This position is located in the Support and Sharing Section (SSS) of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to assist in the investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for the most serious crimes under International Law committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM). SSS coordinates cooperation agreement negotiations and immediate support to competent jurisdictions through the facilitation of ongoing investigations and prosecutions. The incumbent will be under the overall supervision of the SSS Senior Legal Officer and under the direct supervision of a P-4-Investigator.

The incumbent will be responsible for planning and conducting investigative activities as part of a multi-disciplinary team of legal officers and analysts charged with providing immediate support to ongoing investigations and prosecutions by competent jurisdictions in response to requests for assistance.

Within delegated authority, the Investigator will be responsible for the following duties: – Undertakes investigations in cases involving serious breaches of international humanitarian law, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, rape and sexual and gender- based violence, including undertaking field missions, when required.

– Identifies, engages and manages relationships with a diverse range of sources, including intermediary NGOs.

Assists with engagement with requesting judicial authorities. – Obtains statements from survivors and vulnerable victims, including in difficult or hostile environments and circumstances, and through the use of interpreters. Conducts interviews with other types of witnesses relevant to the investigation. – Reviews and analyzes documentary evidence, assesses relevance for sharing with competent jurisdictions and determines information necessary for inclusion in interviews.

– Participates in briefings, presentations, and conferences with investigations staff, other members of the IIIM, as well as actors external to the IIIM, including governmental officials, civil society actors, UN entities and other partners relevant to the collection of information and evidence.

– Searches for, identifies, collects, records and preserves physical evidence ensuring that all potential or relevant evidence is gathered and secured, and that all necessary evidential chains of custody are established and maintained.

Assists in the presentation of evidence in proceedings, if required. – Prepares complete and concise investigation reports, briefs and files, incorporating as necessary maps, graphs, charts, tables, images and other illustrative devices. – Prepares thorough mission plans and reports. – Conducts open-source research.

Searches and registers sources, evidence, data, and information in evidence management databases. – Conducts additional inquiries requested of, or by IIIM. – Performs administrative functions pertaining to the implementation of policies and procedures for the IIIM.

– Assists in forensic projects when required. – Attends court and gives in-court testimonial evidence when required.

PROFESSIONALISM: Demonstrated ability to conduct large scale and complex criminal investigations and ability to build cases. Ability to analyze complex political, military, paramilitary, and other related groups’ activities in relation to war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, including sexual crimes, violence and abuses.

Ability to employ sound professional investigative experience to facilitate the production of high-quality work from the team.

Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to criminal investigations. Familiarity with and experience in the use of various research methodologies and sources, including digital sources. Ability to work in a high-tech environment. Shows pride in work and in achievements. Conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results. Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns.

Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges remains calm in stressful situations.

Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work. TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decision may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishment and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

PLANNING & ORGANIZING: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies.

Identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required. Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work. Foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning. Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary. Uses time efficiently.

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in law, international law, criminology, criminal justice, criminal investigations, police studies, human rights, political/social science or a related field is required.

A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

A minimum of five years of progressively responsible work experience in law enforcement, criminal investigations or other related types of investigations involving serious breaches of international humanitarian law, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, rape and sexual and gender-based violence or related legal area is required.

Experience as an investigator with domestic law enforcement authorities or an international criminal justice mechanism is desirable.

Experience interviewing witnesses and victims of crimes for criminal justice purposes is desirable. Experience collecting evidence, including from open sources, in the area of international crimes relating to events in the Middle East for criminal justice purposes is desirable. Experience analyzing complex and diverse forms of evidence using an electronic evidence review platform is desirable. Experience managing relationships with intermediaries in investigative contexts and remote/restrictive environments for criminal justice purposes is desirable.

Experience in the planning and safe conduct of operations to gather evidence in challenging or hostile environments for criminal justice purposes is desirable.

Experience in the preparation of investigation reports and other investigation related documentation for criminal justice purposes is desirable. Experience giving evidence in court for criminal justice purposes is desirable.

• This Temporary Job Opening is intended to fill the functions of short- term duration for 364 days (with possibility of extension), with an estimated start date as soon as possible.

