Counter-Terrorism​/Threat Assessment Expert

Result of service

The analytical support and sanctions monitoring team pursuant to resolutions 1525 (2004) and 2253 (2015) concerning isil (da'esh), al-qaida and the taliban and associated individuals and entities ("the monitoring team") consists of ten experts with demonstrated substantive knowledge, experience and skills in areas relevant to the implementation of the sanctions regimes. The monitoring team's mandate is established and can be renewed or terminated by the security council.

The monitoring team acts under the direction of the security council committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning isil (da'esh), al-qaida and associated individuals groups undertakings and entities, and security council committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), and assist the two committees and the ombudsperson in their activities. The expert will serve with the monitoring team reporting to the sanctions committees and the security council.

The expert comes under the overall guidance and management of the subsidiary organs branch of the security council affairs division of the department of political and peace building affairs, specifically, of the secretary of the security council committees and the chief of the branch and the director of the security council affairs division. The work of the monitoring is facilitated by a coordinator who is also an expert on the monitoring team.

For more information about the monitoring team, including its reports and other relevant materials, please see: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-mandate

Work location

New york

Expected duration

This position is expected to become available in august 2026, with an anticipated initial period of 12 months.

Duties and responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the expert will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties: substantive
• contribute to the submission of reports on the implementation by member states of the measures imposed by the security council under the isil (da'esh) and al-qaida and 1988 sanctions regimes and make recommendations for improved implementation and possible new measures.
• contribute to the monitoring team's periodic briefing/assessments on the threat posed by isil (da'esh), al-qaida, and the taliban.
• prepare and deliver briefings on the sanctions regimes and the monitoring team's activities.
• contribute to the monitoring team's understanding of the evolution of isil (da'esh), al-qaida, and the taliban and their affiliates and the changing nature of the threat posed by these groups and individuals.
• produce analysis based on information collated from member states on isil (da'esh), al-qaida and the taliban's activities on financing, radicalization and recruitment, kidnapping for ransom, their criminal misuse of the internet and the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
• consult with member states and gather information on instances of reported non-compliance of the sanctions measures on behalf of the committees.
• undertake confidential consultations with member states' intelligence and security services, including in regional forums, following member states' procedures and communications channels, in order to facilitate the sharing of information and strengthen implementation of the sanctions measures.
• work with member states and relevant international and regional organizations, including un entities, to promote awareness of, and compliance with, the sanctions measures.
• assist the ombudsperson in carrying out his or her mandate.
• contribute to the reviews of the names on the sanctions lists of the committees, including by bringing new or noteworthy circumstances to the committees' attention that may warrant de-listing, and presenting additional identifying and other information to assist the committees in efforts to keep the sanctions lists as updated and accurate as possible.
• contribute to the monitoring team's work in assisting the committees to follow up on requests for information to member states, including with respect to the implementation of the…