Under the guidance and supervision of the Access Support Team Access Coordinator, the LAA will be responsible for all aspects of the liaison with the relevant host country counterparts and assitance to the Access Coordinator on day-to-day operations of access related incidents at the enhanced UNDSS Joint Security Coordination Office at Jerusalem through the Access Support Team.
Main activities:
- Respond to access incidents on a 24/7 basis.
- Follow up on the access incidents upon advice of the AC (information gathering, liaison, reporting, etc).
- Assist the Access Coordinator in AST related tasks within the areas of responsibility.
- Under the auspices of UNDSS conduct liaison with the host country authorities when UN staff face access issues.
- Under the auspices of UNOCHA conduct liaison with the host country authorities when INGO and diplomatic staff and UN, INGO and diplomatic goods face access issues.
- Under the auspices of UNSCO and tasking of the AC, assist in the securing the necessary documentation and coordination for the access of staff and goods within the designated area of responsibility.
- Provide training and advise to UN, INGOs and Diplomatic Missions for access of personnel and goods.
- Liaise with UNDSS, OCHA, UNSCO,UNOPS and other UN, INGO agencies and diplomatic missions and host country authorities within the area of responsibility in coordinating the AST tasks.
- Assist the AC in ensuring effective reporting on AST tasks and updatingof OCHA-ACIS database.
- Assist the AC to ensure preparedness of UN Security Management System and staff to respond to foreseeable access related emergencies through an in-country access training programme, capacity development, and preparedness programme, as requested.
- Gathering, analyzise and report access information and share the analysis with the AC, on a systematic and regular basis.
- Prepare reports as required.
- Any other access and administrative duties as required by the AC, including tasks in another area of responsibility.
- |