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Head of Joint Policing Programme (JPP), Mogadishu, Somalia

  Closing date: Wednesday, 2 March 2022 Somalia is undergoing a significant phase in its political and security development – one that offers opportunities as well as challenges to efforts to secure the foundations of longer-term stabilization and peace. The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), established in 2012, is set to hold their second landmark Presidential and Parliamentary elections in 2021. Power relations between the country's centre and periphery remain at the centre of the Somali crisis and significant questions regarding Somalia's national security architecture are yet to be adequately negotiated and resolved. Against this backdrop, expansion and development of professional and accountable civilian policing is both a critical precursor to peace-building efforts, and a point of significant political contestation. To that end, Somali authorities have developed a New Policing Model (NPM), which codifies a two-tier federated policing structure. Background on the Joint...

Environmental Affairs Assistant (Waste Management), Somalia

  Closing date: Friday, 11 March 2022 General Description of assignment title:  Environmental Affairs Assistant (Waste Management) Assignment country:  Somalia Expected start date:  03/20/2022 Sustainable Development Goal:  16. Peace, justice and strong institutions Volunteer category:  International UN Volunteer Specialist DoA reserved for persons with disabilities:  No Host entity:  UNSOS Type:  Onsite Duration:  3 months (with possibility of extension) Number of assignments:  1 Duty stations:  Mogadiscio Details Mission and objectives The United Nations Security Council in Resolution 2245 adopted on 09 November 2015 established the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS). This replaced the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOs), established in 2009. https://unsos.unmissions.org/unsos-mandate. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2245 decided that UNSOS will be responsible for support to AMISOM, UNSOM...