United Nations Representative
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The NATO Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) is a NATO establishment focused on improving the Alliance's operational capabilities through training and exercises. Located in Stavanger, Norway, the JWC plays a critical role in preparing NATO forces for future challenges by:
The JWC supports NATO's overall strategic objectives by ensuring that its forces are well-prepared and capable of responding to various global threats and challenges.
To deliver each full exercise cycle the JWC relies heavily on an Exercise Control (EXCON) structure. EXCON staff members are drawn from several backgrounds and units including JWC staff, NATO component commands, Training Audience (TA) Headquarters, Partner Nations and other augmenters' positions. EXCON has both direction and control functions which allow it to establish the conditions needed by the TA to achieve the exercise aim and objectives.
EXCON size and structure is flexible and is shaped to the requirement of each phase of exercise delivery. When it is not possible to fill a position from military sources, the JWC has the option to source a contractor to fill a position. Not all contracted positions are required for each phase of each exercise.
The UN representative is an important player within all NATO exercises and responsible for depicting the relevant UN missions in an exercise. It is essential the UN representative is familiar with the current UN affairs, documentation and regulations.
Role
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide subject matter expertise in all recent and scenario UN operations, to realistically represent the UN organization(s) and environment to the training audience.
- Develop a basic Concept of Operations for the involvement of the UN in the conflict, reflecting tasking for political interactions with the Training Audience. Coordinated with HICON.
- Coordination with all other relevant political representatives (e.g. affected nation politicians and senior military figures) to ensure coherent UN representation in the exercise.
- Provide realistic UN documents to the exercise.
- Act as the focal point for the training audience for all political matters relating to the UN organization(s) within the exercise.
- Understand and analyse developing training audience plans and documentation and their impacts on UN organization(s) matters.
- Monitor training audience activity and output in order to provide timely feedback to JWC Exercise Control staff to amend and adapt the exercise as required.
- Be familiar with the latest relevant UN publications.
Essential
Skills and Experience:
- Demonstrate 3 years' experience in the last 10 of working in NATO or a UN organization involved in the African region at a senior level.
Education:
- A University/Bachelor's Degree or Staff College (or equivalent higher-level education/experience)
Language:
- Business English
Working
Location:
- Stavanger, Norway
- Remote work may be requested on an ADHOC per requirement basis
Working Policy:
- Each exercise support requirement is anticipated to be 5 to 15 working days per event
- On-Site, unless otherwise specified with up to 12-hour days
- If out of normal hours work is required, this will be requested on a per requirement basis
Travel:
- Any associated travel costs to and from your home location to participate in the activity will be covered by Spektrum
Security Clearance:
- Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
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