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GSFS Haiti-Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit-P5-Port au Prince, Haiti
Port au Prince, HaitiPosition Title: Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit
Receiving Agency: GSFS Haiti
P Level: P5
Location: Port au Prince, Haiti
Duration: 18 months (until Sep, 2027)
Language: English and French fluency required. Fluency in Haitian Creole is an advantage.
Background
On 30 September 2025, the United Nations Security Council authorized, in resolution 2793 (UNSCR 2793), Member States to transition the deployed Multinational Security Support (MSS) in Haiti to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), in close cooperation and coordination with the Government of Haiti, for an initial period of twelve months. The GSF mandate includes multiple tasks, including to conduct intelligence-led targeted, counter-gang operations to neutralize, isolate, and deter gangs that continue to threaten the civilian population, abuse human rights and undermine Haitian institutions.
The United Nations Secretary-General is authorized to establish a UN Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH) to provide comprehensive logistical and operational support to the GSF and to the Haitian National police (HNP) and the Haitian armed forces on any joint operations with the GSF. UNSOH will also provide technical support, through voluntary funding contributions, to the Organization of American States (OAS) SECURE-Haiti project and will provide standard United Nations mission support services to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH).
The Standing Group of Partners (SGP) has the role of providing, in consultation with the Government of Haiti, high-level strategic direction, oversight, and relevant political decision-making for the GSF as appropriate. The SGP is overall responsible for (a) securing voluntary financial contributions for GSF personnel costs reimbursements; (b) facilitating force (military and police) generation; and (c) providing high level strategic representation and coordination for the GSF.
The SGP shall appoint a Special Representative (SR) who, as in-country head of the GSF, will report to the SGP and provide strategic oversight, representation and coordination for the GSF. The SGP appointed GSF Force Commander shall report to the SR and is
responsible for operational command and day-to-day operational decision-making for the uniformed components of the GSF.
The SR is supported by an Office of the SR (the civilian component of the GSF)
Career Experience
The Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit shall have: A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in the military, intelligence or information analysis, peacekeeping, or foreign affairs is required. Excellent analytical, writing and briefing skills are required. A proven track record of management in multi-cultural settings, including management and coordination of multi-disciplinary teams, is required. Experience working in or in support of a field operation of a regional or international organization is desirable. Experience working in a Joint Mission Analysis Centre/situation center is desirable. Experience working in an integrated civilian-military-police environment is desirable. Experience working in dangerous security environment is desirable. An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in political science, international relations, foreign affairs, law or related field is required. Formal training in the conduct of operations at the operational and strategic levels (military or government staff colleges) is desirable. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience and relevant academic/professional qualifications, such as accreditations from military or government command and staff colleges, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Languages
Fluency in English and French (both oral and written) is required. Fluency in Haitian Creole (Kreyòl Ayisyen) is an advantage.
Responsibilities of the Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit
The Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit (JIAU) is based in Port-au-Prince and shall be responsible to the SR, through the Chief of Staff (CoS), for ensuring a joint civilian-uniformed standing capacity to collect and synthesize all-source information and produce medium- and long-term integrated analysis for the SR and wider GSF leadership. Joint analytical products shall provide the basis for enhanced mission planning and decision-making through an improved understanding of issues and trends, their implications and potential developments. The Chief JIAU will to this end manage a joint staff of civilian, military and police personnel, closely coordinated with the Force HQ J2 Intelligence branch, that undertakes assessments of cross-cutting issues and threats that may affect the GSF and shall provide joint intelligence assessment briefings to GSF leadership and to GSF partners as appropriate. In particular the Chief JIAU will:
• Manage and coordinate the activities of the JIAU which include the management (collection, coordination, analysis, and dissemination) of information in order to support decision-making, early warning, policy development and planning within the GSF.
• In consultation with the SR, COS, GSF Force HQ J-2 and Force Commander, ensure that Information Requirements (IR) and Priority Information Requirements (PIR) are established and maintained, and that priorities are established for information collection and analysis in accordance with the GSF mandate.
• Provide briefings to the GSF senior leadership team, senior GSF staff and represent the JIAU in mission-level meetings and other events.
• Manage the daily functioning of the JIAU team of civilian and uniformed personnel and its relations with other GSF components, particularly the Force HQ J-2 branch. Ensure appropriate orientation of the gathering of comprehensive information about events or actions that may affect the successful implementation of the GSF mandate.
• Oversee the monitoring of a wide spectrum of information sources including JOC daily and weekly situation reports, GSF component reports, local news including intelligence related material and interaction with Haitian government officials, UN and other international organizations, the diplomatic community and civil society organizations.
• Oversee and ensure the timely production and quality of analytical products: risk analyses, threat assessments, early warning notes, and analytical reports through user-friendly visual products (website/portal, factsheets and country profiles, maps); and contribute to contingency planning and overall joint mission planning efforts in coordination with the Chief Joint Mission Planning Unit. Ensure that the appropriate level of confidentiality for JIAU products is maintained.
