Political Affairs Officer

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Job Opening

Job Opening : 280960

Job Network :
Political, Peace and Humanitarian

Job Family :
Political Affairs

Category and Level :
Professional and Higher Categories , P-4

Recruitment Type :
Position Specific Job Openings

Department/Office :
Department of Political and Peace building Affairs-Department of Peace Operations-Shared Structure

This position is located in the Americas Division of the UN Departments of Political and Peace building Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO). Working under the overall direction of the Division Director, the Political Affairs Officer will report to the Senior Political Affairs officer leading one of the sub-regional teams of the Division. The Deputy Director will serve has the second reporting officer.

The Department of Political and Peace building Affairs (DPPA) focuses primarily on five action areas in international peace and security, ensuring sound analysis and early warning, preventing conflict and engaging in peacemaking, managing political crises and violent conflicts, sustaining peace, and enhancing partnerships. The Department’s mandate is to prevent and resolve conflict through inclusive political solutions. The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) serves as an integrated "centre of excellence" for United Nations Peace operations, responsible for preventing, responding to and managing conflict and sustaining peace in the context of mandates in countries where peace operations under its purview are deployed.

This includes facilitating and implementing political agreements, providing integrated strategic, political, operational and management advice, direction and support to peace operations; developing political, security and integrated strategies, leading integrated analysis and planning of peace operations and backstopping those operations.