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Police Development Strategy Team Leader
Project: Police Development Strategy Team Leader
No of Jobs: One (01)
Duty Station: Somalia
Duration:
Starting Date: ASAP
Overview of CTG Global CTG Global is a Personnel Management Service Company specialised in Recruitment, Management Consultancy, and Human Resources in countries experiencing or emerging from armed conflict, natural disasters, or acute social and economic crisis worldwide. CTG Global provides tailored personnel management support enabling a growing number of public and private sector agencies and individuals to achieve their objectives in complex and challenging environments. CTG Global clients currently comprise UN agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), and different corporate organisation such as security companies.
Overview of the Position The Puntland Police, which comprises approximately 2,700 officers, is a significantly under resourced and young organisation which emerged from the ashes of the former Somali Police Service prior to the collapse of the State in 1991.
With the support of our client’s Somalia’s Civilian Police Project it has made significant achievements in developing police capacity and performance, but this is currently restricted to operational activity in the main urban areas and along the main road running from Bossaso on the northern coast, through the regional capital Garowe, to Galcayo on its southern border with the State of Galmadug.
While there is a police presence in many of the coastal and rural areas, this is very fragile, with little or no infrastructure or the ability to support or communicate with each other and they are certainly not equipped, trained nor capable of confronting the serious and organised crime challenges that are faced in the region, including piracy and sexual and gender-based crimes. The Police lack any ability to support the community and this needs urgent action, especially in the central and southern areas of Puntland that have suffered most from the impact of piracy crimes.
The technical capacity of the Puntland Police to investigate and combat the serious and organised crime nature of piracy is still relatively unsophisticated and there is no overall strategy or plan in place.
In order to ensure long-term and sustainable Police development in Puntland our client is supporting the development of a 3 year police development strategy. The plan should include police development at all levels including to staff and equip the newly completed Police Headquarters in Garowe, to introduce a National Crime Directorate comprising a well-trained and resourced criminal investigations capacity, a counter-piracy unit, a forensics capability, a crime intelligence unit and a specialized unit for gender-based violence. The plan will also outline measures to increase police capability and command and control in order to establish a police presence in coastal areas with the requisite backup support from Headquarters and command and control in place. Regional policing management will be addressed, as will community-police relations and engagement to strengthen the delivery of a policing service to communities, including through model police stations.
Oversight and accountability of policing in Puntland will also be examined and strengthened in the plan, both at the Headquarters level, as well as in communities.
Our client’s Civilian Police Project is looking to retain the services of 3 experts in order to develop an initial draft of the plan. This will be conducted through a consultative workshop to be held in the Puntland Capital Garowe. The experts will facilitate the consultative meeting and will produce an initial police development plan on the basis of the consultative workshops. The workshops will be attended by senior Government officials including the Ministers of Security, Interior, Planning, Justice and Ports; Senior Police Commanders will be represented from all police divisions in Puntland; civil society and communities will be represented to ensure that the Police Development Strategy is one that will deliver optimal policing services for Puntlanders.
Our client is looking to retain the services of a Police Reform team leader and two thematic experts:
General Functions The Team Leader will work closely with the Minister of Security, the Commissioner of Police and the two international experts to design the Consultative Workshop and ensure that the process produces a professional 3 year Police Development Strategy.
The Team Leader should be a former Senior Police Officer with experience in working in developing country context and in Police strategic planning processes. Knowledge of Somalia and of policing in similar context would be highly beneficial.
The Team Leader will be responsible for: - Planning the consultative workshop - Developing an Agenda with the Ministry of Security and the Police Commissioner - Ensuring that there is effective and broad-based participation from relevant government ministries, the Puntland Police Force, the justice sector, civil society and community representatives - Facilitate the workshop and elaborate a strategic development plan on the basis of the workshop’s outcomes - Agree the draft strategic development plan with the Ministry of Security and the Police Commissioner - Design a process for validating the plan - Design the appropriate mechanisms for progressing the Police Development Strategy including: o Examine the need for a Police Reform and Development Unit with supporting structures to act as a focal point for a police reform program o Identify and recommend where such an organisation would best be placed to develop and lead reform, ie; within the Police, the Ministry of Security or elsewhere o Identify and recommend how such an organisation would best function, including example terms of reference, reporting lines, management oversight and performance mechanisms
Essential Experience • High level degree (Masters or above) in Criminology, Police Science, Management or a related field • 15 years of experience, including demonstrable experience in police development, strategic planning, organisational development or management • Experience in Police programming in post-conflict environments • Prior knowledge and experience of working in Somalia is an added advantage
Languages • Fluent in English, working knowledge of Arabic would be beneficial
Applicants should send a letter of application and their CV to careers@ctgglobal.com . Please subject your email with BHJOB2678_185. Telephone enquiries may be directed to Emma Kalonzo: Tel: +971 (0)4 331 0377 extn. 206
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