Governance and Legal Reform/Law Enforcement Specialist

Job Title: Governance and Legal Reform/Law Enforcement Specialist

Reports To: Law Enforcement Assistance Manager

Supervise: N/A

Department/Group: Law Enforcement Assistance

Location: Ha Noi

I. BACKGROUND

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported counter wildlife trafficking (CWT) activities in more than 25 countries over the past decade by investing in the first line of defence against poachers and traffickers, bolstering community conservation, reducing demand for wildlife products, and developing innovative solutions. USAID’s Biodiversity Policy aims to advance biodiversity conservation as an essential component of human development. The Biodiversity Policy ranks Vietnam as a Tier 1 country, meaning that Vietnam is among USAID’s highest ranked countries in terms of biological criteria based on the Global Environment Facility’s Global Benefits Index for Biodiversity and that contain a preponderance of globally significant ecoregions as determined by the World Wildlife Fund’s Global 200 list.

Awarded to Tetra Tech ARD, USAID’s funded Saving Species project (Oct. 2016 – Sept. 2021) seeks to reduce the pressure of wildlife crime on endangered and threatened species. This five-year project led by USAID/Vietnam will accomplish this by reducing consumer demand for and consumption of illegal wildlife and wildlife products, strengthening wildlife law enforcement and prosecution, and improving and harmonizing the legal framework for wildlife crime.

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a non-profit, private organization that saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. WCS has been working to strengthen the commitment and capacity of the Vietnamese government to combat wildlife trafficking since 2006 and have established a well-respected presence in the country, providing support to a range of government agencies. We have generated a wide range of reliable data on a number of related issues and trained over 1,100 law enforcement officers from a range of agencies in investigation and enforcement techniques, and distributed a number of technical handbooks and guides. We have assisted central agencies to review and propose criminal intelligence analysis systems, inter-agency agreements and cooperation, national legislation, and have supported bi-lateral dialogues to suppress the wildlife trade and strengthen Viet Nam’s enforcement response.

As a sub-contractor of the Saving Species project, WCS will provide the technical lead to implement, monitor, and adapt activities outlined in Task 1 (Improve and Harmonize the Legal Framework for Wildlife Crime of the project) and Task 2 (Strengthen Wildlife Law Enforcement and Prosecution and task) of the project to strengthen competencies of law enforcement officers to enforce wildlife laws and legislation.

II. SCOPE OF WORK

The Governance/Law Enforcement Specialist (GLES) is responsible to design, implement and monitor activities, budgets for successful implementation of Task 1 and Task 2. The GLES is expected to work closely with the Law Enforcement Assistance team to ensure the harmonization between WCS and Saving Species project for law enforcement activities.

III. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and oversee work-planning, budgeting, project-tracking and performance reporting for activities under Task 1 and Task 2 of the Saving Species project;
• Collaborate and coordinate with relevant WCS staff, Activity staff, subcontractors and grantees to execute the project activities;
• Provide day-to- day direction of all activities related to legal reform and law enforcement capacity building activities under Task 1 and Task 2;
• In coordination with the Law Enforcement Assistance team, establish and maintain partnership with Vietnam’s enforcement community;
• Coordinate and harmonize law enforcement support activities between USAID’s Saving Species project and WCS;
• Involve in the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy to support legal reforms and institutionalize law enforcement capacity building in Vietnam;
• Collaborate with and build upon the efforts of other US Government, internationally-assisted and civil society activities;
• Contributes to the development of WCS Viet Nam policies and strategies;
• Acts as WCS’s representative and USAID’s Saving Species project at provincial and national level/meetings/workshops as required;
• Performs others as requested and mutually agreed with the leaders of WCS and USAID’s Saving Species project.

IV. REQUIREMENTS

• At least seven years of experience in effective legal and law enforcement development and/or reform, the design and institutionalization of capacity building systems, institutional strengthening, and coalition building.
• Experience in supporting the establishment and/or operations of government and/or nongovernmental platforms to share information and coordinate anti-trafficking planning and enforcement actions is highly desired.
• Experience supporting and implementing biodiversity or CWT legal reform and/or law enforcement activities, particularly in Vietnam, is highly desired.
• A master’s degree in a relevant field or, in lieu thereof, three additional years of experience in a related technical area.
• Proficiency in English is required
• Proficiency in Vietnamese is highly desired.

V. HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV with photo, contact details for references to:

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu My – Human Resource Officer
Wildlife Conservation Society
106 building D, No. 3 Thanh Cong street, Ba Dinh district, Ha Noi.
Email: [email protected]

Deadline for applications: 10th March 2018

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.