Senior Assistant Director, Capacity Building at National Crime Research Centre

Job Description    

• Developing, implementing and reviewing policies, strategies, procedures, guidelines, protocols and programmes for capacity building;
• Ensuring compliance on policies, guidelines and protocols for capacity building and training;
• Developing training curricula and expert training modules for priority training areas for NCRC stakeholders;
• Coordinating capacity building programmes in and assisting the Government in formulation and implementation;
• Formulating and implementing capacity building programmes at the Centre towards building efficient and effective capacity of the government, private sector and other stakeholders and related policy issues;
• Developing, implementing and reviewing training programmes in liaison with relevant stakeholders;
• Establishing and coordinating research exchange programme;
• Informing and guiding research and academic programme of NCRC;
• Developing standards and procedures for implementation of various training programmes.
• Developing proposals for resource mobilization in liaison with resource mobilization department; and
• Coordinating the publication and use of the Centre's research finding

Job Specification    

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Cumulative service period of fifteen (15) years' three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Principal Research Analyst or Assistant Director Organized Crime Research; Conventional and Emerging Crimes Research; Monitoring and Evaluation Research; Information Management; Public Awareness and Partnership; and Capacity Building or in a comparable and equivalent position;
• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Social Science, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Psychology, Law, Political Science, Crime, Public Administration or related field from a recognized institution or related social sciences from a recognized institution;
• Master's degree in Statistics, Social Science, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Psychology, Law, Political Science, Crime, Public Administration or related field from a recognized institution or related social sciences from a recognized institution;
• PhD in Statistics, Social Science, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Psychology, Law, Political Science, Crime, Public Administration from a recognized institution;
• Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Minimum of three (3) publications in peer-reviewed journals, books, and book chapters;
• Minimum of four (4) published research papers or reports;
• Proficiency in computer applications; and
• Demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, managerial and administrative capability as reflected in work performance and results.