The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945

Responsibilities or duties

• Manages archival processing activities by overseeing adherence to preservation, international bibliographic, description and database standards; produces descriptive inventories; prepares mark-up of descriptive inventories for electronic dissemination; and makes recommendations regarding the planning and prioritisation of preservation and description programme requirements.
• Performs and supervises reference functions by advising internal and external users about records holdings and accessibility; maintaining communications with other information management networks and records and archives specialists.
• Ensures that appropriate controls are in place to prevent unauthorised access to information. In collaboration with the OHCHR cybersecurity team, monitors emerging threats, and advises relevant stakeholders on the appropriate courses of action.
• Oversees cybersecurity assessments and develop strategies for remediating vulnerabilities and risks identified.
• Investigates all events or reports indicating that a compromise of integrity or confidentiality of information has taken place, especially of a classified/sensitive nature.
• Develops and implements strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents. Helps develop policies, standards and action plans relating to cybersecurity issues.
• Provides information security training to the personnel of the Fact-Finding Mission, to safeguard the confidentiality of Fact-Finding Missions’ work at its headquarters and during field missions.
• Evaluates adequacy of existing records management and reference tools. Implements new technologies in information management to ensure that tools developed for efficient access to information are accessible to staff throughout the Organization.
• Maintains access and declassification standards by liaising with records-originating offices/offices of interest regarding access to security-classified materials and implements access and declassification determinations.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

Qualifications or requirements

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in archival, information science, information systems, social science or related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Certification in eDiscovery is desirable.
• Certification in project management is also desirable.

Experience needed

Work Experience

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in modern archives management, record keeping, library, information management or related area is required.
• A minimum of two years of experience in managing eDiscovery platforms (e.g. Relativity, Nuix eDiscovery) is desirable.
• Experience with the handling of digital and physical evidence is desirable. Relevant work experience in cyber security / cyber risk management is desirable. Relevant working experience in/on the region is desirable.

• Manages archival processing activities by overseeing adherence to preservation, international bibliographic, description and database standards; produces descriptive inventories; prepares mark-up of descriptive inventories for electronic dissemination; and makes recommendations regarding the planning and prioritisation of preservation and description programme requirements.
• Performs and supervises reference functions by advising internal and external users about records holdings and accessibility; maintaining communications with other information management networks and records and archives specialists.
• Ensures that appropriate controls are in place to prevent unauthorised access to information. In collaboration with the OHCHR cybersecurity team, monitors emerging threats, and advises relevant stakeholders on the appropriate courses of action.
• Oversees cybersecurity assessments and develop strategies for remediating vulnerabilities and risks identified.
• Investigates all events or reports indicating that a compromise of integrity or confidentiality of information has taken place, especially of a classified/sensitive nature.
• Develops and implements strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents. Helps develop policies, standards and action plans relating to cybersecurity issues.
• Provides information security training to the personnel of the Fact-Finding Mission, to safeguard the confidentiality of Fact-Finding Missions’ work at its headquarters and during field missions.
• Evaluates adequacy of existing records management and reference tools. Implements new technologies in information management to ensure that tools developed for efficient access to information are accessible to staff throughout the Organization.
• Maintains access and declassification standards by liaising with records-originating offices/offices of interest regarding access to security-classified materials and implements access and declassification determinations.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

• eDiscovery platforms (e.g. Relativity, Nuix eDiscovery)
• Handling of digital and physical evidence
• Cyber security / cyber risk management
• Project management

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in archival, information science, information systems, social science or related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Certification in eDiscovery is desirable.
• Certification in project management is also desirable.