Within delegated authority, the Associate Political Affairs Officer will carry out the following duties:
- Analyses information contained in communication and publications received from different sources, including the press; maintains up-to-date knowledge of events related to political issues in a specified area or subject matter and identifies areas of concern to support the decision-making, early warning policy development and planning for an integrated UN within the Mission.
- Keeps abreast of latest trends and developments in the area of assignment and provides inputs on issues to senior officials and colleagues in the field mission.
- Prepares summaries of articles from a wide variety of sources and draft a variety of correspondence, and sections of reports.
- Monitors political, socio-economic, and other politically relevant developments in an assigned area.
- Provides input into political, humanitarian and economic efforts and programmes.
- Creates databases that track project progress and provides other information relevant to assigned area.
- Support the overall implementation of UN common planning and programming processes, including participation in discussions related to assessments and analysis
- Support the management of the coordination structure for Libya, the UN Country Team (UNCT) joint initiatives and processes.
- Performs other related duties as required.
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28 Dec 2017 to 26 Jan 2018