Political Affairs Officer

The Political Affairs Officer supports BINUH's political and good-governance mandate in Haiti by shaping strategy, analysing political, economic, electoral and security developments, advising senior leaders, building stakeholder partnerships, directing research and staff, and managing the team's work programme and budget.

• Help formulate political strategies and action plans for BINUH's political and good-governance mandate
• Analyse economic development, elections, security and links among Haiti's political, economic and business sectors
• Build relationships with political and civil-society stakeholders and develop multi-stakeholder partnerships
• Integrate human-rights, conflict-prevention and gender perspectives into policy, planning and operations
• Prepare briefing notes, talking points, speeches and advice for senior mission leadership
• Coordinate and supervise political research and edit high-quality analytical products
• Lead staff, allocate work, coach and evaluate team members and support recruitment and training
• Formulate the Political Team's work programme, budget and medium-term plan

• Advanced university degree in Political Science, International Relations, International Economics, Law, Public Administration or a related field, or a first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in political science, international relations, law, economics, development management, conflict resolution, public affairs or a related area
• Experience in a field operation or comparable international organisation in a conflict or post-conflict setting
• Fluency in English and French at UN Level II
• Placement on a pre-approved UN roster for similar functions at the same level
• Nationality other than Haitian nationality

• Experience supporting political processes in a transition setting, including direct facilitation with conflict parties
• Experience providing political analysis on economic and governance issues

• Political analysis and strategy
• Good-governance advisory support
• Conflict-sensitive policy planning
• Stakeholder engagement and political facilitation
• Executive briefing and speechwriting
• Research supervision and editorial review
• Team leadership and programme planning

• This recruit-from-roster opening is limited to applicants already placed on pre-approved rosters for similar functions at the same level
• Professional-category applicants for this mission position cannot be nationals of Haiti