Aviso especial

Special Notice

This is a project post. Filling of this position is subject to funding availability and the initial appointment will be for a period of one year.

Staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and to assignment by him or her. In this context, all staff are expected to move periodically to new functions in their careers in accordance with established rules and procedures.

Org. Setting and Reporting

This position is located in the Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section (HTMSS), Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch (OCB), Division for Treaty Affairs (DTA), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in Vienna, Austria. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator of the “Global Action to prevent and address trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants” and the overall guidance of the Chief, HTMSS. The position may require significant travel (20%).

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Responsibilities

Within assigned authority, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Provide substantive support to the implementation of the Project: “Global Action to prevent and address trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants”;

• Develop and implement, as assigned, specific components of the Project, with a special focus on criminal justice: provide substantive and technical input for the formulation, implementation and assessment of project activities; collect and compile relevant background data and information; undertake desk research and assessment missions; liaise with partner countries and other donor entities on resource mobilization; cooperate and coordinate closely with the UNODC field offices, and the experts placed in the field, on implementation arrangements, potential partners and detailed specifications for project activities;

• Facilitate and provide support to training and other capacity-building assistance for criminal justice actors, including the development of related technical material: Participate in the design and facilitate interregional, regional and national training activities; prepare and provide input to standardized training materials; facilitate and carry out training activities, as required; review and revise relevant UNODC training and capacity-building tools; promote their use and application by respective target groups in partner countries; compile information on best practices in the response to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants; coordinate and liaise with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and institutions which are active in the provision of training on related issues at the international, regional or country level;

• Attend and contribute to technical consultations with partner countries, the European Union (EU) and other actors on measures against trafficking in persons and/or smuggling of migrants; participate in review, monitoring and evaluation events for the Action; undertake negotiations and consultations on anti-trafficking in persons and anti-smuggling issues, especially those concerning criminal justice, with relevant international bodies and organizations and NGOs, as required; prepare technical presentations on the Project; make substantive presentations on behalf of UNODC on trafficking in persons and/or smuggling of migrants at related regional/international criminal justice and/or other events, as required;

• Develop an implementation plan for a monitoring mechanism to systematically measure the relevance and impact of the technical assistance delivered through the Project including the implementation of standard questionnaires, identification and refinement of effective performance indicators means of verification and development of a system of data collection; develop and design standardized data analysis and visualization methods to be able to inform the EU, partner countries and other UNODC entities of the impact of the Project in a simple and concise manner;

• Participate in field missions including technical assistance assessment, training and capacity building assistance missions;

• Prepare/draft a variety of written outputs, such as background papers, correspondence with governments, working papers, mission reports, analyses, briefings, presentations, policy proposals and documents, regular and ad hoc reports, studies, summary reports, manuals, guides, toolkits, etc.

• Perform other work related duties as required.