For two decades, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been helping make the world safer from drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism. We are committed to achieving health, security and justice for all by tackling these threats and promoting peace and sustainable well-being as deterrents to them. Because the scale of these problems is often too great for states to confront alone, UNODC offers practical assistance and encourages transnational approaches to action. We do this in all regions of the world through our global programmes and network of field offices. Duties and Responsibilities Background of the assignment: UNODC is the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Through its Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA) and in close coordination with its headquarters, UNODC aims, among others, to promote and support effective responses by Member States in Eastern Africa to transnational organized crime, illicit trafficking and illicit drug trafficking at the legal, technical and policy level. UNODC does so primarily through its regional programme on Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking. UNODC is mandated to support Member States to strengthen their capacity to prevent, investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons, and to uphold the rights of victims. UNODC also fosters international cooperation in criminal matters pursuant to the UNTOC and assists Member States in increasing the coordination of the relevant stakeholders, both internally and internationally, in investigating trafficking in persons cases while ensuring due support and assistance is provided to victims of trafficking. In line with its mandate, UNODC is currently implementing activities as part of US-funded project titled “Enhancing Effective and Victim-Centered Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Child Sex Tourism (CST) in Madagascar (JTIP Madagascar)” which aims at strengthening the capacity of the Malagasy government to better detect, investigate and prosecute TIP and CST. The project will help strengthen the knowledge of national stakeholders engaged in the fight against trafficking in person. One of the key priorities of the JTIP Madagascar project is to promote the rights of victims and to protect them from violence, abuse, and exploitation, especially by organized crime syndicates. This project falls under the Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA) in Nairobi (Kenya), Division for Operations (DO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The contracted entity will work under the overall supervision of the Head of Transnational Organized Crime, Illicit Trafficking and Terrorism Programmes, the Programme Management Officer, and in close consultation with programme staff and consultants. Qualifications/special skills Advanced university degree in criminology, law, political sciences, development, sociology or related discipline 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. A minimum of five years of relevant working experience in programme or project management support, technical assistance in TIP and SOM or related areas, is required. Demonstrated knowledge of UNODC mandate and Eastern Africa region areas is required. Experience in conducting research in crime prevention and criminal justice issues. or a directly related field is required. Excellent command of written and spoken English and French is required Previous work experience with the UN or other International Organizations is desirable.