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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations\u2019 global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life for themselves. It provides expert advice, training and grants support to developing countries, with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.<\/p>\n

It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations. Headquartered in New York City, the status of UNDP is that of an executive board within the United Nations General Assembly.\u00a0The UNDP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states. The organization operates in 177 countries, where it works with local governments to meet development challenges and develop local capacity. We are recruiting to fill the position below:<\/p>\n

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Job Title:\u00a0Head of Stabilization (Re-advertised)<\/strong>
\nJob ID<\/strong>: 31118
\nLocation<\/strong>: Maiduguri, Borno
\nAgency:<\/strong> UNDP
\nPractice Area \u2013 Job Family:<\/strong> Crisis Prevention and Recovery \u2013 STABILIZATION, Management
\nEducation & Work Experience:<\/strong> I-Master\u2019s Level Degree \u2013 10 year(s) experience
\nLanguages \u2013 Required:<\/strong> English
\nGrade:<\/strong> P5
\nVacancy Type:<\/strong> FTA International
\nPosting Type<\/strong>: Common System
\nContract Duration:<\/strong> 1 Year with possibility for extension<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong>
\nThis year, 2020, marks the 11th anniversary of the extra-judicial killing of Mohamed Yusuf in police custody in Borno State, Nigeria, and the advent of a new and deadly phase in the evolution of Boko Haram. Since 2015, the Nigerian military has been successfully prosecuting Operation Lafiya Dole, with concerted and coordinated support from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), resulting in the gradual opening up and easing of access to previously occupied areas. By March 2018, two main insurgent factions were still active, and continued to wage an insurgency campaign against the government: Jama\u2019atuAhlis Sunna Lidda\u2019awati Wal-Jihad (JAS), a Non-State Armed Group (NSAG), labelled by the media and commonly referred to as \u201cBoko Haram\u201d, operating mainly out of southern Borno State; Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), which split from Boko Haram in 2016, and which is based largely close to Lake Chad itself, and along Nigeria\u2019s northern border with Niger.<\/p>\n

Since 2016, ISWAP has differentiated itself from JAS through the development of strategy and tactics that mark it as potentially a more sophisticated and formidable opponent. Unlike JAS, ISWAP seeks to avoid unnecessary violence and exploitation against civilian populations, and has introduced a level of governance, including administration of justice, control of commodities and provision of social welfare An April 2019 Global Initiative for Civil Stabilisation (GICS) report identifies the main success of ISWAP as its ability to effectively appeal to and co-opt local networks, while blending a globalist caliphate messaging with local grievances, competently using it to establish legitimacy in the eyes of local communities.<\/p>\n

ISWAP launched a major offensive in January 2019 that has resulted in the overrunning of a number of military bases, large-scale displacement of local populations and an expansion of the territory under ISWAP\u2019s nominal control where the Nigerian government and military are not present. In addition, it is likely that the attacks have increased the insurgents\u2019 capability still further, given the amount of Nigeria Armed Forces (NAF) weapons, ammunition, vehicles and other equipment that are reported to have been lost.<\/p>\n

In another reverse, the JAS faction overran and destroyed the refugee town of Rann near the border to Cameroon in January 2019, displacing its inhabitants yet again. Thousands of the Nigerian refugees were forcibly returned by the Cameroonian authorities. In total, Militant attacks in northeastern Nigeria have forced almost 60,000 people to flee since November, the largest number for more than two years, more than half of them as a result of the Rann incident.<\/p>\n

Changes in ISWAP tactics, growing concerns of coordination between the ISWAP and JAS factions, and external support from Islamic State and Al Qaeda, and the increased number of violent incidences since the last quarter of 2018, is raising fears that the security situation is once again deteriorating, and that urgent action is required to prevent a significant resurgence of the crisis.<\/p>\n

