Employer:New Century Corp.
Location: Africa
Background:
New Century US is actively recruiting for a qualified Police Peacekeeping Expert for Mission
Planning.
This position is open on an awarded contract and involves travel to an
international organization’s headquarters, a donor capital, and/or local
travel within the peacekeeping host nation.
Position Description:
New
Century US is actively seeking a Police Peacekeeping Expert for Mission
Planning to support our government customer. The Police Peacekeeping
Expert for Mission Planning will, in the event of a new major
peacekeeping mission, assist the United Nations, a regional
organization, or an international coalition to design and plan a police
mission and possibly to help stand up the new police structure. The
expert will contribute technical expertise to help prepare the new or
expanding mission to manage complex police tasks in a peacekeeping
environment.
The Police Peacekeeping Expert will be required
to support Mission Planning when a new major peacekeeping mission is
authorized or in the event that an existing police mandate is expanded.
The expected duration of a planning assignment is 100 days, including up
to five (5) days prep, 90 days in-country, and five (5) days travel and
follow up.
The Capacity Building and Organizational Development Expert duties include but are not limited to the following tasks:
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Suggesting effective ways the police section could be structured,
envisioning the skills sets and numbers of police (e.g., Formed Police
Units, Individual Police Officers, other specialized units) that will be
required to fulfill the array of police duties, establishing a
headquarters, instituting communication procedures, applying best
practices from past missions, identifying unique mission circumstances
that may necessitate special consideration, and other tasks as assigned
by the customer and/or requested by the mission leadership.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, Master’s preferred
•
Career spanning at least 10+ years of progressively responsible
experience as a sworn police officer in a major policing department
•
Experience in an international police setting, which may include police
training, mentoring, advising, program design, and/or foreign
assistance implementation
• Demonstrated experience designing and planning for the needs of an international police mission
• Ln-depth knowledge of UN police policy, roles and responsibilities, command structure, etc.
• Experience working with police in developing and/or post-conflict environments
• Ability to translate plans and guidance into actionable project tasks
• Ability to work collegially in a high stress multi-national environment
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in a peacekeeping or multilateral mission
• Foreign language skills may be required depending on the country context
• Familiarity with U.S. foreign policy goals and priorities relevant to peacekeeping
• Familiarity with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
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Demonstrated initiative, well-developed problem-solving skills,
flexibility, receptivity, and creativity in dealing with the complexity
of working on an international team
How to Apply
http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=NEWCENTUS&cws=1&rid=30
