Uniform Personnel Service Line Unveiled

By Jullian Kahara Atukunda, Communications Assistant/RSCE

The Uniform Personnel Service Line (UPSL) of the RSCE currently supports men and women in uniform across all missions in Africa, comprising 12 client entities consisting of Military Observers, Government Provided Personnel and UN Police, with combined 4,101 International Uniform Personnel (IUP).

UPSL also provides administrative and travel support for Military Contingents, whenever requested. UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) are among the Centre’s largest clients. Both entities have approximately 2,654 Uniformed Personnel (UP).

UPSL comprises 24 staff members, including International Professionals, National Professionals, National General Service Staff and Field Service Staff that support Uniform Personnel.

UPSL processes benefits and entitlements for UPs joining UN Peacekeeping missions. Services offered include:

HR Processes

• Pre-Boarding PA

• Entry PA

• Initial MSA Advance

• Accommodation Charges

• MSA Adjustments

• Exit PA

Payroll Processes

• Monthly MSA

• Payroll Analysis and Reconciliation

• Daily Allowance

• Ration Allowance

• Clothing Allowance

• Final Payment

• 90 Day Withheld

Accounting Processes

• Final Payment upon check-out

• Re-issue rejected payroll payments

• Recovery of over-payments.

UPSL is the only Service Line through all UN Shared Service Centres globally to provide administrative and operational support for Uniformed Personnel and Military Contingents for the UN.

RSCE’s geographical location and its holistic expertise in all operational areas makes it a unique platform for all stakeholders.

RSCE’s experience in supporting missions that are closing like UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) and UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) plus start-up Missions has made the organization a reliable partner for peacekeeping missions to achieve their mandates and, as an extension, USPL has played an integral part in supporting RSCE in becoming such a critical partner.

Servicing large missions can present unique challenges. The deployment of UPs in a Peacekeeping missions involves six major stakeholders:

• The capital of the UP

• The individual UP

• The Permanent mission of the country of the UP in NY

• Force generation and or police division

• The RSCE

• The receiving mission where the UP is deploying or repatriating from

To provide efficient support, USPL coordinates with all stakeholders, provide timely and innovative solutions to mitigate challenges and be the hub that connects stakeholders with each other.