Under the guidance and supervision of the Chief or the Deputy Chief of the UNODC Independent Evaluation Section at Headquarters (Vienna, Austria), the Substantive Expert, in close coordination and cooperation, will collaborate with the Evaluation Expert and the evaluation team throughout the entire evaluation process and contribute to the following tasks.
Responsibilities:
The Global Programme against Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime, and the Financing of Terrorism (GPML) is specifically mandated by the UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988), the United Nations General Assembly Special Session Political Declaration and Action Plan against Money Laundering (1988), the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999), the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000), the UN Convention against Corruption (2003), and UN General Assembly Resolutions 66/181 (2011) and 66/177 (2011) to deliver technical assistance to Member States to strengthen capacity to combat money laundering or terrorism financing (ML/TF) in accordance with these UN instruments and international standards. Under these mandates, GPML provides legal, policy, institutional, and operational assistance to member states to help them break the economic power of transnational criminal networks through closing money laundering channels, investigating financial crimes, and depriving criminals of the proceeds of illicit activities.
In recent years, GPML supported, on average, 70 member states and trained more than 4,000 AML/CFT professionals per year.
As the end of its second phase approaches (2018-2025), the program will undergo an in-depth independent evaluation to ensure it can continue to effectively respond to evolving and persistent ML and TF risks in the coming years.
Requirements:
An advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in criminal justice, criminology, law, political science, or a related field is required.
A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) 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 7 (seven) years professional technical experience in investigating, prosecuting, adjudicating or researching in academia money laundering and terrorism financing or related crimes is required; Experience in working in a team is required;
Experience in presenting and communicating complex evaluation or research results in a structured manner (in reports, briefs, presentations, etc.) is required; Professional technical experience in the field of evaluation or related field, including a track record of conducting various types of evaluation at the international level, preferably with experience in conducting evaluations for the United Nations is desirable; Knowledge and experience of the UN system and, in particular, of UNODC is desirable; Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods is desirable; experience in gender-sensitive evaluation methodologies and analysis and understanding of human rights, disability inclusion, and ethical issues in relation to evaluation are desirable.