• Support and liaise closely with the GSF Crisis Management Team and respond to specific incidents as required. Maintain regular contact with the heads of GSF military and police components to indicate, and respond to, issues that may arise.
• Prepare, implement and monitor the JIAU work plan, and manage unit staff comprising an integrated team with a range of expertise (information analysts, political affairs, socio-economics, security, technical GIS expertise). Prepare Standard Operating Procedures for the work of the unit as required. Management responsibilities include the prompt recruitment and selection of staff.
The Chief JIAU shall during GSF start-up and thereafter continue to be responsible for the following tasks:
CANADEM and its partners have a no-tolerance policy for inaction to prevent, respond to and follow up on alleged cases of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH). For this reason, we adhere to all policies, procedures and training of the United Nations on The Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH). CANADEM mandates all deployees successfully complete the PSEA online course. This e-learning course is composed of a set of lessons designed to raise awareness about SEAH, become familiar with a range of measures to combat SEAH, understand the impact on victims and the consequences for UN Personnel who commit Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment.
Receiving Agency: GSFS Haiti
P Level: P5
Location: Port au Prince, Haiti
Duration: 18 months (until Sep, 2027)
Language: English and French fluency required. Fluency in Haitian Creole is an advantage.
Background
On 30 September 2025, the United Nations Security Council authorized, in resolution 2793 (UNSCR 2793), Member States to transition the deployed Multinational Security Support (MSS) in Haiti to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), in close cooperation and coordination with the Government of Haiti, for an initial period of twelve months. The GSF mandate includes multiple tasks, including to conduct intelligence-led targeted, counter-gang operations to neutralize, isolate, and deter gangs that continue to threaten the civilian population, abuse human rights and undermine Haitian institutions.
The United Nations Secretary-General is authorized to establish a UN Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH) to provide comprehensive logistical and operational support to the GSF and to the Haitian National police (HNP) and the Haitian armed forces on any joint operations with the GSF. UNSOH will also provide technical support, through voluntary funding contributions, to the Organization of American States (OAS) SECURE-Haiti project and will provide standard United Nations mission support services to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH).
The Standing Group of Partners (SGP) has the role of providing, in consultation with the Government of Haiti, high-level strategic direction, oversight, and relevant political decision-making for the GSF as appropriate. The SGP is overall responsible for (a) securing voluntary financial contributions for GSF personnel costs reimbursements; (b) facilitating force (military and police) generation; and (c) providing high level strategic representation and coordination for the GSF.
The SGP shall appoint a Special Representative (SR) who, as in-country head of the GSF, will report to the SGP and provide strategic oversight, representation and coordination for the GSF. The SGP appointed GSF Force Commander shall report to the SR and is
responsible for operational command and day-to-day operational decision-making for the uniformed components of the GSF.
The SR is supported by an Office of the SR (the civilian component of the GSF)
Career Experience
The Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit shall have: A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in the military, intelligence or information analysis, peacekeeping, or foreign affairs is required. Excellent analytical, writing and briefing skills are required. A proven track record of management in multi-cultural settings, including management and coordination of multi-disciplinary teams, is required. Experience working in or in support of a field operation of a regional or international organization is desirable. Experience working in a Joint Mission Analysis Centre/situation center is desirable. Experience working in an integrated civilian-military-police environment is desirable. Experience working in dangerous security environment is desirable. An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in political science, international relations, foreign affairs, law or related field is required. Formal training in the conduct of operations at the operational and strategic levels (military or government staff colleges) is desirable. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience and relevant academic/professional qualifications, such as accreditations from military or government command and staff colleges, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Languages
Fluency in English and French (both oral and written) is required. Fluency in Haitian Creole (Kreyòl Ayisyen) is an advantage.
Responsibilities of the Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit
The Chief of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit (JIAU) is based in Port-au-Prince and shall be responsible to the SR, through the Chief of Staff (CoS), for ensuring a joint civilian-uniformed standing capacity to collect and synthesize all-source information and produce medium- and long-term integrated analysis for the SR and wider GSF leadership. Joint analytical products shall provide the basis for enhanced mission planning and decision-making through an improved understanding of issues and trends, their implications and potential developments. The Chief JIAU will to this end manage a joint staff of civilian, military and police personnel, closely coordinated with the Force HQ J2 Intelligence branch, that undertakes assessments of cross-cutting issues and threats that may affect the GSF and shall provide joint intelligence assessment briefings to GSF leadership and to GSF partners as appropriate. In particular the Chief JIAU will:
• Manage and coordinate the activities of the JIAU which include the management (collection, coordination, analysis, and dissemination) of information in order to support decision-making, early warning, policy development and planning within the GSF.
• In consultation with the SR, COS, GSF Force HQ J-2 and Force Commander, ensure that Information Requirements (IR) and Priority Information Requirements (PIR) are established and maintained, and that priorities are established for information collection and analysis in accordance with the GSF mandate.
• Provide briefings to the GSF senior leadership team, senior GSF staff and represent the JIAU in mission-level meetings and other events.
