Post title and level: Head of Police and Corrections Unit (D-1)
Organizational Unit: United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)
Duty Station: Port-au-Prince
Reporting to: Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Duration: 12 months (subject to BINUH’s budget)
Deadline for application: 30 April 2025
Job Opening number: 2025-BINUH-0001-DPPA
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Advanced University Degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Law enforcement, Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Human Resources Management, Change Management, Social Sciences or other relevant field. A first level university degree with a combination of relevant academic qualifications and extensive experience in law enforcement, including management, planning and administration may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Graduation from a certified police academy is required. Advanced training for command/senior staff is highly desirable.
Work Experience: A Minimum of 15 years of progressive and active policing service/experience both at the field and national police headquarters level is required ( 17 years in absence of an advanced university degree), including 10 years of active police experience at senior policy making level, with extensive strategic planning and management experience in areas such as police operations, crime management, police administration and, police training and development; practical command level experience of running a department or a region or a state level police units. Highly developed advisory, coaching/mentoring skills, well-developed consultation, effective negotiation and written communication skills; In-depth planning (strategic and operational) and organizational skills especially working in a multicultural environment is desirable. Previous UN or international experience is an advantage.
Rank: Rank required for a D-1 is Senior Chief Superintendent, Deputy/Assistant Inspector General, equivalent to Brigadier-General in the military or higher rank.
Languages: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written French and English is required.
Special Notice:
Circulation of this Job Opening is limited to the Member States of the United Nations. Only police personnel who are currently employed in their national police service and who have received authorization from their respective national authority to apply for this Job Opening, will be considered.
Please note that during their secondment to the United Nations, police personnel are not eligible for reassignment or transfer to any other seconded position in peace operations or the UN Secretariat.
Active-duty seconded personnel may serve under a UN staff contract for a period of up to three years (cumulative), which, in exceptional cases, can be extended for a fourth and final year subject to operational needs and satisfactory performance. This service limit includes periods of any prior services with the United Nations as an active-duty seconded officer under a UN staff contract.
Candidates who have previously served as active-duty seconded personnel may reapply after a break in service of at least one year from their last secondment under a UN staff contract, subject to the contract limitation as indicated above.
Nominations of currently serving active-duty seconded police personnel on a UN staff contract will not be considered.
Candidates must meet all the requirements of the Job Opening at the time of nomination in order to be considered for the position.
Nominations of women candidates are strongly encouraged.