National law-enforcement expert with expertise in border and migration management
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Background:
Under the OSCE Presence in Albania (hereinafter the Presence) Extra-budgetary Project “Action Against Human Trafficking in Albania”, funded by UNICEF with the support of the United Kingdom, the Presence will conduct the first Albanian language anti-trafficking simulation-based training exercise, with in-house expertise and lead of the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB). This training promotes an innovative approach to capacity building, whereby anti-trafficking practitioners engage in real-time simulated scenarios to identify and investigate human trafficking. During the training activities, practitioners from Albanian law enforcement, judiciary, labour inspection, migration authorities, NGOs as well as lawyers and human rights defenders will work in teams to investigate simulated cases of labour and sexual exploitation among migrants, including child victims of trafficking. The exercises will be built on realistic, expert-developed scenarios, based on the well-established design of previous exercise conducted by the OSR/CTHB.
This training exercise envisages the following activities:
- Development of training scripts focusing on a two-step learning tool which will encompass (a) lectures and (b) a set of role plays for a multi-agency group of participants from interested participating States;
- Implementation of a simulation-based training exercise in Albanian language comprising role plays based on the developed scripts’
- Development of a Handbook for the Albanian that illustrates all the steps in carrying out a simulation-based anti-trafficking training, which will guide the Albanian institutions in carrying this training format independently. Tasks and responsibilities: The OSCE Presence in Albania would like to engage the services of a law enforcement experts/practitioner, with specific expertise in border and migration management, during the design of the scripts and delivery of the Albanian simulation based training exercise.
More specifically, the experts will:
• Participate in the 2-day Training of Trainers (ToT) session; • Contribute in updating and consolidating the project simulation exercise matrices in Albanian language (new actions and new injections) taking into account material already developed for the international simulations; • In coordination with the Project Manager, the OSR/CTHB and the practitioners, provide written feedback to the OSCE Presence on the profiles and roles of victims and traffickers for each action and injection, focusing on foreign presumed and identified victims, foreseen in each simulation storyline, based on a format developed by the Presence; • Provide a detailed description (and reconstruction) of the crime scenes involving foreign victims, at the border and within the country, including the environment where traffickers and victims live as well as the places of two story lines, respectively labour and sexual exploitation and the detailed descriptions of the sources of evidence to be found on the spot by the practitioners; • Participate in monthly meetings with the “DIREX” team and interact with professionals of other agencies involved in the simulation exercise (NGO, prosecution, labour inspectorates, international organizations, trade unions etc.) to provide suggestions on the storylines, profiles, injections; • Provide the documents necessary to the Direction of Exercise “DIREX” team of the simulation exercise: police reports, information from databases, excerpts of telephone interceptions, information that Interpol should share on demand by financial experts (practitioners), receipts of money transfer agencies, requests for police international cooperation and updates of maps with the indication of the places where trafficking in human beings is supposed to take place; • Provide examples of templates for preliminary information requests, requests for specific investigations, wiretaps requests, templates for interviews and templates for arrest and search warrants; • Finalize the list of items to be put in the exploitation places (furniture, clothing, accessories, etc.); • Coordinate as member of the DIREX the activities of Law Enforcement Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU) of practitioners ensuring strategic planning and the performance of the tasks of the CIU in accordance with the principles of legality and proportionality. • Co-prepare and conduct the simulation-based training in October 2020 and provide all administrative support in the injections of matrices needed to lead the investigation component; • Provide a final evaluation report with an overall analysis of the investigation of the human trafficking cases in the simulation and with recommendations to be given to anti-trafficking stakeholders in Albania and to be included in the Handbook.
The expert will collaborate closely with the Presence National Anti-Trafficking Officer, the OSR/CTHB and the “DIREX” team to ensure the scripts and training materials provided are relevant and reflective of the training needs/requirements.
Deliverable and Timetable: 1. Provide written feedback on: - the profiles and roles of foreign victims and traffickers for each action and injection foreseen in each simulation storyline, based on a format developed by the Presence; - police reports, excerpts of telephone interceptions, information that Interpol should share on demand by financial experts (practitioners), receipts of money transfer agencies, requests for police international cooperation and updates of maps with the indication of the places where trafficking in human beings is supposed to take place; - examples of templates for preliminary information requests, requests for specific investigations, wiretaps requests, templates for interviews and templates for arrest and search warrants; - finalize the list of items to be put in the exploitation places (furniture, clothing, accessories, etc.); - By 30 May 2020 2. Participate in monthly meetings with the “DIREX” team (NGO, law enforcement agencies and prosecution authorities, labour inspectorates,) to provide suggestions on the storylines, profiles, injections; May – October 2020 3. Synchronize the storylines provided by the OSCE; By 30 June 2020 4. Coordinate and oversee the simulation-based training exercise in Albania, focusing on the investigation of the offences, victims identification and referral; October 2020 5. Provide a final evaluation report of 2 pages in Albanian with an overall analysis of criminal investigation unit trainees and with recommendations to be given to anti-trafficking stakeholders in Albania and to be included in the Handbook; 30 November 2020
Necessary Qualifications • Experience in managing and coordinating complex investigations in the area of border and migration management; • Previous experience in participating in multi-agency working groups in the field of anti-trafficking Good knowledge of international and national legal frameworks, SOPs and of the multi-agency approach in addressing THB; • Teamwork skills and ability to interact with other investigative units and with governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as with the private sector; • High level of interpersonal and negotiation skills; • Ability to work in high-pressure environments; • Strong written and oral communication skills; • Flexible approach to work in a multi-agency environment;
The payment will be done according to OSCE consultants remuneration scale.
Application procedure:
All applications are due by 11 April 2020. If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE's online application link found under https://jobs.osce.org/.
The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, to offer an appointment at a lower grade or to offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration.
The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious, ethnic and social backgrounds to apply to become a part of the organization.
Due to the current unpredictable situation, the start date may probably be revised according to the daily and rapidly evolving situation.