Result of Service

Expected tangible and measurable output(s): • Planned and conducted missions to Tanzania, Pakistan, Seychelles and/or Bahrain to include applicable country visa, visa extensions, and UNDSS security clearances. • Continued to identify training needs of the beneficiary country's MLE agencies/units and review operational, logistics and maintenance practices and current condition of afloat • assets, with particular focus on the capacity to calculate operations and maintenance costs and include them in national budgetary processes. • Delivered on the job mentoring • Delivered a one-week Training of Trainer’s Course (ToT) • Delivered a three-week Boat Team Member Qualification Training Course (BTM QTC) • Delivered a four-week Boat Coxswain Qualification Training Course (BCOX QTC) • Delivered on the job mentoring • Delivered Boarding Crew Member Qualification Training Course (BCM QTC) • Delivered Boarding Officer Qualification Training Course with a Radiological and Nuclear Detection Module (BO QTC-RN) • Delivered International Bulk Carrier Search Course • Delivered Advanced Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Course • Delivered Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Course • Delivered Regional Tabletop Exercise (TTX -1) • Completed virtual meetings with all other country mentors discuss and synchronize a plan for a way forward for future activities. • Assisted the MLE Pillar Southern Route Team Leader and Project Support Officer with additional tasks, as assigned • Supported coordination of any UNODC GMCP activities in-country, as needed, including Joint Operations Center activities • Supported coordination of deployments of Tanzanian students to international training destinations, when requested • Liaised with other international maritime law enforcement experts working in Tanzania and harmonize the delivery of training. • Completed all monitoring and evaluation requirements and submit photos and written descriptions of capacity building activities for inclusion in programme visibility materials for each training activity conducted • Submitted 6 monthly reports • Submitted 10 “End of Activity” reports within two calendar days of the course completion, detailing progress of the participants, reflections on how to enhance future training delivery, and significant accomplishments made.

Work Location

Home based with possible travel to Tanzania, Japan, Kenya, Seychelles, South Africa, Madagascar, Brazil, Somalia, Djibouti, and Pakistan.

Expected duration

October to Dec 2025

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Background of the assignment: The UNODC Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) continues to support the criminal justice systems of states in the Indian Ocean region by dealing with issues of maritime crime. This support has included the entire justice chain involved in this work, including the police, prosecutors, judges and prison staff of these states. The Programme has expanded its work to focus on capacity building of Maritime Law Enforcement (MLE) authorities. This includes the provision and maintenance of equipment, the mentoring of staff, and communication and coordination between the regional entities. To date and following the successful delivery of mentoring and embedded mentoring, this support has been delivered in Bangladesh, Comoros, Kenya, Maldives, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. 2. Purpose of the assignment: The expert will work primarily in Tanzania for the delivery of an MLE embedded mentoring program with the supported units. The objective is to entrench mariner and policing skills within each of the MLE Units and see that these units are regularly and operationally engaged in providing security as well as the investigation of maritime crime in their respective areas of operations. 3. Specific tasks to be performed by the consultant: Under the overall supervision of the UNODC Regional Representative, ROEA, and under the direct supervision and regular liaison with the Programme Coordinator GMCP Western Indian Ocean will ensure the expert will perform the following tasks: • Plan and conduct missions to Tanzania, to include applicable country visa, visa extensions, and UNDSS security clearances. • Continue to identify training needs of the beneficiary country's MLE agencies/units and review operational, logistics and maintenance practices and current condition of afloat • assets, with particular focus on the capacity to calculate operations and maintenance costs and include them in national budgetary processes. • Deliver on the job mentoring • Deliver a one-week Training of Trainer’s Course (ToT) • Deliver a three-week Boat Team Member Qualification Training Course (BTM QTC) • Deliver a four-week Boat Coxswain Qualification Training Course (BCOX QTC) • Deliver on the job mentoring • Deliver Boarding Crew Member Qualification Training Course (BCM QTC) • Deliver Boarding Officer Qualification Training Course with a Radiological and Nuclear Detection Module (BO QTC-RN) • Deliver International Bulk Carrier Search Course • Deliver Advanced Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Course • Deliver Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Course • Deliver Regional Tabletop Exercise (TTX -1) • Complete virtual meetings with all other country mentors discuss and synchronize a plan for a way forward for future activities. • Assist the MLE Pillar Southern Route Team Leader and Project Support Officer with additional tasks, as assigned • Support coordination of any UNODC GMCP activities in-country, as needed, including Joint Operations Center activities • Support coordination of deployments of Tanzanian students to international training destinations, when requested • Liaise with other international maritime law enforcement experts working in Tanzania and harmonize the delivery of training. • Complete all monitoring and evaluation requirements and submit photos and written descriptions of capacity building activities for inclusion in programme visibility materials for each training activity conducted • Submit 6 monthly reports • Submit 10 “End of Activity” report within two calendar days of the course completion, detailing progress of the participants, reflections on how to enhance future training delivery, and significant accomplishments made. 4. Expected tangible and measurable output(s): • Planned and conducted missions to Tanzania, Pakistan, Seychelles and/or Bahrain to include applicable country visa, visa extensions, and UNDSS security clearances. • Continued to identify training needs of the beneficiary country's MLE agencies/units and review operational, logistics and maintenance practices and current condition of afloat • assets, with particular focus on the capacity to calculate operations and maintenance costs and include them in national budgetary processes. • Delivered on the job mentoring • Delivered a one-week Training of Trainer’s Course (ToT) • Delivered a three-week Boat Team Member Qualification Training Course (BTM QTC) • Delivered a four-week Boat Coxswain Qualification Training Course (BCOX QTC) • Delivered on the job mentoring • Delivered Boarding Crew Member Qualification Training Course (BCM QTC) • Delivered Boarding Officer Qualification Training Course with a Radiological and Nuclear Detection Module (BO QTC-RN) • Delivered International Bulk Carrier Search Course • Delivered Advanced Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Course • Delivered Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Course • Delivered Regional Tabletop Exercise (TTX -1) • Completed virtual meetings with all other country mentors discuss and synchronize a plan for a way forward for future activities. • Assisted the MLE Pillar Southern Route Team Leader and Project Support Officer with additional tasks, as assigned • Supported coordination of any UNODC GMCP activities in-country, as needed, including Joint Operations Center activities • Supported coordination of deployments of Tanzanian students to international training destinations, when requested • Liaised with other international maritime law enforcement experts working in Tanzania and harmonize the delivery of training. • Completed all monitoring and evaluation requirements and submit photos and written descriptions of capacity building activities for inclusion in programme visibility materials for each training activity conducted • Submitted 6 monthly reports • Submitted 10 “End of Activity” reports within two calendar days of the course completion, detailing progress of the participants, reflections on how to enhance future training delivery, and significant accomplishments made.

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in criminal justice, criminology, law, political science, management or other related fields is required. A first-level university degree in the aforementioned fields in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Formal qualifications or certifications from a recognised national or international customs authority, police academy, or military-training institution, supplemented by specialization in criminal justice, crime prevention, or law enforcement, in combination with four (4) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the first level university degree. • At least 7 years working experience as a police officer, member of a defense force, or a maritime security organization, with maritime law enforcement experience is required • Experience as in providing riverine and small craft training to police/defense forces is required • Experience as a police/defense forces trainer is required • Experience of training in an international environment is required • Basic IT skills required • Experience policing in post conflict conditions is desirable • A broad understanding of the maritime situation in the Indian Ocean is desirable

Languages

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 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.