Associate Programme Officer

1 week ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa United Nations Full time

This position is located in the UNODC Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSAF) - Global Programme on Criminal Network Disruption (GPCD) with duty station in Cape Town (South Africa), Division for Operations (DO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The Global Programme on Criminal Network Disruption (GPCD) operates under the Border Management Branch (BMB), Division for Operations (DO).

The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Management Officer, Global Programme on Criminal Network Disruption (GPCD), and the overall supervision of the regional Representative of the UNODC Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSAF) in Pretoria, South Africa.

The work will be carried out in close coordination with the Border Management Branch (BMB) and UNODC Regional Office for Southern Africa.


Responsibilities:

Within assigned authority, the Associate Programme Officer (Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice) will perform tasks within the framework of the Global Programme on Criminal Network Disruption (GPCD) involving assistance to the provision of technical assistance and threat assessment to increase regional capacity to prevent, plan, train for, and respond to transnational organized crime.


The incumbent will perform the following specific duties:

  • Assist in designing and implementing operational assessments focused on various aspects of organized crime and drug trafficking at national and regional level.
  • Liaise with Law Enforcement authorities, programme development and outreach for GPCD in Southern and East Africa and Southwest Asia.
  • Coordinate and liaise closely with counterparts and stakeholders on programme implementation.
  • Contribute to building partnerships and secure national counterparts' project buyin for effective programme implementation.
  • Assist with and coordinate policy development, including reviewing and analyzing issues and opportunities to expand programming activities.
  • Assess and present information gathered from diverse sources relevant to project implementation related to the BMB Global Programme(s).
  • Plan and carry out consultative meetings, trainings, conferences, and workshops related to the programme implementation.
  • Prepare written outputs, such as background and working papers, analytical notes, and presentations to governing and technical bodies.
  • Provide substantive inputs to technical assistance projects, participate in relevant field missions, training, workshops, and seminars, and respond to demands for information on specific topics.
  • Participate in dissemination and briefing activities on assigned topics.
  • Assist in monitoring the evolution of the trafficking of drugs and transnational threats in selected priority regions/countries and routinely collect and review relevant information and reports from UNODC and other UN offices, governmental institutions, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations (IGOs/NGOs), media reports and other relevant sources.
  • Contribute to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns and provide draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for datadriven planning, decisionmaking, presentation and reporting.
  • Perform other workrelated duties and assignments as may be required.
Competencies

  • Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with a final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
  • Creativity: Actively seeks to improve programmes or services; offers new and different options to solve problems or meet client needs; promotes and persuades others to consider new ideas; takes calculated risks on new and unusual ideas; thinks "outside the box"; takes an interest in new ideas and new ways of doing things; is not bound by current thinking or traditional approaches.
Education

An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in political science, criminology, sociology, economics, other social sciences, research, or related fields 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.

Work Experience

A minimum of two years of relevant professional work experience in analysis and programme management at the national or international level OR the successful completion of the Young Professionals Programme Examination (YPP), the United Nations National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCRE) or the General Service to Professional Examination (G to P) is required.

Work experience in planning, coordinatin

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