Individual police officers (IPOs)

Post title and level: Police Adviser (Liaison), Seconded (non-contracted), 1 Post
Organizational Unit: United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)
Duty Station: Mogadishu with travel within the Mission area
Reporting to: Head of Police Component/Police Commissioner through the established chain of command
Duration: 12 Months (Extendable)
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2021
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from Police College or Academy or other recognized law enforcement educational institution is required. Specialized training in related field and qualification from a recognized university is highly desirable.
Work Experience: A minimum of 10 years of active policing experience in national or international law enforcement is required, including at least 5 years in the areas of police project management; administration; strategic planning and implementation and/or in coordination. Training experience in one of the areas above is an asset. Experience in a command or strategic level position with exposure to one or more of the following subjects is an advantage: liaison, coordination, oversight, Human Rights, weapons and ammunition management, electoral security, anti-corruption, human resources, logistics, finance, diplomatic police, border management, special operations, crowd-and-riot-control, gender and/or countering serious and organized crime. Experience in UN peacekeeping missions or working with other international organizations is desirable.
Languages: For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of a second official UN language (Arabic) is an advantage.
Assessment for Mission Service: All candidates should be cleared through an Assessment for Mission Service (AMS) either by a Selection Assistance and Assessment Team (SAAT) deployed to a Member State or on the basis of an in-mission AMS upon arrival of the candidates. Failure to pass the in-mission assessment will result in candidate’s repatriation. All repatriation related expenses in this case are to be borne by the Member State. Therefore, the Member States are strongly encouraged to request a SAAT to conduct an AMS in the Member State prior to the police personnel deployment.

Preference will be given to equally qualified women candidates.

The document, shared with Member States in January 2018, shares the required profiles of individual police officers in UN peace operations. The document also outlines the procedures to be followed by Permanent Missions for the presentation of candidates for assignment with peacekeeping operations or special political missions requiring secondment from active Police service. In the interest of promoting an orderly process and to avoid delay in the consideration of applications, Permanent Missions are respectfully requested to adhere closely to these procedures.

The document, shared with Member States in January 2017, shares the required profiles of individual police officers in UN peace operations. The document also outlines the procedures to be followed by Permanent Missions for the presentation of candidates for assignment with peacekeeping operations or special political missions requiring secondment from active Police service. In the interest of promoting an orderly process and to avoid delay in the consideration of applications, Permanent Missions are respectfully requested to adhere closely to these procedures.