MONUSCO/MONUC was established in 1999 under the auspices of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). SCR 2277 (2016) requests MONUSCO to support efforts of the Government of DRC towards the protection of civilians, through a comprehensive approach involving all components of MONUSCO, including through reduction of the threat posed by Congolese and foreign armed groups and of violence against civilians, including sexual and gender-based violence and violence against children to a level that can be effectively managed by the Congolese justice and security institutions; and to support Stabilization through the establishment of functional, professional, and accountable state institutions, including security and judicial institutions. The project aims at a better understanding of the most serious violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law in DRC and supports the leadership of the Mission through informed policy and decision making on future vetting of security forces through risk assessment and mitigation, joint planning for MONUSCO operations, as well as advocacy efforts.

Assignment is non-family (GOMA)

Under the direct supervision respectively of the North-Eastern DRC JMAC Team Leader (Goma-based post, covering the conflict areas of Bas-Uélé, Haut Uélé, Tshopo, Ituri and North Kivu provinces) and South-Eastern DRC JMAC Team Leader (Bukavu-based post, covering the conflict areas of South Kivu, Maniema, Tanganyika, Haut Katanga, Haut Lomami and Lualaba provinces), and the overall supervision of the Chief JMAC, the UN Volunteer will be tasked with analyzing information depending on requirements of JMAC (Joint Mission Analysis Centre):

• Actively contribute to all phases of the peacekeeping-intelligence cycle (collection, collation, analysis and production);
• Assist the Team in drafting the Weekly Threat Assessment (WTA), an analytical document produced by JMAC;
• Regularly report on any relevant incident or contingency (local conflict, land issues, local political developments, security environment, military developments, and foreign armed group presence);
• Present feasible solutions to avoid, prevent or manage security risks in the designed area;
• Interact with MONUSCO civilian sections, the MONUSCO Force (Military) and UNPOL (Police) as well as UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes and NGOs to better understand the socio-economic as well as the politico-military-security nuances of the conflict in the DRC, and to assist the JMAC team in understanding and assessing conflict dynamics including threats and risks at national and local levels, as well as regional dynamics/level;
• Assist the team in interacting with key Congolese players of the military and political environment, operating in the Area of Responsibility (AoR), including spoilers;
• Interact with and gather in-depth information on political, military, religious and civil society actors;
• Gather information on the cross-border illegal regional networks and their connections to the current conflict;
• Research and provide recommendations and potential courses-of-action at strategic, operational and tactical levels aiming at preventing-mitigating-transforming the conflict;
• Participate in fact-finding and other missions to the field, including in armed group-controlled areas;
• Collect and collate information into structured forms, including databases;
• Assist the Team in editing documents in English and French language;
• Perform other duties, as required.