
other tasks as as may be reasonably required by the leadership of UNOCT/UNCCT
and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above
Monitoring and Progress Controls
The consultant will provide quarterly activity reports
setting out progress against the following key deliverables:
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Deliver, and provide direct
guidance for the delivery of national and subnational workshops and technical
assistance;
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Contribute to the continued
development and incorporation of good practice and lessons learned into the
project delivery.
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Contribute to the project’s
Measurement and Evaluation framework;
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Desk review on all existing
regional Strategies and Plans of Action;
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Draft a working paper and main
conclusions based on the research conducted, and taking into account gender and
human rights perspectives; and
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Organize and Moderate the
workshops in the region, including strategy for disseminating the report’s main
conclusions.