Area Coordination Officer (Consultancy)

The Area Coordination Officer will provide high-level coordination, analytical and policy support to the UN Resident Coordinator Office and UN Country Team in Libya. The role focuses on advancing local coordination, strengthening municipal data systems, and institutionalizing disaster risk management, preparedness, and early warning capacities in Libya.

Responsibilities

• Support the UN’s area-based coordination model through regular engagement with municipal councils in the East.
• Assist municipalities to integrate displacement management, IDP reintegration, and climate and conflict sensitivity into development and peacebuilding plans.
• Facilitate dialogue and coordination between municipal councils, national authorities, UN entities, INGOs, and civil society to ensure coherent, multi-stakeholder planning and implementation.
• Coordinate closely with UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes (AFPs) to ensure cross-agency coherence, accountability, and integrated planning at the local level.
• Contribute to positioning selected municipalities as demonstration sites for inclusive, evidence-based governance aligned with the UNSDCF.
• Consolidate ongoing initiatives to ensure that vetted humanitarian datasets are responsibly integrated into municipal systems for targeting, case management, and resource allocation.
• Support interoperability between municipal platforms and national-level systems, promoting harmonized data standards and evidence-informed decision-making.
• Support with national institutions to address policy and technical barriers to data-sharing and advance a unified national platform for risk and development information.
• Support national counterparts to consolidate nationally owned resilience frameworks and to convene UN technical expertise for finalizing a national Disaster Risk Management (DRM) strategy.
• Contribute to the development and testing of a single, inter-institutional SOP for emergency preparedness among national actors.
• Support national efforts in strengthening integration between national alert systems and community-level action, enabling timely activation of preparedness measures in health, livelihoods, public safety, and social services.
• Coordinate and support UNCT’s emergency preparedness by regularly updating the contingency plan and monitoring early warning indicators and emerging emergencies, working closely with the Rapid Response Mechanism.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in public administration, sustainable development, social sciences, communications, civil engineering or related area is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of certification in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage.
• A minimum of two (2) year's work experience in Coordination and Communication is required.
• Work experience with Local government is desirable.
• Professional experience with the United Nations is an asset.
• A minimum of 2 years with demonstrated experience in humanitarian and coordination roles is desirable.

Skills

• Coordination
• Communication
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Data Science
• Local Government Experience
• Humanitarian Coordination
• Disaster Risk Management
• Preparedness Planning
• Early Warning Systems
• Policy Analysis
• Municipal Data Systems
• Analytical Support
• UN Coordination

Languages

English, Arabic