Reporting, Monitoring and Liaison Assistant (CRIMJUST)

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Mission and objectives

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997, UNODC is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism. Throughout West Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, transnational trafficking has permeated stable governance and the rule of law, leading to high levels of violence, intimidation and homicides. Regional countries have become key points of transit, and even of destination, for drug trafficking routes with organized crime groups capitalizing on weak governance and prevalent corruption. The global and evolving nature of transnational organised crime groups presents a major challenge to law enforcement and judicial agencies worldwide. Their capacity to circumvent law enforcement and infiltrate state institutions renders their dismantlement and the prevention of their activities immensely complex, impeding police operations and criminal investigations as well as subverting criminal justice systems. To address these threats, UNODC, in collaboration with INTERPOL is implementing the Global Programme CRIMJUST “Strengthening criminal investigation and criminal justice cooperation along drug trafficking routes”, funded by the European Union and the United States. CRIMJUST seeks to combat the flow of illicit drugs by enhancing law enforcement and judicial counter-narcotic strategies beyond interdiction activities and by fostering transnational responses targeting each stage of the drug supply chain.

Context

The global and evolving nature of transnational organised crime groups presents a major challenge to law enforcement and judicial agencies worldwide. Their capacity to circumvent law enforcement and infiltrate state institutions renders their dismantlement and the prevention of their activities immensely complex, impeding police operations and criminal investigations as well as subverting criminal justice systems. To address these threats, UNODC, in collaboration with INTERPOL is implementing the Global Programme CRIMJUST “Strengthening criminal investigation and criminal justice cooperation along drug trafficking routes”, funded by the European Union and the United States. CRIMJUST seeks to combat the flow of illicit drugs by enhancing law enforcement and judicial counter-narcotic strategies beyond interdiction activities and by fostering transnational responses targeting each stage of the drug supply chain. The programme aims to advise and support the implementation of multi-faceted strategies to disrupt the drug trade by: 1.Enhancing law enforcement capacities and promoting inter-regional cooperation; 2.Supporting transnational prosecutorial processes and strengthening criminal justice systems; 3.Strengthening institutional integrity optimizing the sustainability of counter-narcotic strategies; 4.Providing regional and global strategic knowledge of drug production, trafficking and related organized crime to enable member states to implement evidence-based policies. Under the framework of its global programme, CRIMJUST is implementing a new project, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. State Department, “Strengthening Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Trafficking and Related Transnational Organized Crime in Coastal Francophone countries in West Africa”. This three-year strategic partnership between INL and CRIMJUST seeks to provide targeted support to law enforcement officers and criminal justice practitioners in Togo, Benin and Cote d’Ivoire, including training to enhance their capacity to manage drug trafficking cases and to bolster institutional ethics and integrity, as well as technical and strategic support to coordinate and enable regional criminal justice responses to transnational organized crime. To support the implementation of the project, UNODC requires the services of an International UN Volunteer to assist the overall implementation of the project; •Supporting the coordination and implementation of CRIMJUST capacity-building activities and other events in Africa; •Liaising with relevant authorities to ensure project deliverables continue to align with stakeholders’ expectations, needs and priorities; •Supporting the monitoring of the project’s inputs, activities and outputs, mitigating risks and facilitating informed decision-making; •Drafting and compiling progress reports under the new INL/CRIMJUST project and support, as needed, reporting requirements of the global programme; •Assisting advocacy actions and promoting the programme’s results and priorities; •Support the liaison and outreach activities to help expand the project to new countries; •Supporting the CRIMJUST programme in its tasks related with project management and outreach to key partners.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the HoO of UNODC Abidjan and CRIMJUST Project Officers and the oversight of the CRIMJUST Programme Coordinator or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will: •Support the launch of the new INL/CRIMJUST project in West Africa in line with the project’s timeline, outputs and deliverables and relevant authorities’ needs; •Support the implementation of activities in Africa, including drafting presentations, managing letters of invitation, monitoring list of participants, vetting of participants, speech-writing for key panellists, and other tasks as required; •Liaise with national authorities, maintaining two-way communication, to ensure beneficiaries’ needs are acknowledged and addressed; •Support the engagement and outreach to newly identified strategically important countries; •Develop quarterly reports for the United States Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) as part of CRIMJUST/INL project; •Provide assistance for the drafting and editing of other reports required by CRIMJUST, including but not limited to: •Annual progress reports for the European Union; •UNODC annual reports; •Activity and operational meeting reports, specifically outlining key outcomes and discerning trafficking trends drawn from beneficiaries’ contributions; •Assist all actions pertaining to the evaluation of the project’s activities to centralize and communicate critical feedback to relevant stakeholders; •Support daily tasks pertaining to project management, including updating monitoring databases, events tracking and gender breakdowns to measure progress and to meet UN objectives towards greater gender mainstreaming; •Carry out research and assist in drafting of contextual analyses and justifications for new project proposals; •Assist in drafting of materials to be presented at the programme’s annual meeting and Project Steering Committees, ensuring narrative and key figures are updated; •Assist the organization of meetings with key donors, such as the EU or INL; •Provide translation services on an ad-hoc basis for operational meetings; •Translate and edit CRIMJUST presentations and communication materials in French and English, as needed; •Assist with advocacy activities; •Support the implementation of the CRIMJUST Programme with other tasks as needed. •Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor