Consultant: Maritime Law Enforcement Expert at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Specific tasks to be performed by the consultant: Under the overall supervision of the UNODC Regional Representative, ROEA, and under the direct supervision and regular liaison with the Programme Coordinator GMCP Gulf of Aden and Red Sea will ensure the experts will perform the following tasks:

• Coordinate with Gulf of Aden and Red Sea countries, as well as relevant agencies to identify areas of assistance needed.
• Continue to identify training needs of the beneficiary country's MLE agencies/units and review operational and logistics.
• Complete all monitoring and evaluation requirements input, including individualized feedback and collection of participant data.
• Submit photos and written descriptions of capacity building activities for inclusion in programme visibility materials for the training activity conducted.
• Upload to Basecamp and SharePoint agenda, attendance sheets, action pictures, individualized feedback or surveys, contact details of the participants, and end-of-activity report.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in criminal justice, criminology, law, political science, management or other related fields is required. A first-level university degree in the aforementioned fields in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Formal qualifications or certifications from a recognised national or international customs authority, police academy, or military-training institution, supplemented by specialization in criminal justice, crime prevention, or law enforcement, in combination with four (4) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the first level university degree.
• At least 7 years’ experience as a police officer, member of a defense force, or a maritime security organization, with maritime law enforcement experience is required
• Experience in providing riverine and small craft training to police/defense forces is desirable •