Overview
The Coordination Officer will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining knowledge management and guidance systems within the Department of Peace Operations. This role involves evaluating programmes, monitoring implementation, and liaising with relevant parties to ensure corrective actions and follow-up.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops, implements and maintains knowledge management and guidance systems.
- Evaluates assigned programmes/projects.
- Monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation.
- Reviews relevant documents and reports.
- Identifies problems and issues and initiates corrective actions.
- Liaises with relevant parties and ensures follow-up actions.
- Designs and facilitates consultations, workshops and other interactive processes.
- Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
- Coordinates policy development.
- Generates survey initiatives and designs data collection tools.
- Reviews, analyzes and interprets responses.
- Organizes and prepares written outputs.
- Provides substantive backstopping to meetings and conferences.
- Initiates and coordinates outreach activities.
- Conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.
- Makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions.
- Coordinates activities related to budget funding.
- Supports the development, review and dissemination of DPO guidance materials.
- Contributes to the capture, analysis and dissemination of lessons, good practices and operational learning.
- Supports the maintenance and strengthening of DPO knowledge management platforms, repositories and guidance architecture.
- Performs other duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in knowledge management, guidance development, policy support, organizational learning, or the preparation of analytical reports and policy briefings is required. At least two years of experience working on issues related to United Nations peacekeeping field missions, including knowledge management, organizational learning, guidance, policy support or related areas, is required. Prior experience in project or programme management is required. Direct engagement with peacekeeping mission policy issues is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, international relations, political sciences, education, social sciences or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
