Project Analyst

The United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT) was established by the General Assembly in June 2017. The Office has five main functions: (a) provide leadership on the General Assembly counter-terrorism mandate across the United Nations System; (b) enhance coordination and coherence across the 38 Counter- Terrorism Implementation Task Force entities to ensure the balanced implementation of the four pillars of the Strategy; (c) strengthen the delivery of United Nations counter-terrorism capacity-building assistance to Member States; (d) improve visibility, advocacy and resource mobilization for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts; and ensure that due priority is given to counter-terrorism across the United Nations System and that the important work on preventing violent extremism is firmly rooted in the Strategy. The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) is part of UNOCT and promotes the delivery of United Nations capacity building assistance to Member States. 

The position supports the work of  the UNOCT Strategic Communication project. The Junior Consultant will focus on supporting effective project implementation.

• In close collaboration with the Project Team including Programme Manager, the Analyst will:
• Provide direct assistance to, and in some cases lead elements of the planning and delivery of capacity building activities, at the global level.
• Manage timely and high-quality reporting of the project’s activities, including compiling post- activity reports, surveys, scoping mission reports.
• Act as the focal point for data collection to be used for the measurement and evaluation of the project.
• Support the coordination of capacity building workshops with other UN, regional and CSO entities.
• Support knowledge management activities of the programme through research, data collection and drafting talking points.
• Contribution to timely and high-quality project reporting.
• Provides administrative and travel support, focusing on achievement of the following results:
• All official transport needs of personnel met with related security arrangements/clearances.
• Administrative, travel and logistics support to conferences, workshops, retreats and other events.
• Arrangements of travel and hotel reservations for individuals and groups..
• Review and preparation of travel authorizations, documentation, payments.
• Processes travel claims in OneUNOPS and purchase orders for travel activities, payments, and contracts.

The Analyst will provide quarterly reports setting out progress against the following key deliverables:

• Support to scoping missions and workshops.  
• Contribution to timely and high-quality project reporting.
• Effective data collection for the measurement and evaluation of the project.

• Bachelor's degree in strategic communications, political science, international relations, public administration, strategic public relations, or other relevant field.
• Advanced university degree in relevant field is preferred and can substitute two years of the required experience.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

Contract type: International ICA
Contract level: IICA-1 (ICS-8)
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.
Contract Modality: monthly basis full-time

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC)

Based in New York, the Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations.

The SDC’s services include grants management, development and special initiatives support, and technology support to the UN and UN agencies.

The SDC is part of the New York Service Cluster that supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as a broadening community of other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management.