Mar 25, 2024

ICITAP Advisor to the Police Inspectorate - Kosovo

Hiring organization:Amentum
Job location: Pristina-KosovoFull time

Amentum is a premier global services partner supporting critical programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environment. Amentum draws from a century-old heritage of operational excellence, mission focus, and successful execution underpinned by a strong culture of safety and ethics. Headquartered in Germantown, Md., Amentum employs more than 50,000 people on all seven continents.

Amentum is supporting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in providing specialized training, advisory and mentoring services to host nations under the Criminal Division’s International Criminal Investigative Training and Assistance Program (ICITAP).  https://www.justice.gov/criminal-icitap.

ICITAP is a cornerstone of America’s global strategy for combating transnational crime, terrorism, countering trafficking in persons, establishing rule of law and enhancing human rights in developing countries.  Amentum is the contract service provider to the DOJ ICITAP and Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) programs. 

Please Note: This is an Independent Contractor position with Amentum, it should not be considered an employment relationship with Amentum.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Amentum is currently seeking a qualified candidate to serve as an Advisor to the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo in Pristina, Kosovo. This position will be responsible for offering development assistance through a comprehensive and integrated program of advising, mentoring, training, and technical assistance to professionalize the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK). The advisor will be responsible in helping to develop their capabilities to properly investigation allegations of criminal misconduct, rule infractions, and inspection of procedures and processes for compliance in the Kosovo Police. The Police Inspectorate of Kosovo is an agency within the Ministry of Internal Affairs that is tasked with investigating the Kosovo police (sworn and civilian) for allegations of criminal acts and for higher ranks, rules infractions, and inspection of police processes for compliance. The agency is 17 years old, employs approximately 100 staff, and is positioned to advance good rule of law principles, develop techniques to address emerging trends, and professionalize staff.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Demonstrated experience in all facets of developing, advising, training and mentoring law enforcement programs specifically in Internal Affairs, Internal Regulations, and/or Law Enforcement Inspector General field.
Knowledge of and experience in organizational reform and policy and procedure development as related to law enforcement like agencies.
Prior international experience and/or the ability to work effectively in a non-traditional US environment is preferred (candidates must be willing to relocate to Pristina, Kosovo for an extended time period).
Exceptional inter-personal skills to effectively work with ICITAP staff, host-country nationals, U.S. Embassy personnel, as well as other individuals and organizations from the international community.
Ability to assess and coordinate with other international law enforcement donor efforts.
Ability to provide reoccurring consultation within the Ministry of Internal Affairs on issues related to the PIK reform efforts.
In all cases, educational and senior management requirements may be substituted by additional years of law enforcement experience or overseas development experience.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: 
 Minimum of twelve (12) years LE experience, with at least eight (8) years of investigative experience in Internal Affairs or Law Enforcement Inspector General Field.
Experience in the field(s) of policy reform, organizational development, and criminal investigations.
Documented experience as supervisor, manager or task force lead in a federal task force, state agency or large police department. A large police department is defined as a police department with a minimum of 75 sworn officers.
Documented advanced report writing skills.
Documented ability to assess, analyse, and produce written communications articulating necessary steps to address in a sustainable manner the staffing, structure, policy, and training needs of an organization.
Proven ability to operate windows applications including Microsoft Office Suite.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust US Government Clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 
Substantial experience in managing organizational reform of a law enforcement internal investigation/police oversight body.
Knowledge of organizational change management.
Experience with law enforcement like systems, such as staffing, finance, budget, training, operations, human resources, internal affairs functions, etc.
Experience in planning and delivering diverse training; particularly leadership training for all levels from line to mid-level and executive level staff.
Knowledge of police general methodologies.
Experience in project management, planning and strategic development, including evaluation of effectiveness.
Language skills in Albanian (Kosovo specific dialect) is a plus.
Excellent drafting and presentation skills.
Ability to conduct extensive internet research utilizing common internet-based search platforms.
Should have effective interpersonal communication skills.
Knowledge of history and political developments in the Balkans.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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