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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
International Consultant – PCVE Security Expert To Provide Technical Assistance In The Operationalization Of Prison Intelligence And Security Framework
Kampala, Uganda
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International Consultant – PCVE Security Expert To Provide Technical Assistance In The Operationalization Of Prison Intelligence And Security Framework
Closing: May 6, 2024
6 days remainingPublished: Apr 28, 2024 (2 days ago)
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The Consultant will develop capacity-building initiatives of prison officers to collect, analyse and share intelligence information based on the prison intelligence framework of the Uganda Prisons Service.
Requirements
- The applicant for the UNODC job must hold an advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in criminology, law, social sciences, business administration, or related discipline is required. A first level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of 10 years of professional work experience in law enforcement force, criminal law and/or security service sector including providing technical advice, capacity building and mentoring specifically related to the prison Intelligence and management of violent extremist prisoners is required.
- Understanding of international standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice, in particular the Nelson Mandela Rules, preferably complemented by exposure to delivering technical assistance on prison management – related issues at international level, including in low- and middle-income countries is required.
- Experience within the United Nations System and substantive knowledge of the work of UNODC is desirable.
- Previous experience providing support on assessing and managing risks of high-risk prisoners including violent extremist prisoners and with criminal justice actors in Africa is
- Experience of working in conflict zones and a hardship non-family duty station is desirable.
- Ability to interact with governmental agencies, good interpersonal skills and organizational proficiency is desirable.
- Strong research and coordination skills, analytical capacities and ability to synthesize complex inputs into coherent support is desirable.
- Ability to develop practical and user-friendly tools in the field of prison staff training is desirable.
- Languages: fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.
Responsibilities
The Consultant will develop capacity-building initiatives of prison officers to collect, analyse and share intelligence information based on the prison intelligence framework of the Uganda Prisons Service.
Requirements
- The applicant for the UNODC job must hold an advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in criminology, law, social sciences, business administration, or related discipline is required. A first level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of 10 years of professional work experience in law enforcement force, criminal law and/or security service sector including providing technical advice, capacity building and mentoring specifically related to the prison Intelligence and management of violent extremist prisoners is required.
- Understanding of international standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice, in particular the Nelson Mandela Rules, preferably complemented by exposure to delivering technical assistance on prison management – related issues at international level, including in low- and middle-income countries is required.
- Experience within the United Nations System and substantive knowledge of the work of UNODC is desirable.
- Previous experience providing support on assessing and managing risks of high-risk prisoners including violent extremist prisoners and with criminal justice actors in Africa is
- Experience of working in conflict zones and a hardship non-family duty station is desirable.
- Ability to interact with governmental agencies, good interpersonal skills and organizational proficiency is desirable.
- Strong research and coordination skills, analytical capacities and ability to synthesize complex inputs into coherent support is desirable.
- Ability to develop practical and user-friendly tools in the field of prison staff training is desirable.
- Languages: fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.
- Conduct a capacity assessment of the Uganda Prisons Service in relation to collecting, analyzing and sharing prison intelligence information.
- Develop training modules on prison intelligence for the Uganda Prisons services.
- Conduct a consultative meeting to validate and launch the prison intelligence modules (which will be integrated) embedded in the existing Uganda Prison Academy and Training School (PATS) basic training curriculum.
- Conduct two training of trainers (TOT) workshops on Prison Intelligence targeting 40 prison intelligence officers.
- Support the UPS to update, review and operationalise the Uganda Prisons services Intelligence policy framework and disseminate it to stakeholders.
- Strengthen the capacity of the Prisons Working Group on prison intelligence and conduct inter-agency meetings between the UPS and with other relevant security and law enforcement actors to facilitate the sharing of prison intelligence information.
- Develop an intelligence and security audit checklist which will be used in the prison security audits.
- Support the piloting of the security audit and intelligence check lists in targeted prisons.
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