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January 2, 2020
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Within delegated authority, the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
- Acts as a Focal Point for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) components for two to three missions, responsible for planning, support to implementation and evaluation;
- Participates in DPO and Integrated Task Force planning meetings for the establishment of a new peacekeeping mission with a potential DDR component;
- Provides technical assistance to peace negotiations;
- Participates in technical assessment missions;
- Advises, develops and reviews (as appropriate) initial DDR functional strategy and concept of operations for further development into a full programme by the DDR component and the National DDR Commission;
- Drafts and reviews DDR inputs to SG report, code cables, and talking points;
- Develops initial result-based framework and budget for new DDR components in new mission;
- Liaises with UNDP and donor community to raise voluntary contributions for DDR programmes;
- Presents and/or defends new and subsequent DDR budgetary requirements in the ACABQ and the 5th Committee of the General Assembly;
- Develops staffing structure and terms of reference for a DDR component, including terms of integration with other UN agencies, funds and programmes;
- Provides technical clearance for applicants to DDR units in new and ongoing missions;
- Provides Headquarters support in planning the civilian and military logistics support for DDR;
- Continually reviews DDR programme strategy and implementation through relevant documents, reports and code cables;
- Conducts field missions to assess implementation of established DDR programmes;
- Identifies potential problems and issues to be addressed and suggests remedies to DDR units in the field;
- Liaises with Member States, UN actors and other DDR interested partners to represent the mission’s DDR component at the Headquarters level;
- Establishes and maintains an outreach network with CSOs and IGOs active in the area of DDR.
- Supports the doctrine development work in the area of DDR in the department, with the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on DDR and other relevant national and international actors working on DDR issues;
- Contributes to Department-level or Policy Committee-level policy development work on DDR and related issues;
- Maintains and further develops the Integrated DDR Standards – a set of inter-agency policies, guidelines and procedures on DDR;
- On behalf of the Chief of the DDR Section, co-chairs the IAWG on DDR, contributes to bringing coherence to the interaction of the UN system and its partners on DDR;
- Supervises the Associate Expert (Junior Professional Officer) in the development and maintenance of the web-based United Nations DDR Resource Centre;
- Liaises with others (UN, regional organisations and Member States) providing DDR.
- Other duties as required. (source)
Seven years of relevant experience in disarmament affairs, political analysis or in national military or paramilitary service, preferably related to the design, implementation or review of DDR. (source)
Disarmament is the collection, documentation, control and disposal of small arms, ammunition, explosives and light and heavy weapons of combatants and often also of the civilian population. Disarmament also includes the development of responsible arms management programmes. (source)