Location:

Iraq
Salary:

negotiable / YEAR
Job type:

CONTRACTOR
Posted:

3 months ago
Category:
Deadline:

30/07/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB SUMMARY:

UNDP aligns with Iraq’s 2018 “Local Police Service Road Map,” endorsed by the Government, guiding post-ISIL security transition towards citizen-centric law enforcement. Expanding on this, UNDP assists MOI in developing a new strategy (2024-2026) to reinforce community security and trust in law enforcement nationwide. UNDP aims to refine policy frameworks, prioritize women’s inclusion, and ensure justice for all, including returnees. Seeking specialized support, UNDP seeks a strategic engagement expert to assist MOI and Security Sector in Iraq in enhancing planning, engagement, oversight, and outreach. This involves formulating reference documents, strengthening planning capabilities, developing, delivering, and evaluating training curriculum, facilitating community consultations, supporting the expansion of model police stations, establishing partnership frameworks, providing internal oversight support, and organizing public messaging focused on citizen-centric policing.

2. Scope of Work

Advise and support the formulation of a reference documents. Development of MOI action plan, development of risk management guideline, development of monitoring and evaluation guideline. Actively contribute to the development of guidelines & Standered Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to the reform and restructure the Environmental Police.
Strengthen MOI’s capacities in Strategic Planning. Develop and deliver training curriculum in strategic engagement.
Building sustainable capacity through specialized training of trainers courses.
Strengthen MOI’s capacities in Risk Managemnt. Develop and deliver training curriculum in risk management.
Facilitate community consultations. Organize, advise and facilitate community consultation meetings between the public and police.
Provide essential advice and support to Security sector Reform (SSR) strategy and programs as needed.
Advise and assist in establishing and facilitating a coordination framework between the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Security Sector Reform (SSR) strategic partners.
Assists Ministry of Interior (MOI) in enhancing their monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system.
Develop and deliver capacity building programs in M&E, development M&E guideline, coach the development of M&E electronic system, develop MOI Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) list.

3. Institutional Arrangement

The Technical Specialist – Security Sector Reform will work under the overall guidance of the Programme Manager Security Sector Reform / Rule of Law and shall report directly to the Senior Technical Specialist – Policing Security Sector Reform/ Rule of Law.

4. Competencies

Core
Achieve Results:	LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact
Think Innovatively:	LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems
Learn Continuously:	LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
Adapt with Agility:	LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands
Act with Determination:	LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results
Engage and Partner:	LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration
Enable Diversity and Inclusion:	LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity

People Management: N/A

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies (insert up to 7 competencies)

Thematic Area	Name	Definition
Business Direction & Strategy	System Thinking	Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgment to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.
Business Management	Project Management	Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures, and protocols to achieve specific goal.
Business Development	Knowledge Facilitation	Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly extremally.
Partnership Management	Strategic Engagement	Ability to capture and sustain attention, interest and agreement of high-level, influential policy and decision makers and secure their buy-in of high-level vision and objectives
Business Development	Collective Intelligence Design	Ability to bring together diverse groups of people, data, information or ideas, and technology to design services or solutions

5. Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA

Min. Education requirements	Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in strategic planning or related field is required. OR A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Min. years of relevant work experience	Minimum 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) of professional experience in strategic planning and security sector reform is required
Required skills	Experience in strategic engagement with SSR including planning, coordination, and leadership roles in developing and operationalizing strategic engagement initiatives for security ministries and/or the security sector Expertise in developing, delivering, and evaluating training programs and plans is required. Knowledge and experience in relevant thematic area.
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section	Possess strong skills and experience in strategic planning, community engagement, and public outreach is an asset. Experience in fostering networks and partnerships, internal oversight, and facilitate consultations is an advantage. Good understanding of law enforcement and criminal justice in Iraq, along with the capacity to develop reference documents for strategic planning is desirable. Proven Expertise in messaging initiatives promoting citizen-centered policing and navigating coordination frameworks is necessary for success is desirable. Proven expertise in the field of SSR strategy implementation at the government level in coordination with international partners engaged in the sector in complex emergency settings is highly desirable. Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability are desirable.
Required Language(s)	Proficiency in written and spoken English is required. Fluency in written and spoken Arabic is desired.
Professional Certificates

6. The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.
A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.
Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns or other materials.

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Non-discrimination

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ABSTRACT:

United Nations Development Programme Technical Specialist – SSR Iraq UNDP Jobs 2024

United Nations Development Programme looking for “Technical Specialist – SSR”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 30-Jul-24.

The United Nations Development Programme has published a job vacancy announcement on 16/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Technical Specialist – SSR to be based in , Iraq. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations Development Programme

Job Title: Technical Specialist – SSR

Duty Station: , Iraq

Country: Iraq

Application Deadline: 30-Jul-24

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Technical Specialist – SSR

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