Media monitoring and analysis of geopolitical, security and safety developments

Host entity: UNDP

Application deadline: 08/10/2026

Mission and objectives

Established in 1965, UNDP is the United Nations’ global development network, operating in nearly 170 countries and territories, working to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We support countries in developing strong policies, skills, partnerships, and institutions to help sustain their progress. The Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and the UNDP Regional Hub in Panama support UNDP’s regional programmes and offices in 26 countries—covering 42 countries and territories.

Assignment context

The goal of the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) is to enable the activities of UNSMS organisations, including UNDP, within acceptable levels of security risk.

The UNDP Security Office (SO) is a client-oriented Centre of Excellence for Security Risk Management, focusing on high-quality, timely and effective support and advisory services, helping clients to assure an environment for safe programme delivery. The Security Office is responsible for providing effective Security Risk Management advice and support at all levels (HQ, Regional, Country Office and Project), within the overall UN Security Management System, thereby enabling security of UNDP operations, programmes, and personnel globally.

The UN Security Risk Management (SRM) process is a United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) tool to identify, analyse and manage safety and security risks to United Nations personnel, assets and operations.

The goal of the assignment is to assist the ongoing security risk management process aimed at enabling the delivery of UNDP programmes in the region. This will be done by producing comprehensive weekly and/or biweekly reports of geopolitical, security and safety developments from open-media sources. There is no set start date for this online assignment, but once selected, the candidate is expected to start as soon as possible.

Task description

We are looking for Online Volunteers who, under the immediate supervision of the Security Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Panama, will support monitoring the safety and security situation in Latin America and the Caribbean by producing analytical reports on geopolitical, security, and safety-related information.

As an Online Volunteer, you will be expected to:

- Analyse the daily media monitoring reports covering each sub-region and produce a Weekly Regional Report, to be submitted on Fridays at noon (Panama Time).

or

- Analyse the daily media monitoring reports covering a specific country or sub-region and produce and submit a bi-weekly analytical report on a date and time to be coordinated with the supervisor.

Meet online once a week for a feedback session with the supervisor to discuss progress and relevant situational matters (the exact time and date will be set later based on mutual availability).

Online volunteers supporting research and analysis are expected to use primarily local open-source media (online news, think tank articles in local languages, social media, etc.) to report on relevant regional developments.

Skills and experience

- Prior experience in research, analysis and reporting is required;
- Proven motivation and interest in the fields of security, international affairs, geopolitics, Latin America and the Caribbean is a strong asset.
- Additional knowledge of local languages spoken in the region is a strong asset.

Full eligibility requirements, conditions of service and application instructions are available on the official UNV platform.