Overview
The Political Affairs Officer will monitor activities related to disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, analyze political events, and provide early warning advice. The role involves preparing reports, drafting correspondence for senior officials, and participating in conferences and workshops.
Tasks Summary
- Reviews and monitors activities related to the disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; assesses trends which might affect the political situation and the political impact of intra-regional issues; recommends solutions/possible action by United Nations.
- Analyses political and related events within assigned area with a view to provide early warning advice to ASG/USG or Head of Mission.
- Prepares analytical reports and papers on sensitive and high profile matters of concern to the General Assembly, Security Council, or other bodies; drafts notes, background papers, talking points, speeches and other correspondence for senior UN officials.
- Participates in the organization and supervision of Secretariat services required by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
- Acts as focal point for collection and analyses of information on political issues of assignment.
- Arranges and participates in conferences and workshops related to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
- Meets regularly with operational teams including UN staff, national officials as well as Military and Civilian Police officers to plan projects and review project activities.
- Provides up-to-date information to senior officials regarding substantive political matters and country or regional issues and makes recommendations on actions to take.
- Maintains contacts with other sectors of the UN, other international organizations and governments on coordination and policy matters; briefs representatives and provides, as appropriate suggestions and recommendations.
- Participates in conferences, seminars and academic fora related to his/her assigned area of expertise.
- Carries out, in consultation with the Chief of the Section, administrative functions relating to the staff planning and budget.
- Drafts plans for start-up of operations and participates in the activities of implementation.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Experience Requirements
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation or a related area is required. A minimum of three years of experience in providing substantive support to multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation conferences and negotiations related to weapons of mass destruction is required. Experience in the review cycle of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is required. 2 years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in political science, international relations, international economics, law, public administration or other related. A first-level university degree, combined with two additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
