JOB DESCRIPTION

Result of Service

The project will help strengthen the knowledge of national stakeholders engaged in the fight against trafficking in person. One of the key priorities of the JTIP Madagascar project is to promote the rights of victims and to protect them from violence, abuse, and exploitation, especially by organized crime syndicates. The consultant is expected to have performed the below tasks at the end of the service

• Developed guidelines/SOPs on CSE and CST Response
• Conducted trainings on Basic Investigation to the police and gendarmerie
• Conducted Trainings on use of excisting national centralized data collection and reporting tool
• Conducted mentoring and capacity building for prosecutors in Anti-TIP units

Work Location

Antananarivo, Madagascar

Expected duration

1 Jan-31 May 2026

Duties and Responsibilities

UNODC is the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Through its Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA) and in close coordination with its headquarters, UNODC aims, among others, to promote and support effective responses by Member States in Eastern Africa to transnational organized crime, illicit trafficking and illicit drug trafficking at the legal, technical and policy level. UNODC does so primarily through its regional programme on Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking. UNODC is mandated to support Member States to strengthen their capacity to prevent, investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons, and to uphold the rights of victims. UNODC also fosters international cooperation in criminal matters pursuant to the UNTOC and assists Member States in increasing the coordination of the relevant stakeholders, both internally and internationally, in investigating trafficking in persons cases while ensuring due support and assistance is provided to victims of trafficking. In line with its mandate, UNODC is currently implementing activities as part of US-funded project titled “Enhancing Effective and Victim-Centered Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Child Sex Tourism (CST) in Madagascar (JTIP Madagascar)” which aims at strengthening the capacity of the Malagasy government to better detect, investigate and prosecute TIP and CST. The project will help strengthen the knowledge of national stakeholders engaged in the fight against trafficking in person. One of the key priorities of the JTIP Madagascar project is to promote the rights of victims and to protect them from violence, abuse, and exploitation, especially by organized crime syndicates. a. Training of police and gendarmerie on basic investigations. o Deliver five-days basic training workshop on TIP case indicators for Malagasy police and gendarmerie officersin Madagascar: b. Continuous mentoring and capacity building for prosecutors and Anti-TIP units o Deliver five-days basic training workshop on TIP case indicators for Malagasy TIP units and TIP focal points prosecutors in Madagascar: c. Training on the use of the existing national centralized data collection and reporting tool. o Deliver one five-days basic training workshop on data collection and reporting for Malagasy frontline officers and the national Anti-TIP bureau in Madagascar: d. Development of guidelines/SOPs on CSE and CST Response e. Development of a revised anti- TIP NPA III for Madagascar

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree in criminology, law, political sciences, development, sociology 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 five years of relevant working experience in programme or project management support, technical assistance in TIP and SOM or related areas, is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of UNODC mandate and Eastern Africa region areas is required.
• Experience in conducting research in crime prevention and criminal justice issues. or a directly related field is required
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and French is required
• Previous work experience with the UN or other International Organizations is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in oral and written English, French is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations Secretariat language is an advantage.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.