• Manage the daily functioning of the JIAU team of civilian and uniformed personnel and its relations with other GSF components, particularly the Force HQ J-2 branch. Ensure appropriate orientation of the gathering of comprehensive information about events or actions that may affect the successful implementation of the GSF mandate.
• Oversee the monitoring of a wide spectrum of information sources including JOC daily and weekly situation reports, GSF component reports, local news including intelligence related material and interaction with Haitian government officials, UN and other international organizations, the diplomatic community and civil society organizations.
• Oversee and ensure the timely production and quality of analytical products: risk analyses, threat assessments, early warning notes, and analytical reports through user-friendly visual products (website/portal, factsheets and country profiles, maps); and contribute to contingency planning and overall joint mission planning efforts in coordination with the Chief Joint Mission Planning Unit. Ensure that the appropriate level of confidentiality for JIAU products is maintained.
• Support and liaise closely with the GSF Crisis Management Team and respond to specific incidents as required. Maintain regular contact with the heads of GSF military and police components to indicate, and respond to, issues that may arise.
• Prepare, implement and monitor the JIAU work plan, and manage unit staff comprising an integrated team with a range of expertise (information analysts, political affairs, socio-economics, security, technical GIS expertise). Prepare Standard Operating Procedures for the work of the unit as required. Management responsibilities include the prompt recruitment and selection of staff.
The Chief JIAU shall during GSF start-up and thereafter continue to be responsible for the following tasks:
- Produce the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit work plan, in consultation with Force HQ J-2, for approval by the CoS.
- At the direction of the CoS, overseeing the recruitment of JIAU staff members.
- Provide data and function related information as requested to inform the GSF budget submission and review process.
- Ensure effective reporting lines are agreed to, either directly to the SR, or through CoS.
- Obtain SR and Force Commander approval, through the CoS, for all joint intelligence analysis procedures and activities that serve GSF-wide mission management arrangements, plans and procedures.
- As a matter of priority, recruit or secure the services of persons with Haitian Creole (Kreyòl Ayisyen) language skills to improve ability to undertake “intelligence-led” GSF planning and decision-making.
- Ensure the role, mission and integrated structure of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Unit is determined and understood by leadership across the GSF.
- Develop a ‘collection plan’, in consultation with GSF Force HQ J-2, based on initial Priority Information Requirements (PIR) from the GSF leadership that shall provide an initial direction and focus of the work for joint intelligence analysis efforts.
- In consultation with BINUH and the outgoing MSS, develop profiles of key personalities, institutions and groups related to the GSF mandate.
- Establish an Intelligence analysis network.
- In consultation with the GSF HQ J-2, Security Adviser and senior members within the Office of SR, and the Force Commander, generate a dynamic threat assessment, including threat Most Dangerous and Most Likely Courses of Action (MDCOA/MLCOA) and complete a prognosis of events that might pose a threat to the GSF or to mandate implementation during the first six months.
- Supported by UNSOH Geographic Information Section (GIS), develop a sample of “risk mapping” products that highlight the most pressing “hot spots”.
- Assist the Chief Strategic Communications to develop the GSF Strategic Communications Synchronization plan. Subsequently assist with implementation across the GSF ensuring it is the authoritative tool for coordinating information effects across all GSF components.
- Supported by UNSOH, obtain the use of database and IT infrastructure to support the conduct of analysis and the production of analytical products.
- Ensure standing procedures are in place for joint intelligence analysis activities, including the handling of classified or sensitive materials and facilitating the flow of information products within the GSF.
- Establish the sources and methods of information collection, including local community engagement.
- In consultation with the CoS, facilitate agreement with the SR and Force Commander for the JIAU to have access to information from across the uniformed and civilian GSF components, and that procedures are in place to ensure that information is shared systematically and securely.
- Produce and deliver unclassified, regularly updated briefs that can be presented to incoming staff during induction and to visiting high level officials, as appropriate.
- Support to the Chief of the Joint Operations Center (JOC) and Security Adviser to conduct a crisis management exercise or simulation soon after GSF start-up and before achievement of Initial Operational Capability (IOC), that will bring together all the GSF leadership, designated GSF members and GSF partners to participate in a “dry run” for a crisis.
- Contribute as appropriate to the JOC integrated daily and/or weekly ‘GSF SitRep’ for approval by the SR, through the CoS.
- In collaboration with the Chief JOC and GSF Force HQ staff, provide briefings on current GSF operations to senior GSF members and visiting high level officials from SGP members, GSF troop and police contributing countries delegations, the OAS and the United Nations system.
- Ensure handover notes are produced by Unit staff members to ensure institutional knowledge is passed from outgoing to incoming staff.
CANADEM and its partners have a no-tolerance policy for inaction to prevent, respond to and follow up on alleged cases of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH). For this reason, we adhere to all policies, procedures and training of the United Nations on The Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH). CANADEM mandates all deployees successfully complete the PSEA online course. This e-learning course is composed of a set of lessons designed to raise awareness about SEAH, become familiar with a range of measures to combat SEAH, understand the impact on victims and the consequences for UN Personnel who commit Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment.