Rule of Law Associate

For more than 25 years, UNODC, through its Country Office in Nigeria, has been cooperating with the Federal Government, its specialized agencies, the judiciary, as well as select State Governments, civil society and the private sector in making Nigeria safer from drugs, crime and terrorism.

In doing so, UNODC, as part of the United Nations Country Team, is contributing to Nigeria's achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Presently, UNODC provides support in the areas of anti-corruption, counter-terrorism and the prevention of violent extremism, drug prevention, treatment and control, the fight against organized and maritime crime, action against trafficking in persons and smuggling of mi-grants, justice sector reform, prevention of HIV/AIDS in prison settings and related to drug use, fight against wildlife and forest crime.

The UN Volunteer will support the work of UNODC Country Office in Nigeria to strengthen the rule of law in Nigeria including in the areas of Human trafficking and migrant smuggling, drug trafficking wildlife crime.

Working under the direct supervision of the UNODC Country Representative, He/She will specifically undertake the following tasks:
• Contribute to the overall program development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of technical assistance in the area of rule of law, in line with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its supplementing protocols, the United Nations Convention against Corruption as well as with other relevant international treaties, including the conceptualization, organization, facilita-tion of capacity building activities and interventions.
• Support the design and conduct of research activities on various topics relevant to UNODC's mandate and the dissemination of research findings through in person and online events, the country office website and social media channels as well as in the traditional print and broadcast media
• Assist in the operationalization of UNODC strategies and frameworks such as the Strategic Vision for Nigeria 2030, the Strategic Vision for Africa 2030 and the Corpo-rate Strategy 2021-2025.
• Contribute to the implementation of strategies, programmes, projects and also pro-vide other technical assistance
• Support UNODC’s participation in the implementation, reporting and annual review of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2027 for Nigeria.
• Perform other duties as assigned.