Associate Crime Prevention And Criminal Justice Officer

Associate Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between States.

Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. The CITES Secretariat is administered by UN Environment and is located at the Geneva duty station. The focus of this position is to provide support to and/or assistance in backstopping, coordinating and monitoring the implementation of CITES Secretariat strategies, policies, programme activities in the assigned substantive and functional areas in assigned countries or regions.

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of the CITES Secretariat Enforcement Unit, the Associate Crime Prevention Officer will be responsible for the following duties in special functional areas.

Provide substantive support in coordinating and implementing the programs and activities on enforcement matters of the CITES Secretariat:

- Liaises with counterparts at national and international levels such as regional and subregional wildlife enforcement networks and national enforcement agencies and assists in building strategic partnerships; fosters collaboration with relevant stakeholders in other parts of the United Nations, government officials, representatives of inter‑governmental and non‑governmental organizations, business partners, to obtain and exchange relevant information and raise awareness of the strategic and operational priorities adopted by CITES governing bodies to combat wildlife and forest crime, including wildlife crime linked to the Internet, corruption and money laundering facilitating illegal wildlife trade amongst agencies responsible for wildlife law enforcement.

- Contributes to the formulation, development, implementation, coordination, backstopping and evaluation of assigned technical cooperation programmes/projects and activities; provides technical and administrative support to programme/project development and implementation; reviews, drafts and/or coordinates timely preparation and submission of relevant documents and reports; monitors budget, expenditures and utilisation of funds; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties, counterparts and stakeholders;

identifies and tracks follow‑up actions in accordance with the strategic and operational priorities in the Decisions, Resolutions and Recommendations on enforcement matters agreed by CITES governing bodies.

- Assists in the recruitment of personnel for the office/section/unit and/or programme/project by coordinating panel interviews, evaluating candidates’ applications and qualifications, drafting recommendations, reports and terms of references/job descriptions.

- Provides administrative and substantive support and servicing to CITES consultative and other meetings, conferences, other legislative and technical bodies as well as intersessional working groups by proposing agenda topics, identifying and proposing participants, preparing background documents and presentations, handling logistics.

- Undertakes outreach activities; participates and assists in the development, organisation, coordination and preparation of workshops, seminars, training courses and special events; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.

- Participates in technical field missions, including provision of substantive and administrative support, data collection, preparation of mission reports.

- Contributes to the formulation and preparation of the programme of work, work plans, public information and resource mobilisation activities as well as the programme budget of the unit; attends to various administrative…