Job Opening

Posting Title: Law Enforcement Expert for Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Zambia (International Consultant)
Department/Office: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Duty Station: VIENNA
Posting Period: 05 January 2023 - 15 January 2023
Job Opening Number: 23-United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-198828-Consultant
Staffing Exercise N/A
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
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Result of Service

A Establishing law enforcement contacts with Senior Law Enforcement officers in Zambia and in neighbouring countries to Zambia
B Tailoring of training package for training for Zambia law enforcement officers (ad interim until final national training packages are developed) based on the UNODC TIP /SOM training packages for law enforcement.

This includes development for training purposes for
a) Border law enforcement
b) Training Schools (urban)
c) General police trainings
C
Undertake two trainings for law enforcement in Zambia.

Provide Case mentoring for investigators on on-going investigations related to smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons in line with agreed technical assistance plan A report on each case/ on the cases will be required as a deliverable.

Undertake two trainings for law enforcement in SADC countries including in Zambia.

D Undertake a mapping of the law enforcement gaps on detection and investigation of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Zambia and provide a report for UNODC (SAMM project). This includes specific gaps and challenges with the borders with Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Angola, Malawi DRC and Tanzania

E Provide an analysis brief for the TIP and SOM Law Enforcement activities undertaken and a proposed plan of action for engagement in 2023.

Provide Case mentoring for investigators on on-going investigations related to smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons in line with agreed technical assistance plan A report on each case/ on the cases will be required as a deliverable.

Provide liaison support for UNODC law enforcement activities with government law enforcement and TIP Secretariat.

F Provide Case mentoring for investigators on on-going investigations related to smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons in line with agreed technical assistance plan A report on each case/ on the cases will be required as a deliverable.

Provide liaison support for UNODC law enforcement activities with government law enforcement and TIP Secretariat.
Undertake two trainings for law enforcement in Zambia.

Undertake at least two trainings for law enforcement in SADC countries including in Zambia.

G Output oriented final report for activities supported and any relevant annexures

Work Location

Home Based with travel to the Southern African Region

Expected duration

February-July 2023

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Representative and within the framework of the UNODC Regional Programme for Southern Africa, the consultant will perform the following tasks:

a) Support the Programme to enhance engagement and partnership with law enforcement in Zambia and neighbouring member states listed in para 2 above.
b) Support in the tailoring of training package for training of law enforcement based on the UNODC Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants training packages for law enforcement.
c) From the foregoing, conduct training for at least seven instances and up to ten instances for law enforcement in Zambia
d) Provide case mentoring for Zambia investigators on on-going investigations related to smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons in line with agreed technical assistance plan with INTERPOL Regional Bureau for Southern Africa.
e) Contribute to research on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in the Zambia and in neighbouring countries by identifying key and emerging issues, from the engagement with law enforcement and from the various trainings, mentoring and operations.
f) Provide substantive inputs to the development and implementation of UNODC projects on smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons under the purview of the Law Enforcement Section and TIP/SoM Programme Unit.
g) Draft and submit an output oriented final report for activities supported and any relevant annexures.

Qualifications/special skills

- An advanced university (Master's degree or equivalent) in the fields of law, criminology, public administration, political science, international relations or related fields of criminal justice, crime prevention and/or law enforcement is required. A first-level university degree in the aforementioned fields in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Formal qualifications or certifications from a recognised national or international customs authority, police academy, or military-training institution, supplemented by specialization in criminal justice, crime prevention, or law enforcement, in combination with four (4) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the first level university degree.
- At least ten (10) years of professional work experience in law enforcement and investigation of organized crime, intelligence, etc., as well as practical experience in working in law enforcement crime units at the national and/or international level is required.
- Work experience on Transnational Organised Crime – including on trafficking in persons and/or smuggling of migrants is required.
- Work experience in mentoring, training and supporting national agencies in charge of countering organized crime is desirable.
- Work experience in Africa in the field of law enforcement, is desirable.

Languages

- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

No Fee

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