Consultant – Illicit Financial Flows

Job title: Consultant – Illicit Financial Flows

Company: United Nations


Job description: Under the supervision of the statistician, the consultant is expected to produce the following tangible outputs, which will be assessed based on their quality and timely completion: • Work-plan that includes a timeline for key deliverables. • Critical review of capacity building materials and relevant literature. • Practical methodological guidelines on measuring crime-related IFFs (approximately 60-80 pages). At a minimum, the guidelines should cover: a) Introduction to IFFs and the relevance of measuring these flows. b) General overview of the UNODC/UNCTAD conceptual framework for the statistical measurement of IFFs focusing on crime-related IFFs and explaining the main concepts in user-friendly language. c) Measuring crime-related IFFs (drug trafficking, smuggling of migrants, wildlife trafficking and trafficking in persons). For each, a discussion on: – Main concepts. – Methodology for estimating market values and associated IFFs. – Key data and their availability (data sources). d) Common challenges and limitations. e) Discussion on the income management phase of crime-related IFFs (i.e., where does the money go and how). f) Further work and research agenda. – Improving methodological approaches for estimating crime-related IFFs – Improving data collection/sharing mechanisms. – Strengthening institutional capacity and technical assistance. • Improved data availability assessment and data collection tools.Work LocationHome-basedExpected durationApril-September 2025Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe mandate of the UNODC encompasses thematic areas related to preventing and countering transnational organized crime, corruption, terrorism, and the world drug problem as well as enhancing and strengthening criminal justice systems. Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) enable criminality, erode trust and pose significant challenges to the economic stability and governance of countries. Effectively countering IFFs is not only essential to combat organized crime and terrorism, but it is also central for limiting the erosion of resources that crimes are draining from many developing and developed countries. IFF are also critical enablers for other forms of crime (whether organized or not), such as corruption and tax evasion, which constitute a threat to security by weakening the State and the rule of law. The Data, Analytics and Statistics Section (DASS) is the focal point in UNODC for the collection, analysis and dissemination of crime, drugs and criminal justice data, and for technical support to Member States on related methodologies and activities. Building on the existing work of the section related to: i) Illicit Financial Flows, ii) the collection and analysis of international crime and criminal justice data, and iii) the development of methodological standards, this proposal aims to conduct a series of coordinated activities to further the work of the section in these three areas. The purpose of the assignment is to support DASS in the development and consolidation of practical methodological guidelines for Member States to measure IFFs related to key criminal activities. The consultant will consolidate existing materials developed for capacity building activities, critically review relevant literature, further the methodological work on measuring specific crime-related IFFs, and develop a document focused on providing an overview of crime-related IFFs, associated challenges in their measurement and offer practical guidance to Member States. The methodological approach should aim to go beyond the measurement of illicit gross/net income and further the estimation of crime-related IFFs as defined in the 2020 UNODC/UNCTAD Conceptual Framework for the Statistical Measurement of Illicit Financial Flows. The resulting document should aim to be self-contained and provide sufficient detail for Member States to begin work on measuring IFFs related to key criminal activities. Under the supervision of the Statistician in DASS, the consultant is expected to undertake the following activities: • Review relevant materials (including capacity building materials and relevant literature) on crime-related IFFs. • Develop practical guidelines for the production of crime-related IFF estimates from different illegal market activities applicable to all countries, highlighting specific methodologies and potential limitations. • Improve existing data assessment and collection tools.Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in economics, statistics, criminology, social sciences, or related field is required. A first level university degree in similar fields in combination with five additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. • A minimum of seven (7) years of experience with methodologies and data sources required to estimate illicit financial flows, money laundering flows or the monetary value of illegal markets is required. • A track record of published research related to the economic value of illegal markets is required. • Experience in producing analytical publications according to UN standards or working with UN editorial guidelines is desirable. • Demonstrated skills in research, communication and writing user-friendly methodological reports, preferably in an international setting requiring cultural sensitivity and knowledge of different political, administrative and legal systems is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English, with excellent drafting and communication skills, is required. Knowledge of another United Nations official language is an advantage.

Additional InformationNot available.No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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Location: Wien

Job date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:44:40 GMT

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