Programme Implementation and Monitoring

Mission and Objectives

UNODC’s mission is to contribute to global peace and security, human rights and development by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism. UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030 outlines our mission to provide more safety to Africa’s people, government and institutions from drugs, crime, corruption, terrorism and illicit financial flows. Our Vision 2030 seeks to strengthen crime prevention, enhance justice, address organized crime, ensure a balanced response to drugs, improve the rule of law and bolster resilience. Building on decades of partnership and engagement with African countries, we will work within our unique mandate towards these goals with a focus on whole-of-society approaches and inclusion of the most vulnerable and marginalized populations

Context

This UNV assignment is in the UNODC Programme Office in Mozambique, Maputo (POMOZ), Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSAF), Division for Operations (DO) of UNODC. The overall objective of UNODC’s engagement in Mozambique is to assist the authorities in having a holistic, effective, and pragmatic response to drug use, drug trafficking, illicit trafficking, organized crime, corruption and terrorism, through both a national and regional perspective. POMOZ implements several programmes within the mandated area and promotes the implementation of the ‘Maputo Roadmap’, a policy document that defines the framework of cooperation between the Government of Mozambique and UNODC in the country. The UNV will support the implementation and monitoring of the roadmap in its four inter-linked areas; combatting transnational organized crime, preventing drug use, preventing terrorism and violent extremism, and improving justice systems and integrity in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice.

Task Description

Under the overall coordination of Regional Representative for Southern Africa, the direct supervision of the UNODC Head of Office in Mozambique and daily orientation the Drug Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support preparation of a variety of written outputs related to the implementation of the Maputo Roadmap, such donor reports, briefings, speaking points, etc.
• Support the process of designing new projects through the conceptualization and draft-ing of concept notes, project documents, budgets, etc.
• Contribute to the design and organization of technical assistance activities within the mandated areas of UNODC, in coordination with the relevant organizational units.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation process of existing projects and programmes within POMOZ.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 – 26.

Additional Eligibility Criteria

This assignment is funded by the Government of Korea and therefore specific criteria apply:

• Candidates must be Korean nationals.
• Candidates must be between 22 and 29 years old at the time of application. Note: If you are older than 26 when applying, the system will display a notification that the ’application does not meet the eligibility criteria’. Please disregard this notification.
• Candidates who have already served as UN Youth Volunteer funded by the Government of Korea are not eligible to apply (former UN University Volunteers are eligible).
• Candidates may apply to a maximum of three assignments and indicate the order of preference in the ‘Additional remarks’ field when filling in the application form.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The selection will be done by the UN Host Entity at the level of the country of assignment.

Nationality

• Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required Experience

0 years of experience in (up to three years) and /or demonstrated interest in:

• Peace and security.
• Human rights Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded.

Area(s) of Expertise

• Legal affairs, Social work.

Languages

• English, Level: Fluent, Required Portuguese, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable.

Required Education Level

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in Law, Public International Law, Political Science.

Competencies and Values

• Communication.
• Integrity.
• Planning and Organizing.
• Professionalism.
• Working in Teams.

Living Conditions and Remarks

UN Volunteer will be based in Maputo, Mozambique, where UNODC POMOZ is located. Mozambique is at security level 2 and is considered non-restrictive regarding travel. Currently there are no significant security threats in Maputo and not direct threats to UN personnel or assets in the province. It is the Youth UNV responsibility to comply with immigration, customs and health requirements while entering/exiting the country

Inclusivity Statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.