Expert Maritime Law Enforcement

This assignment is located in the UNODC, Border Management Branch (BMB) , Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP), Indian Ocean East (IOE) team under the purview of Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) and is based in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The overall guidance will be provided by the Regional Representative of ROSA. Under the direct supervision of the Regional Programme Coordinator, the incumbent will assist with implementation in line with written guidelines and instructions developed by UNODC on project cycle management and project implementation. The incumbent will work in close team with other colleagues of the project in the Indian Ocean East region as well as at relevant sections of UNODC, to create synergy and achieve full coordination of project activities and effective project partnerships.

Under the direct supervision of the Regional Programme Coordinator, Indian Ocean East team, BMB, UNODC, the Expert will undertake the following tasks:

• Liaise with the Navy and Coast Guard to facilitate the implementation and completion of project activities.
• Monitor and coordinate project activities in Trincomalee and Kirinda training centre.
• Design and develop a manual on Visit, Board, Search, Seizure (VBSS) best practices and boarding techniques.
• Contribute to the preparation of various written outputs, monitoring and progress reports, inputs to publications, etc, relating to maritime crime issues in the Indian Ocean East region.
• Assist in Improving communication and information-sharing among national stakeholders, implementing partners and external parties collaborating with GMCP, to implement the assigned projects.
• Provide technical support to the IOE team members in preparing and coordinating relevant meetings on project implementation and for the development of the manual; Support field missions to locations where GMCP carries out programme activities, including provision of substantive support, data collection, data analysis etc.
• Contribute with substantive support for monitoring and evaluation functions of assigned project activities.
• Perform any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the Regional Programme Coordinator.