Organized Crime Analyst

The internship with UNODC focuses on providing technical support and advisory services related to organized crime in the Andean Region and Southern Cone. The intern will assist in research, analysis, and development of tools and policies to address organized crime at local and regional levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and advisory services for the design, development, and analysis of characterizations, diagnostics, and studies related to organized crime at the local and regional levels.
• Design and implement quantitative and qualitative research methodologies for the development of characterizations, diagnostics, and studies on organized crime in border areas and its impact on the region.
• Design and develop technical tools aimed at strengthening institutional capacities for law enforcement, as well as for the identification of typologies and regional best practices to address organized crime.
• Provide advisory services for the design and formulation of public policies, plans, programs, and strategies to address organized crime in border areas.
• Prepare technical reports on the issue of organized crime in the region, considering the influence of transnational criminal groups and the impact of the convergence of associated illicit activities.
• Conduct studies and analyses to identify strategic lines of action to address transnational crime in border areas.

Requirements

• A Law degree is required
• Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent). (OFFICIAL WRITTEN PROOF FROM THE UNIVERSITY SUPPORTING ONE OF THE ABOVE POSSIBILITIES MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE INSPIRA APPLICATION.)
• Be computer literate in standard software applications.
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• A field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
• Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have recently completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme.
• Applicants must have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.
• Ability to draft news articles and/or social media posts is desirable.
• Ability to design surveys and polls is desirable.

Skills

• Legal Research
• Organized Crime Investigation
• Policy Development
• Technical Advisory
• Data Analysis
• Survey Design
• Social Media Post Drafting
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• Standard Software Applications

Languages

Spanish, English