Employment

Military affairs-related work involves among others monitoring certain military activities and gathering information on the military situation and developments in the mission area. It may also include:

• Monitoring the collection of weapons and ammunition;
• Investigating violations of cease-fire agreements;
• Facilitating co-operation with and among concerned parties in areas such as exchange of information on military structures and force levels, and promoting co-operation between national military services;
• Assisting in the implementation of regional stabilization measures, including, for example, the promotion and implementation of force reductions;
• Strengthening civilian control of the military;
• Creating conditions for the deployment of peace-keeping operations.

Requirements

• Officer / Warrant Officer training and/or university degree in a relevant technical field;
• Significant experience in arms control, peace-keeping operations and/or other relevant areas of military-related affairs;
• Experience in negotiations and liaison with governmental and military authorities;
• Ability to compile and analyse information of a political-military nature.

Desirable:

• Previous international field experience;
• Knowledge of the political-military history of and recent developments in the mission area;
• Working knowledge of the local language.