Programme Officer

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Description

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Org. Setting and Reporting

• This position is located in the UNODC Country Office Mexico (COMEX), Division for Operations (DO) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and is based in Mexico City, Mexico. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the COMEX Representative based in Mexico City as first reporting officer and under the Programme Coordinator, Global Programme against Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism (GPML) as the second reporting officer. 

Responsibilities

Within assigned authority, the incumbent will be responsible for the following specific tasks:

• Provide technical assistance, training, mentoring and support capacity building for national AML/CFT competent authorities with a priority focus on criminal financing associated with corruption and the trafficking of synthetic drugs;
• Support national competent authorities to develop and implement the national AML/CFT risk assessment, strategies and coordination mechanisms;
• Support efforts to assess national information, typologies, and red flags specific to money laundering associated with synthetic drug trafficking, and disseminate these findings to law enforcement, financial institutions, and other relevant stakeholders;
• Provide financial investigation training, resourcing and mentoring to build capacity of financial intelligence units (FIU), supervisory and regulatory agencies, law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies to successfully detect, investigate, prosecute and disrupt financial crime;
• Provide mentoring to enhance the effectiveness of financial intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination to law enforcement agencies and other relevant authorities;
• Provide assistance related to freezing, seizure and confiscation of criminal assets, including in relation to international cooperation;
• Enhance effective regional and international cooperation in relation to the identification, investigation and prosecution of money laundering, including by providing training and advice on police-to-police cooperation, FIU exchange of information, mutual legal assistance and other information exchange mechanisms;
• Support the establishment of partnerships with private sector entities, such as financial institutions and non-financial businesses, as well as other key stakeholders to enhance their awareness of money laundering risks associated with synthetic drugs and to strengthen cooperation in the detection and reporting of suspicious activities.
• Support national AML/CFT competent authorities to enhance the gender balance, and inclusion of people with disabilities, including at middle and senior management levels.
• Contribute to development of the UNODC programming in Mexico and globally, and support the inclusion and delivery of anti-money laundering components into other UNODC projects, especially in relation to corruption, border security and illicit trade;
• Support fundraising activities to increase the AML portfolio in Mexico and the region (drafting of concept notes, meetings with donors and potential donors, carry out advocacy actions).
• Work in cooperation with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Financial Action Task Force for Latin America (GAFILAT), the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and other donors and technical providers where necessary, to ensure leveraging of resources and coordination of activities;
• Provide substantive input and support to the planning, coordination and implementation of the programme strategies and activities of GPML globally, including with a specific focus on criminal financing associated with corruption and trafficking in synthetic opioids.
• Participate in needs assessment, programming and other technical missions, where necessary, to evaluate and elaborate technical assistance proposals with cooperating governments, international funding institutions (IFIs), UN agencies, non-governmental and/or civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs).
• Provide guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties; draft mission summaries and mission-related documents.
• Prepare/draft a variety of written outputs, such as background papers, correspondence with governments, working papers, mission reports, analysis, briefings, presentations, policy proposals and documents, regular and ad hoc reports, studies, summary reports, manuals, guides, etc.
• Provide substantive support in the development of relevant technical and training materials, tools and capacity building packages.
• Monitor, review and share good practices in AML/CFT methodologies and programming in assigned areas and contribute to their promotion among Member States.
• Collect and analyze data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Perform other work-related duties as required.

Education

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, criminology, management, international relations, social sciences, business administration or public administration 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.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in financial crime investigation in a national financial intelligence unit, law enforcement, or as a prosecutor dealing with financial crime matters is required. Work experience in delivering technical assistance in relation to anti-money laundering and/or countering the financing of terrorism is required. Relevant work experience in a field environment dealing with Latin America is desirable. Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages

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

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/245560?language=en

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