SECONDMENT - Assistant Director, Missing Persons

The Assistant Director, Missing Persons, within INTERPOL's Missings & Wanted Persons Directorate, leads and oversees international cooperation efforts for locating and identifying missing persons and fugitives. The role involves strategic leadership, operational coordination, partnership development, capacity building, and administrative oversight to support member countries in law enforcement functions related to missing persons and fugitives.

Responsibilities

• Design, establish, and optimize the structure, processes, and workflows of the Sub-Directorate to ensure alignment with INTERPOL’s global operational needs.
• Define and implement strategic policies, procedures, and best practices for handling fugitives/missing persons cases, including the integration of INTERPOL’s tools and databases.
• Build, lead, and mentor a skilled, multidisciplinary team to achieve the Sub-Directorate’s objectives and foster a culture of operational excellence.
• Oversee the development of the unit’s long-term strategic plan, ensuring it addresses emerging global threats and evolving member countries requirements.
• Provide high-level leadership in the optimization of relevant notices, diffusions and other critical alerts to ensure timely international response to fugitives/missing persons cases.
• Drive the strategic deployment of INTERPOL’s biometric identification systems to maximize identification success rates for fugitives/missing persons cases.
• Coordinate closely with key units to deliver real-time, actionable intelligence and tactical support to member countries.
• Conduct high-level risk assessments and intelligence analysis to identify major criminal threats related to fugitives/missing persons.
• Represent the FIS/MP Sub-Directorate at senior-level international fora, expert working groups and policy-making meetings.
• Cultivate and maintain strategic alliances with external organizations, NGO’s and international institutions active in the fugitives/missing persons field to enhance collaborative efforts.
• Lead negotiations and joint initiatives with Regional Bureaus, NCBs and other INTERPOL Directorates to ensure synchronized global action.
• Evaluate potential benefits of new strategic alliances and propose policy initiatives to the Director and Senior Management.
• Design and oversee specialized training programmes on fugitives/missing persons investigations, INTERPOL tools, and cross-border collaboration in collaboration with EDCI.
• Develop analytical reports and strategic briefs for dissemination to member countries and global partners.
• Lead initiatives to enhance the capabilities of member countries, particularly in fugitives/missing persons.
• Monitor, analyze global trends in fugitives/missing persons cases to inform training curricula and operational strategies.
• Provide regular, comprehensive status reports on the Sub-Directorate activities, strategic progress and operational challenges to the Director and senior management.
• Coordinate with the Communications Office to ensure effective public and internal messaging regarding INTERPOL’s efforts in fugitives/missing persons cases.
• Manage the Sub-Directorate’s budget, resources and performance metrics to ensure efficiency and accountability.
• Perform any other duties as required by the hierarchy.

Requirements

• At least five-year university degree (preferably in Law, Public Policy, Criminal Justice, or a related field) is required.
• Senior-level law enforcement training or equivalent command-level certification is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive senior experience in law enforcement, with a focus on fugitives/missing persons investigations, operational support or criminal intelligence.
• Proven experience in Police services is required, with experience in senior people management, strategic leadership and team building with a complex international or multi-agency environment.
• Ten years’ experience in the area is required if the post holder does not have the required level of education.
• Experience in operational police cooperation, criminal investigations, fugitive/missing persons investigations, case coordination, criminal intelligence.
• Professional fluency in English is required.
• Proficiency of other official INTERPOL languages (Arabic, French, Spanish) is an additional asset.
• Strong people management and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage change, transformation, diversity, and innovation.
• Experience in international police co-operation.
• Legal/police knowledge and experience.
• Strong communication skills, both in written and oral form (public speaking and delivery of presentations).
• Experience in working with computers including knowledge of oral presentations software, business intelligence and word processing software.

Skills

• Law Enforcement
• Fugitives Investigations
• Missing Persons Investigations
• Criminal Intelligence
• Police Service
• Senior People Management
• Strategic Leadership
• Team Building
• International Police Cooperation
• Criminal Investigations
• Case Coordination
• Operational Support
• Law Enforcement Training
• Command-level Certification
• Law Knowledge
• Public Speaking
• Presentation Skills
• Business Intelligence Systems
• Word Processing

Languages

English