• Fulfillment of the responsibilities of this position may necessitate engagement with material and/or information that may be distressing.

• An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential. • The recruitment and duration of the appointment is subject to the availability of funds. • Candidates should have no expectation of any fixed-term appointment possibility after the end of this temporary assignment. If the selected candidate is an internal staff member of the UN Secretariat, the selection will be recorded as a temporary assignment.

• Subsequent to the initial temporary appointment, new and successive temporary appointments may be granted for service in the same office or in a different office any number of times, for any duration, provided that the length of service does not exceed the period of 364 calendar days.

• Upon separation from service, including, but not limited to, expiration or termination of, or resignation from, a fixed-term, continuing or permanent appointment, a former staff member will be ineligible for re-employment on the basis of a temporary appointment for a period of 31 days following the separation.

In the case of separation from service on retirement, a former staff member will be ineligible for re-employment for a period of three months following the separation. This equally applies, mutatis mutandis, with respect to a former or current staff member who has held or holds an appointment in another entity applying the United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules and who applies for a temporary position with the Secretariat.

• A current staff member who holds a fixed-term, permanent or continuing appointment may apply for temporary positions no more than one level above his or her current grade.

However, a current staff member who holds an appointment at the G-6 or G-7 level may also apply to temporary positions in the Professional category up to and including the P-3 level, subject to meeting all eligibility and other requirements for the position. • A staff member holding a temporary appointment shall be regarded as an external candidate when applying for other positions, and may apply for other temporary positions at any level, subject to section 5.7 below and staff rule 4.16 (b) (ii).

Therefore, a staff member holding a temporary appointment in the General Service or related categories may only apply to positions within those categories.

For full information on eligibility requirements, please refer to section 5 of ST/AI/2010/4Rev.1 on Temporary Appointments. In its resolution 66/234, the General Assembly further “stressed that the Secretary-General should not recur to the practice of temporarily filling posts in the Professional and higher categories with General Service staff members who have not passed the General Service to Professional category examination other than on an exceptional basis, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that temporary occupation of such posts by the General Service staff shall not exceed a period of one year, effective 1 January 2013…” Consequently, eligible candidates in the General Service or related categories for temporary job openings in the Professional category that have not passed the competitive examination may be selected only on an exceptional basis endorsed by the Office of Human Resources Management where no other suitable candidate could be identified.

• While this temporary assignment may provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain new work experience, the selection for this position is for a limited period and has no bearing on the future incumbency of the post.

An external candidate selected for this position is bound by the prevailing condition of the staff selection system under ST/AI/2010/3, as amended, and ST/AI/2010/4/Rev.1. A staff member holding a temporary appointment who is recruited in the Professional and above categories on a temporary appointment and placed on a position authorized for one year or longer may not apply for or be reappointed to his/her current position within six months of the end of his/her current service.

This provision does not apply to staff members holding temporary appointments and placed on positions authorized for one year or more in duty stations authorized for peacekeeping operations or special political missions.

• The expression “Internal candidates”, shall mean staff members who have been recruited after a competitive examination under staff rule 4.16 or after the advice of a central review body under staff rule 4.15. • For more details on the administration of temporary appointments please refer to ST/AI/2010/4/Rev.1.

• For information on special post allowance, please refer to ST/AI/1999/17. The Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and administrative issuances governing staff appointments can be viewed at: http://www.un.org/hr_handbook/English

According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts.

The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.

The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship.

Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment.

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process.

By accepting a letter of appointment, staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the United Nations in accordance with staff regulation 1.2 (c).

Further, staff members in the Professional and higher category up to and including the D-2 level and the Field Service category are normally required to move periodically to discharge functions in different duty stations under conditions established in ST/AI/2023/3 on Mobility, as may be amended or revised.

This condition of service applies to all position specific job openings and does not apply to temporary positions. Applicants are urged to carefully follow all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira, and to refer to the Applicant Guide by clicking on “Manuals” in the “Help” tile of the inspira account-holder homepage.

The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines.

Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening.

No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application. Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m.

(New York time) on the deadline date.

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).

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