Jan 31, 2023

Senior Investigators , Ukraine

Job Location: Ukraine
Closing date: 20 Feb 2023


Objectives
The consultancy will commence as soon as possible and run for six months. GRC is looking for some senior ICL investigators with a complimentary range of specialisms/experiences covering the spectrum of tasks arising in war crimes prosecutions, including inter alia, POW debriefs, financial/supply chains, imagery analysis, comms/cyber intercepts, informant handling, fire/arson, military documents/intercepts, exhumation/post-mortem, major incident management, and OSINT.

We seek to recruit full-time senior investigators having significant complementary experience in the investigation of large-scale international crimes, alongside investigative experience gained in a national jurisdiction, and with 15+ years of experience.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Providing leadership within the MJT effort to enhance the national investigative capability
Driving the implementation of the new national investigative strategy
Becoming the focal point for specific investigative techniques relevant to international crimes
Maintaining an awareness of capabilities, requirements, and donor offers within those technique areas
Developing the mindset of investigators to see ‘national crimes’ in an ‘international crimes’ context
Promoting the requirement/means to aggregate individual incidents into a pattern- or command-cases
Incorporating multiple investigative approaches to ensure the broadest possible collection of evidence
Establishing and ensuring procedures for disciplined chain of custody requirements
Offering practical guidance for securing and processing major/large crime scenes
Conceptualizing, planning, and leading field visits and investigation support missions
Identifying investigative shortcomings and developing/delivering training/mentoring to rectify the issue
Giving assistance to other MJT members as required

ATTRIBUTES

Mandatory15+ years of relevant investigative experience in war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide
Experience in leading large and complex investigations
Ability to work effectively with the whole range of criminal justice actors
Flexible and creative; able to work in an unstructured, changeable & fast-moving environment, proactive, anticipating problems, and solutions orientated.
Not requiring detailed guidance to get started; can be given a ‘desired outcome’ and figure out the action areas required to reach it
Practical thinker, able to break down and pursue the elements required to operationalize a strategy
Administratively competent; able to manage to compete for urgent demands.
Fluency in English
Practical experience in working with highly sensitive material and an ability to demonstrate the requisite skill in storing, sharing, and working with such material.

Desirable
Experience working in a post-Soviet country / legal system
Practical experience working with justice actors
Fluency or competency in Ukrainian or Russian
Experience working within a legal team at one of the international ad hoc tribunals

How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter to : ooooooo@oooooooo.com (Email is available to subscribers Only )