This position is located in the Programme Office of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in Madrid, Spain. The Senior Programme Officer reports to the Chief of the Special Projects Section within the Special Projects and Innovation Branch (SPIB) for the purposes of programme management, with additional supervision by the Field Coordinator in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for political, diplomatic, and special administrative issues related to the Madrid office. The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) was established by the General Assembly in June 2017.The Office has five main functions:Provide leadership on the General Assembly counter-terrorism mandates across the United Nations System; Enhance coordination and coherence across the 45 Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact entities to ensure the balanced implementation of the four pillars of the Strategy; Strengthen the delivery of United Nations counter-terrorism capacity-building assistance to Member States; Improve visibility,advocacy and resource mobilization for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts; Ensure that due priority is given to counter-terrorism across the United Nations System and that the important work on preventing violent extremism is firmly rooted in the Strategy.The UNOCT Programme Office in Madrid was established to implement UNOCT projects in support of Member States efforts to prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism in line with the four pillars of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and the priorities and guidelines established by the UNOCT Under-Secretary-General and UNOCT senior management.The Senior Programme Management Officer will lead the overall work of the Programme Office. He/she will also serve as Programme Coordinator of the United Nations Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Threats against Vulnerable Targets. UNOCT leads the implementation of the Global Vulnerable Targets Programme in partnership with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and in consultation with INTERPOL. The Global Programme seeks to strengthen Member States capacity to prevent, protect, mitigate (impact), investigate, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks against vulnerable targets at the national, regional and global levels in a human rights-compliant and gender-responsive way.#J-18808-Ljbffr