Consultant (GLOZ99/Anti-Corruption)

The consultant will provide research and analytical support to the implementation of the political party financing component of the Global Programme against Corruption (GLOZ99). The role involves desk-based research, drafting, analytical tasks, and supporting programme delivery under the supervision of the OIC of TSS/CEB/DTA.

Responsibilities

• Support a desk-based review of political party financing frameworks in Africa, including by identifying and compiling relevant sources, organising research materials, and contributing to the mapping of legal and regulatory frameworks against the standards set out in resolution 11/7 and UNCAC.
• Assist in the analysis of political finance practices in priority countries, including by drafting country-level summaries, compiling data on disclosure systems and oversight mechanisms, and contributing to the identification of gaps between legal frameworks and implementation in practice.
• Assist in the design and development of a survey for assessing countries’ implementation of resolution 11/7 standards, including by drafting guiding questions and research matrices, reviewing existing assessment frameworks, and contributing to the integration of relevant indicators from the UNODC Statistical Framework to Measure Corruption.
• Organize and prepare written outputs, e.g. policy and operational reports, draft background papers, analyses, sections of reports and studies, input to publications related to political finance transparency.
• Contribute to strong donor reporting, including by compiling results data from UNODC Hubs and implementing partners.
• Monitor and review good practices, new developments, methodologies and programmes in the area of political party finance.
• Perform any other substantive tasks in support of the political party financing components of the programme as required by the supervisor, including support to events, communications, or coordination activities that arise during the implementation period.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree in law, international law or criminal law, social sciences, global studies, political science or a related field, is required.
• A first level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least one year of experience working on topics related to anti-corruption, political finance or economic governance is required.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, are required.
• Working experience with the United Nations system or other international development organizations is desirable.
• Capacity to work independently and with minimal supervision is desirable.

Skills

• International Law
• Criminal Law
• Anti-Corruption
• Political Finance
• Economic Governance
• Research
• Analytical Support
• Report Writing
• Programme Delivery
• United Nations System
• Desk-based Research

Languages

English, French