UNV Project Support Associate

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Mission and objectives

The Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants - Bangladesh (GLO.ACT - Bangladesh) is a four-year (2018-2022) joint initiative by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) being implemented in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). GLO.ACT-Bangladesh builds on a global community of practice set in motion in GLO.ACT 2015-2019 in 13 partner countries across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Through targeted, innovative and demand-driven interventions, the project aims to support the Government of Bangladesh and civil society organizations to more effectively fight the crimes of human trafficking and migrant smuggling across the country. The project works on developing evidence-based information on trafficking and smuggling patterns and trends, legislative review and harmonization, capability development of criminal justice actors, and international cooperation. The project also provides direct assistance to victims of human trafficking and migrants in vulnerable situations through the strengthening of identification, referral, and protection mechanisms. This project is funded by the European Union. Within this context, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is looking for a National Youth UN Volunteer – Project Support Associate to be based in Bangladesh under the guidance and direct supervision of the National Programme Officer (Human Trafficking & Migrant Smuggling), to provide administrative and implementation support to the project activities on the ground.

Context

The Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was established in 2010 as the Counter Piracy Programme (CPP), in response to United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for a concerted international response to address piracy off the Horn of Africa. Since then, its mission and mandate have expanded both thematically and geographically, covering a much wider spectrum of maritime crimes within six ocean spaces globally. With its headquarters located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Programme is committed to supporting Member States through its mandate to develop cooperation both at a regional and international level and build law enforcement capacity among Member States to counter serious organized crime within the maritime domain. Under its Indian Ocean East portfolio, the Programme is providing technical assistance to maritime law enforcement authorities and criminal justice actors in Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Within this context, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is looking for a National Youth UN Volunteer – Project Support Associate to be based in Bangladesh under the guidance and direct supervision of the GMCP Associate Programme Officer, to provide administrative and implementation support to the project activities on the ground.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the UNODC GMCP Programme Officer, the National Youth UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: Provide implementation support to the project: • Assist the GMCP Associate Programme Officer and GMCP Indian Ocean East team in effective liaison and communications, ensuring flow of information to internal and ex-ternal stakeholders through coordination, preparation and circulation of regular up-dates, newsletters, reports, briefs and other written outputs to ensure visibility of the Programme, in line with any donor visibility requirements; • Contribute to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, briefing notes, speeches, position papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc., relating to maritime crime issues, in collaboration with the substantive team; • Support the conduct of research and collation of information on maritime crime and its impact in Bangladesh and/or the Indian Ocean, as required; • Provide logistical and administrative support to the GMCP Associate Programme Of-ficer in Bangladesh with regard to consultative and other meetings, workshops, con-ferences, training sessions, missions, etc., including preparing background documents and presentations, drafting meeting minutes, etc.; • Provide coordination support in securing nominations for UNODC events, communi-cating with nominated participants, following up on any queries, organizing and coor-dinating filing and maintaining of mailing lists; • Translate correspondence and project-related documents, reports and other written outputs, if relevant and necessary to inform or continue project implementation; • Assist the GMCP Associate Programme Officer with administrative processes related to the procurement of equipment and services and recruitment of experts, including support on the preparation of terms of reference, monitoring and follow-up on related payment requests, along with GMCP Admin and Finance Associate in Bangladesh, in line with UN financial rules and regulations; • Perform any other duties as required/assigned. Results/Expected Outputs: • Provision of well researched and sound analysis of issues and developments affecting programme/project development, administration and implementation, etc.; • Provision of thorough, well-reasoned written contributions; • Effective and timely liaison and interactions with colleagues and concerned parties in-ternally and externally; • Provision of substantive and administrative support to activities implemented under the programme, especially as these relate to maritime crime, including procurement, hu-man resources processes, and travel in line with UN financial rules and regulations; • Effective communication ensuring high visibility of the Programme.