At least 35,000 people have been killed since the inception of the conflict, and UN OCHA ranks the humanitarian emergency as one of the four worst humanitarian crises globally, with 2.4 million people displaced, 5 million food insecure people at crisis and emergency levels, and millions of civilians subjected to extreme hardship. In the four Lake Chad countries, 17.4 million people live in areas affected by the crisis and 10.7 million are in need.
\nRecent figures indicate 226,000 Nigerian refugees in neighbouring Lake Chad countries, and nearly 2 million people (440,000 women, 364,000 men, 614,000 girls and 516,000 boys) currently internally displaced, 80 per cent of them in Borno State. New waves of displacement occurred in 2018, affecting a weekly average of 4,500 individuals. More than 40 IDP sites across 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Borno State are currently in \u2018high congestion\u2019 status resulting in many individuals having no access to shelter and forced to sleep in overcrowded spaces or outside.<\/p>\n

Physical insecurity remains a significant challenge in many places. With the absence of effective safety and security at the community level, vigilante groups have until now provided the link between the security agencies and communities, their numbers increasing and roles widening in response to the insurgency, operating without a clear legal framework while providing intelligence, checking civilians, screening internally displaced persons (IDPs) and in some cases resolving local-level disputes<\/p>\n

The conflict has also resulted in massive destruction of basic infrastructure, health and educational facilities, commercial buildings, private houses and agricultural assets. In Nigeria, in the three Boko Haram-affected States of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, the total damage is estimated at USD 8.93 billion with the bulk of the losses (79%) attributed to agriculture (USD 3.7 billion) and private housing (USD 3.32 billion). Damage to private enterprises is also significant at USD 0.9 billion or 10 percent of total damages. Two thirds of health facilities have been damaged. The conflict has also affected access to education with an estimated 1,200 school facilities destroyed, 1500 schools closed for over two years and 952,029 school-age children with no access to education.<\/p>\n

The situation facing women and children is particularly dire. Violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, and exposure to trafficking and abduction is widespread but underreported. At least 49,500 girls and boys have been exposed to recruitment by armed groups and other grave child rights violations. Of the women and girls abducted by non-State Armed Groups many are raped, forced into marriage and labour, abused physically, sexually and\/or emotionally, exposed to sexually transmitted diseases, and often impregnated by their captors. Anecdotal reports point to women and girls forced into survival sex in order to sustain themselves and their families. A 2016 UNDP livelihoods assessment of 3,500 households in the three states revealed that 23 percent are headed by a woman, highlighting the importance of targeted support to this highly vulnerable population group.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian Government launched the Buhari Plan in 2016 as a means to provide a framework for engagement in the Northeast of the country. This framework was followed by the establishment of Operation Safe Corridor to provide rehabilitation and reintegration support to low-risk Boko Haram-associated persons, and, very recently, the May 2019 inauguration of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) to tackle the root causes of the crisis.<\/p>\n

With the support of the African Union and UNDP, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) prepared a Regional Strategy for the Stabilization, Recovery and Resilience of the Boko Haram-affected Areas of the Lake Chad Basin, approved by the Member States in August 2018 and endorsed by the AU Peace & Security Council on in December 2018. It seeks to establish a common approach and an inclusive framework for all stakeholders to support a timely, coordinated, and effective transition from stabilization to medium and longer-term recovery, peacebuilding and development processes.<\/p>\n

LCBC presented the Strategy at the High-Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region hosted by Germany, Nigeria, Norway, and the UN (OCHA and UNDP) in Berlin, September 2018. The conference marked a new chapter in the new way of working as humanitarian, peacebuilding and development needs were all part of the conference, departing from the strictly humanitarian approach of the previous Oslo conference on Lake Chad. The combined approach was well-received and resulted in an increase in funding for both humanitarian and development interventions.<\/p>\n

The overall objective of Facility intervention in Nigeria is to achieve \u2018immediate\u2019 stabilisation of the Boko Haram-affected States of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. Building on UNDP experience in Iraq and elsewhere, the following three outputs are understood as the basis of successful stabilisation: (i) Security & the Rule of Law strengthened; (ii) Essential Infrastructure & Basic Services functioning; and (iii) Livelihood Options available.<\/p>\n

Duties and Responsibilities<\/strong>
\nUnder the direct supervision of the Resident Representative, the Head of Stabilization is responsible for performing the following functions:<\/p>\n

Manage the Stabilization Facility and its timely implementation:<\/strong><\/p>\n