UNOPS Capacity Building Specialist Jobs in Ethiopia
Background Information – Peace and Security Cluster
The UNOPS Peace and Security Cluster (PSC) is a principal service provider in the field of mine action with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), UNDP, UNICEF, Governments of mine-affected countries and other mine action partners.
It is led by the Director, who has overall authority and accountability for the performance PSC on behalf of its clients. The Director is responsible for administering and providing oversight of the day-to-day management of the Project Field offices, both according to the client requirements and in line with UNOPS rules and regulations.
Background Information – UNMAS
Established in 1997 by the General Assembly, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) serves as the United Nations focal point for mine action and supports its vision of “a world free of the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance, where individuals and communities live in a safe environment conducive to development, and where mine survivors are fully integrated into their societies.”
UNMAS coordinates and collaborates with fourteen UN departments, agencies, programmes and funds to ensure an effective, proactive and coordinated response to the problems of landmines and explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions.
UNMAS establishes, manages, and provides strategic direction to mine-action coordination centres in countries and territories as part of peacekeeping operations and humanitarian emergencies or crises. In these situations, UNMAS may plan and carry out mine-action projects, support and coordinate the work of local and international mine-action service providers, and set priorities for mine clearance, mine-risk education and all other aspects of mine action.
Project information
Despite international support around the turn of the century the Ethiopian Mine Action Authority (EMAO) has no working database of contamination, only one mine action standard aligned to IMAS, field staff with very limited experience of humanitarian mine action, no field offices, no tasking prioritization framework, little understanding of how mine action practices have evolved over the last twenty years and no mechanism through which international operators can become accredited.
The problem is further compounded by a lack of clearance operators working to international standards in northern Ethiopia. Those who are operating are not keeping records that may be audited or being subjected to any form of recognized quality assurance. As such, there is little recognizable mine action capacity in Ethiopia today.
UNMAS has established itself as a trusted partner of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) since it started its activities in the country in 2021, and is uniquely placed to initiate the required support to build the capacity of the mine action sector in the current political climate.
UNMAS will assist in the development of an interim operational mine action capacity, which should facilitate the introduction of clearance operators, will enable the design of a functioning hazard database and a prioritization system, and will work with the Ethiopian authorities to establish a framework under which mine action can take place.
To do so, UNMAS Ethiopia is recruiting a Capacity Building Specialist in Mine Action.
Functional responsibilities
Reporting to the Head of the Project Unit (HPU), the Capacity Building Specialist will be responsible for the overall coordination and successful development of mine action capacity to manage and coordinate the threat posed by explosive ordnance.
More specifically, the successful incumbent will support the mine action sector in Ethiopia in identifying capacity building priorities.
S/he is expected to work closely with the various colleagues within the Project Management Unit (PMU) to support the delivery of
the project and maintain regular engagement with relevant stakeholders, including the Ministry of Defense, Government entities at Federal and Regional levels, the wider UN system, (inter)national NGOs and service providers involved in mine action in the country.
They must be able to apply, with a great degree of autonomy, the below duties and responsibilities of the project success criteria:
Ensure coordination, coherence, and quality of the capacity development approach project-wide:
Manage institutional capacity development assistance and support for the Ethiopian authorities
Assist the EMAO through the drafting of ten national mine action standards in accordance with IMAS, including:
Education
Work Experience
Language Skills
How to Apply
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