JSOC OFFICER, SUPPORT, PLANNING AND TASKING

1.  POST:

Job Title: Joint Support Operations Centre (JSOC) Officer

Grade: P2+ 1 grade exceptionally for Mogadishu posting

Section: Integrated Support Services (ISS)

Reports to: Chief Joint Support Operations center (CJSOC)

Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia

2. JOB PURPOSE:

The Joint Support Operations Centre is a joint AMISOM-UNSOA mission support coordination mechanism focused on the effective and efficient coordination, planning, prioritization, and provision of logistical support to all sectors of the mission for the military, police and civilian components. Within delegated authorities the Officer is responsible for overseeing a multi-disciplinary team within the Support Planning and Tasking Unit (SPTU)

3.  MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for staff management and work, work planning, performance and budget of the unit and provides input into the preparation of JSOC and AMISOM budgets.

• Participate in the collection, coordination, analysis and processing of requirements from the military, police and civilian components to generate the Prioritized Mission Support Requirements.


• Participate in and support the monitoring and evaluation of the AMISOM supply chain to ensure effectiveness.

• Provide inputs to the Mission Implementation Plans.

• Develop, generate, and distribute relevant reports as appropriate.

• Maintains close working relationships with all relevant counterparts to ensure effective planning and support and the development of consolidated and prioritized mission support requirements.

• Coordinate deployment and redeployment plans, deployment planning, troop rotations, sustainment, and support procedures.

• Liaison with planning officers at AMISOM HQ, FHQ, PHQ, MHQ, UNSOA, and other units within the JSOC.

• Produce and disseminate AMISOM logistics plans. Analyze plans and identify priorities as well as support issues. Identify limiting factors, shortfalls and other issues and provide alternative support solutions.

• Analyze support requirements and provide advisory function to commanders.

• Develop logistics crises and action procedures, logistics annexes for OPLANS, contingency plans and other related documents.

• Assist in planning military and police contingent rotations.

• Receive, vet, rationalize, task and track the approval of task orders for personnel (MOPs) and cargo movement requests(CMRs), Special Flight Requests (SFRs), ensuring each is assigned to Movcon, Air Operations or other relevant units as appropriate.Track on-going operations and manage amendments to tasks to maximize efficiency of the logistics system and a successful completion of tasks. Ensure provision of feedback regarding progress.

• Ensure coordination of activities of all mission movement assets and facilitate communication between asset managers to maximize efficiency of support.

• Serve as a focal point for the dissemination or clarification of information regarding all activities or circumstances affecting movement operations within the AMISOM.

• Liaise with partner organizations and agencies such to provide support otherwise unavailable through regular channels.

• Provide planning guidance to other units based on assessment of the operational capabilities, constraints, standards, and regulations governing movement assets.

• Ensures maintenance of 24/7 communication availability.

• Responsible for specific responsibilities within their assigned unit.

• Performs other functions as required.

4. QUALIFICATIONS:

A University Degree Logistics, Management, Transport or related field . A higher qualification will be and added advantage.

5.  EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in planning and support to land or air transport, logistics operations in the military, commercial or international organization, or related area.

6.  SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Demonstrated staff and budget management experience.

• Strong working knowledge and experience with logistics and logistics planning.

• Ability to establish priorities and work within urgent and competing demands to meet deadlines.

• Ability to analyze, interpret, and synthesize information.

• Proven interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively and establish harmonious working relationships within the unit, partners, and other sections within the mission and within a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary setting.

• Demonstrated ability to provide new solutions to solve new and existing challenges, particularly as it related to logics planning and support.

• Actively seeks to improve programmes or services; offers new and different options to solve problems or meet client needs

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

• Working knowledge of Word, and Excel.

• Prepared to work in a hardship, highly pressurised and sometimes hazardous environment

7.  LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:

Proficiency in one of the African Union working languages. Knowledge of one or several other working languages would be an added advantage.

8.  GENDER MAINSTREAMING:

The AU Commission is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

9. TENURE OF APPOINTMENT:

The appointment shall be for an initial period of one (1) year, the first three (3) months of which shall be on probation. It shall be renewable subject to performance and availability of funds.


10. REMUNERATION: The salary attached to the position is an annual lump-sum of US$ 102,871.50 inclusive of all allowances for internationally recruited staff, and

US$ 91,267.91 inclusive of all allowances for locally recruited staff

Applications must be made through the AUC E-recruitment Website

 http://www.aucareers.org  not later than 7th August 2014.

Directorate of Administration and Human Resource Management
African Union Commission
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)