

It is responsible for maintaining oversight of GCTF procedures and practices. The GCTF AU supports the overall management of GCTF-hosted activities, coordinating with and providing guidance to the GCTF Co-Chairs and Working Group Co-Chairs, Initiative Leads and GCTF activities Implementing Partners. The GCTF AU carries out the overarching, day-to-day operations of the Forum and provides the necessary analytical, administrative, and logistical support to the GCTF Coordinating Committee and its Working Groups and Initiatives. The GCTF Administrative Unit (AU) is integral to developing, facilitating, and managing the execution of GCTF policies, procedures, and activities. The GCTF develops non-binding good practices and tools for policymakers and practitioners to strengthen CT civilian capabilities, national strategies, action plans, and training modules. The GCTF works with partners around the globe to identify critical civilian CT needs, mobilize the necessary expertise and resources to support capacity building, and enhance global CT cooperation.Ĭentral to the Forum’s overarching mission is the promotion of a strategic, long-term approach to prevent and counter terrorism and the violent extremist ideologies that underpin it. The GCTF’s mission is to contribute to diminish terrorist recruitment and increase countries’ civilian capabilities for dealing with terrorist threats within their borders and regions. Supporting the implementation of the United Nations’ Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and relevant Security Council resolutions also remains key to the GCTF’s future agenda. This is a result of its anticipatory and nimble approach to identifying and addressing emerging trends.

The Forum facilitates frank and open discussions among stakeholders, bringing together experts and practitioners from around the world. Since its launch in 2011, the GCTF has proven itself as a valued and practical platform for CT officials and practitioners around the world to share expertise and strategies and to develop widely applicable good practices and tools. This includes non-GCTF member states, the three GCTF Inspired Institutions (Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), Hedayah, and the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ)), the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact members and observers, regional and sub-regional intergovernmental organizations, academic experts, and civil society representatives. To strengthen its reach and knowledge base, the Forum draws upon a diversity of partners to complement and/or supplement the experience and expertise of its members. The Forum is well positioned to reflect global concerns. The Forum’s overarching and long-term goal is to reduce the vulnerability of people everywhere to terrorism by mobilizing expertise and resources to effectively prevent, combat, and prosecute terrorist acts and counter incitement and recruitment to terrorism.

The GCTF ( ) is an informal, apolitical, multilateral, civilian-led counterterrorism (CT) platform that contributes to the international architecture for addressing terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism.

Salary: In accordance with the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities (Scale 13, gross per month ranging from €5294 to €6444), dependent on knowledge and experience. Head of Unit, Administrative Unit, Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF)
