Specialist Advisor IV: Anti-money laundering and Justice Advisor

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Specialist Advisor IV: Anti-money laundering and Justice Advisor

Overview:

The Anti-Money Laundering and Justice Advisor will support INL/Honduras in support of their mission.

Primary Responsibilities:

Assist INL to ensure effective and ongoing coordination, communication, and support of mutually enhancing programs and for the reduction of corruption, impunity, crime, and violence in Honduras, with a focus on money laundering.

Advise INL officers and stakeholders on any given issue or current events related to justice sector activities, including policy analysis, program development, and advising on potential and limitations of local government entities.

Serve as a subject matter expert on justice sector and money laundering activities.Develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the Honduran legal system, including topics such as criminal justice, anti-corruption, legal aid, judicial issues, penitentiary system, and legal education.

Have and maintain knowledge of comparative legal systems of justice, becoming familiar with how other countries in the region tackle similar legal and procedural issues as it relates to the justice sector.

Coordinate/collaborate with INL Counternarcotic team and programming on money laundering overlapping areas, including acting as conduit with other agencies with a money laundering focus (e.g. DEA, FBI).

Provide information to INL of relevant program activity, progress toward desired impacts, recommendations for advancing program and U.S. objectives, project highlights, and other relevant significant information including metrics, milestones achieved, and other relevant statistical data.

Prepare technical concepts, studies, analysis, observations, and legal recommendations on matters of interest of the embassy related to the justice sector.

Respond to taskers and data calls for information on INL justice sector activities.

Advise INL on developing, planning, implementation, and coordination of all INL justice sector program activities to include policy, training, and inter-agency coordination.

Develop and maintain relationships with civil society organizations and international organizations working on justice sector issues.

Review and make recommendations to INL regarding justice sector program proposals, program training plans and initiatives, and training curricula.

Provide significant input in strategic planning and development of possible future projects.

Assist INL to coordinate with appropriate levels of the Government of Honduras (GOH) Public Ministry, the courts, and appropriate additional GOH agencies.

Coordinate and work with various USG agencies, such as Department of State, Department of Justice and USAID, on related programming activities shared with the GOH authorities.

Provides advisory and assistance to the GOH to establish a respected criminal justice system that follows established policies, procedures, curricula, programs, and systems required to operate a modern criminal justice system.

Serves as an on-site expert on the full range of justice sector issues, particularly on money laundering, and provides technical assistance to targeted Public Ministry prosecutorial units and investigative agencies in the development of strategies for the effective and efficient investigation and prosecution of crime in Honduras.

Drafts papers and reports related to INL justice sector equities.

Attends meetings with U.S. and host-government officials as requested.

Education and/or Experience:

A masters degree or above in law, criminal justice, international relations, law enforcement, public policy or a closely related field from an accredited institution.

Ten (10) years experience in the field of law, law enforcement, courts, criminology, and/or public administration, including at least:

Three (3) years of experience working in Latin America.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

REQUIRED

FSI level 4/4 Spanish, FSI level 3/3 English

Knowledge of the Honduran judicial system, including courts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement, forensics, and law schools.

Experience briefing in Spanish and English,

Demonstrated prior ability to work independently on projects and issues within overall policy guidelines,

Demonstrated communication and liaison skills appropriate to work with a wide variety of governmental, public, and private sector representatives, as well as with local community members and groups,

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

PREFERRED

Experience working and/or coordinating with INL or other relevant U.S. government agencies and host nation entities.

Experience working and/or coordinating with other relevant U.S. government agencies (e.g., Department of Justice, USAID, etc.), the United Nations and host nation entities.

Experience working as a justice sector SME.

Experience working with justice sector reform programs or consulting on related education, criminal justice, or rule of law projects.

Demonstrated ability to provide operational and policy guidance to the INL Program Manager.

Ability to provide operational and planning guidance to all components of the justice sector (courts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement, forensics, law students), to include demonstrated ability to liaise with relevant USG agencies, domestic justice sector actors, and the international community for the purpose of sharing information and developing complementary policies and programs.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

N/A

Security Clearance:

Ability to obtain an MRPT or RSO clearance, depending upon nationality

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to physically and medically perform in a normal office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to be able to occasionally stand; walk; sit; use hands and/or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; operate office equipment, reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 25 pounds.

Travel:

• National and international travel may be required.

Additional Details:

• Subsidiary:Olgoonik Federal, LLC
• FLSA:Exempt
• Requisition Nbr:2014479

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer - EEO, including disability/vets

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regardto race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. As an Alaska Native Corporation, Olgoonik provides hiring preference to Olgoonik shareholders, descendants, and their spouses to the extent allowed by law.