PCCP Consultant in MENA
Organizational Context
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) established the Passenger and Cargo Control Programme (PCCP) in 2025 by merging existing programs. PCCP aims to enhance Member States' capacity to disrupt illicit flows at borders, intercept high-risk passengers, and facilitate legitimate trade. The programme operates across multiple phases, emphasizing intelligence sharing and interagency cooperation.
Job Purpose
This role supports the PCCP MENA portfolio by maximizing funding opportunities and providing technical and advisory assistance for donor reporting, resource mobilization, and gender-responsive programming. The consultant will design and align funding proposals and concept notes with implementation priorities, results-based design, and monitoring frameworks to sustain and expand PCCP activities in the MENA region. Key contributions include leading the technical design of a gender-responsive assessment methodology for Lebanon and ensuring its integration into programme planning and gender mainstreaming efforts, as well as defining the content and framing of donor reports and fundraising documentation.
Responsibilities
Develop a portfolio-wide design framework for PCCP MENA funding proposals and concept notes, aligning implementation priorities with results-based design and performance indicators. Lead the technical design of a gender-responsive assessment methodology for PCCP activities in Lebanon, integrating findings into programme planning and gender mainstreaming. Determine the content and framing of donor reports and fundraising documentation for the PCCP MENA portfolio, ensuring alignment with donor priorities and reporting requirements. Provide operational, drafting, and advisory support for PCCP activities in Lebanon and other MENA countries, focusing on illicit trafficking and supply chain security, including activity sequencing, risk assessment, and coordination with project officers and national counterparts.
Work Experience
A minimum of five years of professional experience in border management, programme development, or donor engagement is required. Demonstrated experience in designing funding proposals and concept notes related to crime, illicit goods, rule of law, and supply chain security is essential. Experience in gender-responsive programming or assessments, donor reporting, and resource mobilization is also required. UN or related organization experience is desirable.
Skills
Programme design, funding proposal development, results-based design, monitoring frameworks, gender-responsive programming, gender assessments, donor reporting, resource mobilization, illicit trafficking, supply chain security, risk assessment, interagency cooperation, operational support, drafting, advisory support.