Senior Mediation Adviser, United Nations Office for Project Services, home based (includes travel). Deadline: 25 July 2025.
Based in New York, the UNOPS Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. The portfolio manages the operational support to the Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers (SBT) mechanism, along with the provision of project management and implementation services.
Established in 2008, the SBT mechanism is a service of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) situated in the Mediation Support Unit (MSU) of the Policy and Mediation Division (PMD). It is a specialized resource that can be rapidly deployed into the field on a temporary basis to provide technical advice to UN officials and other key stakeholders engaged in conflict prevention or mediation efforts. The services of the SBT mechanism are available to United Nations envoys, political and peacekeeping missions and country teams, as well as to regional organizations and partners with whom the United Nations works closely in conflict mediation and good offices world-wide.
Further information on MSU and the SBT mechanism is available on the Peacemaker website. Full-time members of the SBT mechanism must be permanently available for deployment on short notice and are not allowed to undertake any outside employment while serving on the SBT.
Selected experts will work in one or more of the following areas of specialization:
- Design and Conduct of Mediation, Facilitation and Dialogue Processes
- Security Arrangements (emphasis on ceasefires)
- Constitution-making
- Power-sharing
- Gender and Inclusion
- Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources
- Transitional Justice and Reconciliation
- Digital Technology, Mediation, and Inclusion
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