Posting Title: Consultant on Strategic Trade and Export Control (STEC) training
Department/Office: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Duty Station: VIENNA
Posting Period: 20 January 2021 - 29 January 2021
Job Opening Number: 21-United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-148545-Consultant
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
Result of Service
- STEC training sessions in coordination/with staff member completed.
Work Location
Home-based with possible travels to some countries under the framework of the Container Control Programme
Expected duration
Initial period from 1 March to 31 August 2021 with approximately 90 actual work days. Extension of the contract is possible, subject to funding availability.
Duties and
Responsibilities
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and World Customs Organization (WCO) joined forces in 2004 to launch the Global Container Control Programme (CCP). The Programme is designed to assist member states to establish and build the capacity of Port Control Units (PCUs), and to detect illicit trade within the containerised supply chain through the detailed examination of pre-arrival information. Initially, with a mandate primarily focused on drugs, the established Units were able to quickly make impressive seizures and expand their focus to other illicit commodities across the full spectrum of transnational organised crime. In an increasingly insecure world, there also exists the very real risk that non-state actors might exploit the containerised supply chain—as we regularly see with drugs and other illicit commodities—to traffic or deliver weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or their component parts, comprising chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials. Most Member States have or are establishing legislation to regulate strategic trade using export controls and licencing requirements for items considered dual use. Yet, in many cases, officers at the front-line are unfamiliar with the identification of the commodities that might fall under these classifications and/or are ill equipped to proactively profile them at import, export or in transit.
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, unanimously adopted by all Member States, places mandatory requirements through Operative Paragraph 3(c) for States to maintain and develop appropriate effective border controls and law enforcement efforts to detect, deter, prevent and combat the illicit trafficking or brokering of WMD, CBRN materials or their associated/component parts.
The establishment of PCUs can directly contribute to Member States' operative implementation of UNSCR 1540 building on the specialised profiling techniques taught during theoretical, practical and mentoring components of CCP and complementing this with very specific Strategic Trade and Export Control Training (STECT).
This assignment focuses upon the advanced topic of Strategic Trade and Export Controls (STEC) addressing CBRN and explosives proliferation combined with other challenging subjects, such as military hardware and dual use goods identification, with delivery and incorporation into the PCU's activities.
The project will focus upon the PCU's of South East Asian countries of Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam, and others as required, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Georgia including those listed under work locations above. Subsequently, utilising various sources of strategic trade and UN sanction information for all CCP member states to enhance their specific risk profile targeting and risk analysis for compliance with UN Security Council based resolutions and sanctions.
The planned delivery of training on this topic will be done by research, training material development and training delivery. The initial training delivery consists of three separate in-person or blended in-person/online one-week training events with six to eight weeks between the first and second training period and six to eight months between the second and third training period. This formula allows the unit members to employ the knowledge gained, develop their own capabilities and to then build upon each previous session before further knowledge and information is added. After the delivery of the three one-week sessions, additional training will consist of regional operational training with exercises, tabletop exercises and other training activities as needed to contribute to continued efforts to combat illicit trafficking of strategic goods. As a complimentary format, CCP STEC is also delivered through an online platform as an introduction/review and augmented topical implementation focused on certain identified strategic trade related commodities.
The purpose of the assignment is to assist in the delivery of CCP Strategic Trade Export Control Training (STECT); training in the aforementioned South East Asian countries and potentially countries in other regions. The planned delivery of this subject is articulated as an in-person format consisting of three separate, five-day training events with six to eight weeks between the first and second training period and six to eight months between the second and third training period. This is formulated to allow the unit members to employ the knowledge gained, develop their own capabilities and to then build upon each previous session before further knowledge and information is added. Additionally, the assignment includes contributing to the CCP STEC blended approach of combined in-person and online training and/or online delivery of abbreviated training courses that permit introduction/review and augmented topical integration of knowledge and information to CCP participants.
Complementing the online and in-person three one-week sessions, the assignment includes developing, revising, and reviewing CCP STECT training materials which includes incorporating the latest information regarding UN Security Council sanctions, embargoes, and resolutions. The additional elements have an operational focus and expect the composition to be comprised of contributing to the drafting of training manuals and field guides formulated for CCP participants and trainers, scenarios to facilitate table top exercises and various operational exercises for national, regional and inter-regional strategic trade emphasis.
Due to the long distances involved for in-person training delivery, it is estimated that the consultant will contribute to training delivery in approximate two-week increments. While not limited to two week increments, the estimated base two-week periods include roundtrip travel (one week per country) and delivery, with preparation time of approximately two days pre and post mission are required for a total of 60 working days.
Subsequent days for development, revision, and review sessions, to be held at or in coordination with UNODC Headquarters through meetings in Vienna, webinars and conference calls expects to utilize 30 days remaining.
Under the supervision of the CCP Senior Programme Coordinator and the Expert, the International Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks: 3.1 Attend a pre-mission and planning meeting in the United Nations Office of Vienna (UNOV) to finalize the aims, objectives and expected outcomes of the assignment, travel permitting or via online means.
3.2 Agree and finalize planning for STECT outlined in section 2.
3.3 Accompany the UNODC trainer or other identified CCP STEC trainers on country missions as required.
3.4 Assist in the development and delivery of the 'three one-week sessions and/or supplemental online phases' of the CCP STECT as outlined in section 2 in the aforementioned countries and within project concept note.
3.5 Assist with the review, development, revision of training materials and associated exercises.
Qualifications/special skills
Academic Qualifications: An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) is required in the fields of law, criminology, public administration, political science, international relations or related fields of criminal justice, crime prevention and/or law enforcement, is required. A first-level university degree or equivalent academic education, professional training with certification from a recognized international/national police, customs or other staff training institution, with specialization in criminal justice, crime prevention, criminal investigation, law enforcement, and/or other related areas, in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.
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.
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