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The UNDP Projects Management Office (PMO) in Nicosia, Cyprus, seeks to contract a Researcher to work for the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP).
The overall objective of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) project is to close, without further delay, a painful chapter in the history of the island and contribute to restoring trust and fostering reconciliation between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. This important objective will be further encouraged and promoted through the participation of bi-communal scientific teams in all stages of the process.
The expected output is to recover, identify and return to their families the remains of persons who went missing during the inter-communal fighting of 1963 to 1964 and the events of 1974, as well as during the intervening period.
The output will be achieved via the following activity results: (1) Investigation, (2) Excavation, (3) Anthropological Analysis, (4) Identification, (5) Return of Remains, (6) Communication and Public Awareness, (7) Training, Well-Being and Capacity Building, and (8) Project Management.
UNDP Cyprus is in full synergy with the overall mandate of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, and is responsible for the day-to-day administrative, financial and procurement implementation of the project. The primary target group is the families of missing persons from both communities of the island.
The Data Collection Clerk is based in the CMP Greek Cypriot Member’s Office. The incumbent reports to the UNDP Project Analyst and works in a close contact with the CMP and UNDP teams.
- Based on the research information indicate potential burial sites.
- Collaborate with the archaeological team of CMP before and during site excavations.
- Conduct site visits before and during the excavation.
- Communicate with CMP geneticists regarding cases undergoing genetic analysis.
Core
Achieve Results: | LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: | LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: | LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: | LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: | LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: | LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: | LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Thematic Area | Name | Definition
Business Direction & Strategy | Effective Decision Making | Take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in
line with one's authority, area of expertise and
resources and take into consideration potential
wider implications.
Business Direction & Strategy | System Thinking | Ability to use objective problem analysis and
judgement to understand how interrelated
elements coexist within an overall process or
system, and to consider how altering one element
can impact on other parts of the system
Business Development | Knowledge Facilitation | Ability to animate individuals and groups, internally
and externally, and to design and facilitate
activities, to share and exchange knowledge,
information and ideas. Knowledge of tools and
approaches to stimulate active participation,
contribution, and exchange
Digital | Data Collection | Being skilled in Data Sorting, Data
Cleaning, Survey Administration,
Presentation and Reporting
including
collection of Real-Time Data (e.g.
mobile data, satellite data, sensor
data).
Education:
Secondary education is required.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years (with secondary education) experience in data collection is required.
Required skills:
- Experience in research, including the ability to collect and analyze information from a variety of sources, such as achieves, newspapers and social media.
- Experience in conducting interviews with witnesses or informants in a sensitive and professional manner, and be able to ask questions that elicit relevant information
- Experience in evaluate information and evidence critically, and use this to propose potential burial sites
- Experience in updating and maintaining a database with all relevant information related to missing persons and their potential burial sites
Experience in using Microsoft office tools.
Desired additional skills:
- Experience and good understanding of the sensitive and bi-communal work of CMP is an asset.
- Experience in bi-communal actions, such as participation in bi-communal groups, events and activities is an asset
- Experience and knowledge of the modern historical context of Cyprus
- Work experience in forensic investigation and information analysis is considered is an asset.
- Work experience in missing persons is considered an asset
Required Language(s) (at working level):
- Fluency in English is required.
- Fluency in Greek is required.
- Basic knowledge of Turkish is considered an asset
Other:
- Nationals or permanenty residents in Cyprus are eligible.
- Certificate in criminology, investigations or similar subject is considered an asset
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