Associate Drug Control and Crime Prevention Officer - UNODC

The position is located in the Policy and Inter-Agency Coordination Team, Office of the Director-General/ Executive Director (ODG/OED) of the United Nations Office at Vienna/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNOV/UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. The incumbent will work under the overall guidance of the Chief of ODG/OED and Strategy Advisor to the Executive Director and the direct supervision of the Policy Coordination Officer (Team Leader) in ODG/OED.

Within assigned authority, the Associate Coordination Officer will provide assistance to the overall policy and inter-agency coordination functions of ODG/OED and will be responsible for the following specific duties:

• As a member of the team, assist with the preparation of briefing material, talking points, and other substantive documents for the Director-General/Executive Director’s (DG/ED) meetings and missions; ensure submission of material to the DG/ED within established deadlines and adhering to established quality standards.
• Assist with the preparation of talking points and background information for the Secretary-General’s and other senior UN officials’ briefing material, as well as in reviewing submissions to reports of the Secretary-General or other high-level officials or UN bodies through ODG/OED, as requested.
• Monitor incoming correspondence and manage the appropriate action in coordination with relevant UNOV/UNODC offices and draft and review correspondence for the signature of the DG/ED.
• Assist in reviewing submissions to reports of the Secretary-General or other high-level officials or UN bodies through ODG/OED.
• Assist in reviewing internal policy and programmatic documents, providing contributions to support the DG/ED’s decision-making, and offer policy support to the DG/ED for intergovernmental meetings and Member States groupings.
• Attend meetings of the DG/ED, draft and review minutes, monitor and facilitate follow-up actions.
• Contribute to the implementation of the inter-regional approach to drug control and crime prevention, through participation in interdivisional meetings and keeping the Chief of the Office abreast of new developments.
• Contribute to addressing key institutional challenges to smooth and accountable delivery of programmes ensuring delivery with accountability; assist in supporting institutional change processes (such as enterprise risk management and others).
• Support the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) functions of the Office, including risk monitoring and mitigation practices.
• Contribute to addressing key institutional challenges to ensure smooth and accountable delivery of programmes; support institutional change processes, including Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) functions such as risk monitoring and mitigation practices.
• Keep abreast of policy issues related to UNODC mandate areas as well as strategic and operational developments at UN HQs level and within UNOV and UNODC to ensure informed contributions to the policy coordination function, including:
• Countering transnational organized crime and illicit trafficking: inter alia, human trafficking, smuggling of migrants, illicit trafficking in drugs, firearms and natural resources, money-laundering, emerging and re-emerging crimes such as drug-related crime, cybercrime, piracy and environmental crime.
• Countering corruption: inter alia, preventing and combating all forms of corruption, fraud and identity theft.
• Health and livelihoods (Drugs and HIV): inter alia, reducing drug abuse, drug dependence, drug-related diseases and other social consequences; implementing drug use prevention, interventions and provision of drug dependence treatment, care and rehabilitation, HIV prevention and care services as it relates to drug use, prison settings and other mandates of UNODC.
• Contribute to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns and provide draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Contribute to policy support activities of the Office and perform other work-related tasks as assigned.