Military Liaison Officer (P-4)

About the role

The United Nations Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH) is looking for a Military Liaison Officer (P-4) based in Port-au-Prince, within the Mission Support Centre. The post reports to the Chief, Mission Support Centre (P-5) or their designate. UNSOH supports the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), BINUH, the Haitian National Police and the Haitian Armed Forces in joint operations, and provides technical assistance to the OAS. The officer acts as the focal point for liaison with the GSF and relevant military counterparts, and monitors, analyzes and reports on military developments affecting mission support and operational planning.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain regular liaison and coordination with military counterparts in the GSF and other security actors at the appropriate levels.
• Contribute to liaison mechanisms between UNSOH, the GSF and other military, police and security counterparts.
• Monitor, analyze and report on military developments affecting mission support and operational planning.
• Contribute to planning logistical support for GSF operations, including requirements, priorities, dependencies and constraints.
• Support deployment and redeployment arrangements, including timelines, movement, accommodation and equipment.
• Facilitate coordination between military counterparts and mission-support components, and provide liaison support for information exchange and issue resolution.
• Develop dashboards, trackers and analytical products (e.g., Power BI) to monitor deployments, support requirements and operational indicators.
• Identify emerging support requirements, risks and dependencies and bring them to stakeholders.
• Prepare SOPs, briefings and presentations for mission leadership on deployments and operational developments.

Required profile

• Graduation from a National Command and Staff College (may count in lieu of a first-level university degree).
• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in international relations, security studies, defence studies, military science, political science, public administration, business administration, logistics or supply chain management, or a related field, highly desirable; a first-level degree plus relevant experience may be accepted.
• Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in the military profession.
• Commissioned officer with the rank of Army Lieutenant Colonel or equivalent.
• Experience at a Ministry of Defence or equivalent national military headquarters.
• Experience in liaison, planning and coordinating logistics support for military operations in an international peacekeeping operation, and in deploying, rotating troops and COE in a multinational setting.
• Liaison experience with military counterparts in an international field mission, and experience preparing military plans, SOPs, operational guidance, reports or senior-level briefings.
• Desirable: experience at UN Headquarters or a UN field operation, and in a start-up, rapidly evolving multinational field operation.
• English and French at UN Level I (reading, writing, listening, speaking); English is required.

Required skills

• Data analysis and visualization tools, including Power BI dashboards.
• Knowledge of military operations, liaison and coordination in complex operational environments.
• Ability to analyze operational requirements and prepare assessments, plans, reports and briefings.