Graduate Professional Opportunity at UNIDIR: Security and Technology Programme (Cyber Resilience)

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is inviting functions for a Graduate Professional place inside its Security and Technology Programme, specializing in the Cyber Resilience workstream. This six-month alternative provides current graduates and younger professionals an opportunity to contribute to analysis, coverage, and worldwide safety discussions at the United Nations in Geneva or remotely.

Position Details

• Position Title: Graduate Professional

• Location: Geneva, Switzerland (Palais des Nations) or Remote

• Contract Type: Temporary

• Start Date: Negotiable, as quickly as attainable

• Occupational Rate: 100% (full-time)

• Duration: 6 months, with attainable extension

• Stipend:

Applicants are chargeable for their very own journey, visa, lodging, insurance coverage, and residing bills. On-site availability in Geneva is most well-liked and could also be thought-about through the choice course of.

Background

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is an autonomous establishment inside the United Nations (UN) that conducts unbiased analysis on disarmament and associated issues, significantly worldwide safety points. The imaginative and prescient of UNIDIR is a steady and safer world during which States and individuals are protected against threats of arms-related violence. The function of UNIDIR is to help Member States, the UN and coverage and analysis communities in advancing concepts and actions that contribute to a extra sustainable and peaceable world. UNIDIR relies within the Palais des Nations, Geneva.

UNIDIR’s Security and Technology Programme seeks to construct data and consciousness on the worldwide safety implications and dangers of particular technological improvements and convenes stakeholders to discover concepts and develop new considering on methods to deal with them.

The programme is looking for a Graduate Professional to help with the coordination and implementation of initiatives and actions of the Cyber resilience workstream.

Costs and preparations for journey, visas, lodging, insurance coverage and residing bills are the duty of the Graduate Professional or any related sponsoring establishments. This place could also be carried out remotely or from our workplace in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland; on-site availability is most well-liked and could also be an element within the choice course of.

Responsibilities

Within UNIDIR’s Security and Technology Programme, the Graduate Professional shall carry out the next duties underneath the supervision of the designated Reporting Officer(s):

• Assists within the improvement, supply and dissemination of analysis outputs associated to the work of the Cyber resilience workstream of the programme;
• Assists in organizing conferences, seminars and workshops;
• Drafts official paperwork and different supplies associated to the work of the programme;
• Assists in outreach and partnership actions with UNIDIR interlocutors;
• Attends conferences and conferences, and supplies verbal and written briefings to colleagues;
• Contributes to day-to-day duties, together with administrative, communication and coordination issues;
• Performs different duties as requested by the supervisor.

Key abilities and pursuits

• Research and analytical abilities;
• Writing and modifying abilities;
• Project administration and/or supply of actions;
• Ability to synthesize data into concise, high-quality written merchandise;
• Organization and coordination;
• Interpersonal, teamwork and communication (written and oral) abilities;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office instruments (particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
• Experience working with digital instruments resembling Adobe InDesign and Canva is strongly fascinating;
• Should have an curiosity in worldwide peace and safety, disarmament and the work of the UN.

Competencies

The Graduate Professional is to show the core values of the UN: Professionalism, integrity and respect for range. In addition, on this function, the Graduate Professional will show the next competences:

• Communication: Identifies the data wants of goal audiences and tailors communication accordingly, drafts clearly and concisely, good written and oral language abilities, demonstrates openness in sharing data and retaining individuals knowledgeable.
• Teamwork: Good interpersonal abilities, potential to work collaboratively with colleagues from completely different nationwide and cultural backgrounds to realize organizational objectives.
• Planning and organizing: Uses time effectively, foresees dangers and permits for contingencies when planning, screens and adjusts plans and actions as vital to make sure duties are accomplished.
• Client orientation: Considers all these to whom companies are offered to be ‘clients’ and seeks to grasp and mirror the shoppers’ factors of view of their work.

Qualifications and expertise

Education

To qualify for the UNIDIR’s Graduate Professional Programme (GPP), candidates will need to have accomplished a graduate college programme (second college diploma or equal, or greater). Candidates presently enrolled in a PhD programme are given choice.

Work expertise

For this place, candidates:

• Are not required to have skilled work expertise for participation within the programme, whereas demonstrated expertise/curiosity in cybersecurity, synthetic intelligence, rising applied sciences, worldwide peace and safety, disarmament and the work of the UN will likely be thought-about an asset;
• Shall be laptop literate in normal software program functions;
• Have a demonstrated eager curiosity within the work of the UN and have a private dedication to the beliefs of the Charter; and
• Have a demonstrated potential to efficiently work together with people of various cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which incorporates willingness to grasp and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

Languages

For the place marketed, fluency in English (each oral and written) is required. Knowledge of one other UN official language is a bonus.

*Applicants should present proof of legitimate medical insurance coverage protection to cowl the total interval of the GPP and present a medical certificates of fine well being previous to the Graduate Professional’s graduation. The UN accepts no duty for the medical insurance coverage of the Graduate Professional or prices arising from damage, sickness or loss of life which will happen through the GPP.

Related