Published: 06 January 2024
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Background
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research—an autonomous institute within the United Nations—conducts research on disarmament and security. The Institute explores current issues pertaining to a variety of existing and future armaments, global diplomacy, and local tensions and conflicts. Working with researchers, diplomats, government officials, NGOs and other institutions since 1980, UNIDIR acts as a bridge between the research community and Member States.
UNIDIR’s Managing Exits from Armed Conflict (MEAC) Project seeks to understand how and why people exit armed groups, disarm, and fully and sustainable transition into civilian life. MEAC’s work advances UNIDIR’s mandate, particularly with regard to enhancing the international community’s knowledge of micro-disarmament and the interventions that promote it.
The objective of this consultancy is to advance MEAC’s ability to design and contextualize surveys to the Colombia case study, as well as other case studies, adjust skip logic, ensure consistency across surveys in different countries, work with local researchers to transfer translations, support analysis and the writing up of finding reports.
Responsibilities and outputs
Under the direct supervision of the MEAC Head of Project, the consultant shall deliver the following services:
Tangible and measurable outputs of the consultancy
The consultant shall provide UNIDIR with the following outputs:
An implementation timeline with milestones for deliverables will be established with the MEAC Project Head at the start of the assignment.
Performance indicators for evaluation of services provided:
Assignments described above are completed to the satisfaction of MEAC’s Project Head and the Institute’s Senior Management. The non-resident consultant will be evaluated at the end of the contract. Performance indicators include:
Qualifications and Experience
Education
Advanced university qualification (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international law, social science, public administration, disarmament and arms control, international security or a related field is required.
Work Experience
Language(s)
For this assignment, fluency in English (both written and oral) is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.
Travel
There is currently no travel anticipated as part of this assignment.
Copyright
All outputs will be edited, fact-, and language-checked by UNIDIR. UNIDIR retains copyright of all documents, as well as ownership of the intellectual property resulting from work carried out under this assignment. The consultant warrants that all written outputs are original works or that where they incorporate copyrighted material from another source, this information is cited correctly and the necessary permission for its use is obtained. The consultant is to provide UNIDIR with written documentation, where applicable, together with the written outputs.
How to apply
The applicant should submit:
Applications should be sent as email attachments, with the subject line “Application: MEAC Survey Coordinator – Colombia Case Study” to E-Mail schreiben. No applications will be accepted by post. Deadline for submission of applications is 20 November 2023. Closing date is midnight Geneva time.
Please note
Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you move forward in the process, you may be contacted for further assessment.
UNIDIR promotes the core values of the United Nations: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity. Women are encouraged to apply.
Relevant contacts:
Dr. Siobhan O’Neil
Head of the Managing Exits from Armed Conflict (MEAC) Project
Email: E-Mail schreiben
Ms. Maliha Khan
Executive Officer
Email: E-Mail schreiben