National Consultant to conduct training needs assessment for criminal justice institutions to strengthen case management systems.
Organizational Context
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Uganda, supported by the Austrian Development Agency, is implementing a project to enhance accountability, integrity, and effectiveness in the justice and anti-corruption sectors. This role supports UNODC's mandate to strengthen crime prevention and criminal justice systems by conducting a critical needs assessment.
Job Purpose
This assignment aims to conduct a comprehensive training needs assessment for criminal justice institutions in Uganda, focusing on strengthening case management systems. The assessment will identify systemic, institutional, and operational gaps, including procedural and system-level factors affecting case flow, coordination, efficiency, and accountability. It will also analyze how case management impacts different genders and identify specific barriers and opportunities. The findings will generate actionable evidence to inform UNODC's technical assistance, capacity development programs, and policy engagement, ensuring interventions are responsive to identified needs and aligned with national priorities and human rights principles.
Responsibilities
Conduct a desk review of relevant policies, legislation, and studies on criminal justice case management. Develop an inception report detailing methodology and tools. Design and administer assessment tools, including surveys and interviews, to identify knowledge, skills, and capacity gaps. Assess the effectiveness of current case management practices, coordination, and information systems. Integrate gender and human rights considerations throughout the assessment. Analyze and validate findings with stakeholders. Develop evidence-based recommendations and a capacity development framework. Produce a draft and final Training Needs Assessment Report, including a policy brief and a validation workshop.
Work Experience
A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in anti-corruption, criminal justice, rule of law, or a related field is required. Demonstrated experience in conducting assessments, capacity assessments, or training needs assessments within the justice or law enforcement sector is essential. Experience in mainstreaming gender and human rights is required, with desirable experience in stakeholder engagement and case management systems.
Skills
Assessment design and administration, data collection and analysis, stakeholder engagement, report writing, policy brief development, gender and human rights mainstreaming, criminal justice case management systems analysis, capacity development framework design.