Programme Officer

**Job Identification**
- 21103

**Locations**
- New Delhi, India**Posting Date**
- 10/03/2024, 01:42 AM
- 10/17/2024, 01:29 PM

**Job Schedule**
- Full time

**Agency**
- UNDP

**Grade**
- SB4

**Vacancy Type**
- Service Contract Holders

**Practice Area**
- Effectiveness

**Bureau**
- Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

**Contract Duration**
- 1 Year with Possibility for extension

**Education & Work Experience**
- Master's Degree

**Other Criteria**
- Master’s degree or A first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience.

**Required Languages**
- Fluency in English is required and Proficiency in Hindi is required

**Vacancy Timeline**
- 2 Weeks

**Background**

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is the main UN agency in the fight against illicit drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism in virtue of the UN Conventions and Universal Instruments. The UNODC Regional Office for South Asia (UNODC ROSA), located in New Delhi (India), covers six countries of the region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Under its Regional Programme for South Asia for 2024-2028, UNODC is delivering technical assistance to South Asia under the following five sub-programmes: (1) addressing and countering the world drug problem; (2) preventing and countering organized crime; (3) preventing and countering corruption and economic crime; (4) preventing and countering terrorism; and (5) crime prevention and criminal justice.

In order to expand programming in the Sub-Programmes 1, 2 and 5, UNODC ROSA seeks to hire the services of a Programme Officer (Maritime Crime), as part of activities planned under UNODC’s Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) Indian Ocean East (IOE).

**Job Purpose and Organizational Context**

The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the UNODC GMCP Regional Programme Coordinator, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and close coordination with the UNODC Deputy Representative of ROSA. Furthermore, the incumbent will work under the overall supervision/guidance of the UNODC Regional Representative for South Asia.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Coordinate and take forward key initiatives under the Sub-programmes outlined above under the UNODC ROSA Regional Programme, with emphasis on the implementation of UNODC’s initiatives and projects related to disrupting and countering maritime crime in South Asia;
- Participate in strategic planning, development, management and implementation of UNODC South Asia’s work related to criminal justice and crime prevention at sea;
- Plan, organize, coordinate and provide backstopping to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of relevant UNODC activities aimed at strengthening criminal justice response to maritime crime in South Asia;
- Maintain regular contact, foster cooperation and work in close coordination with national and international drug, crime, criminal justice and terrorism authorities and other relevant counterparts, in relation to efforts associated with prevention and response to maritime crime in South Asia;
- Develop funding proposals and contribute to fundraising and visibility efforts of UNODC GMCP in India; in close coordination with UNODC ROSA;
- Represent UNODC GMCP in relevant national and international fora, as instructed by UNODC GMCP Regional Programme Coordinator, and in close coordination with UNODC ROSA senior management staff;
- Ensure effective communication and coordination with stakeholders, including regional and international partners with an interest and/or mandate on prevention of and response to maritime crime in the Eastern Indian Ocean region;
- Provide substantive and technical support and input to internal and external communication of the UNODC GMCP in terms of presenting communication on delivered activities, liaising with relevant partners on implementation of activities;
- Establish and maintain partnerships with government institutions and other national counterparts/stakeholders for effective and sustainable project design, planning, implementation and evaluation;
- Support the establishment of partnerships with IFC-IOR, as well as other regional entities involved in maritime security in the Indian Ocean such as IORA, CSC, BIMSTEC, IONS, to align UNODC GMCP’s technical assistance to various regional initiatives;
- Prepare briefs and/or concept notes on possible areas of cooperation and follow up with India-based counterparts on their implementation.
- Conduct and/or coordinate the conducting of and operational studies and analyses related to maritime security and law enforcement in the Eastern Indian Ocean;
- Arrange and conduct meetings with relevant stakeholders to discuss, design and produce strategic alliances in areas of common interest in tackling maritime crime between UNODC GMCP and India-based counterparts;
- Coordinate the development of project workplans, project and budget revisions, terms of references and other project documenta