Programme Manager, Crime and Security, Human and Social Development
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT
DETAILS OF THE POST OF
PROGRAMME MANAGER, CRIME AND SECURITY, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community to fill the abovementioned position in the Caribbean Community Secretariat with assigned duty station in Guyana.
2. FUNCTIONS OF THE POST
To provide professional leadership and management to the Regional Crime Prevention and Security Programs providing support to the Framework and facilitating the mainstreaming of the Fourth Pillar within the Secretariat and through other Organs of the Community.
3. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Candidates should possess at least a Master’s Degree in Crime and Security Risk Management and specialised training in strategic planning and operations in:
(i) Military strategy, planning and operations at the level of senior military staff college/police;
(ii) Law enforcement;
(iii) Crime Prevention;
(iv) Security risk management;
(v) Human rights;
(vi) International cooperation in crime and security risk management;
(vii) Development and management of security and risk management interventions; and
(viii) Regional consensus building techniques.
The candidate should ideally gain his/her experience from any one or a combination of the following types of organisations:
(i) Member States crime and security administration.
(ii) International crime and security management institutions.
(iii) National crime and security research and policy institution.
4. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direction of the Director, Human Development, the Programme Manager, Crime and Security will be required to:
(a) PROVIDE credible professional advice to the Secretariat and its regional security and law enforcement and Human and Social Development organs;
(b) PREPARE AND MANAGE an annual budget;
(c) PROVIDE technical leadership for the development and implementation of regional crime control and security programs;
(d) REPRESENT the Secretariat and the Secretary-General at various regional and international fora on crime and security;
(e) FORMULATE Regional crime and security polices and strategies;
(f) FACILITATE the consensus building process on harmonized policies and strategies pertaining to the management of crime and security within the Organs of the Community;
(g) REVIEW annual work programs and develops and implements the needed interventions;
(h) PREPARE various working documents in collaboration with IMPACS and other regional entities for regional meetings such as the Conference of Heads of Government, the Security Policy Advisory Committee (SEPAC) and the Council of Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement and the Council for Human and Social Development;
(i) PREPARE terms of reference for consultancies on crime and security;
(j) IMPLEMENT mandate arising from the various regional organs on crime and security and human and social development;
(k) PROMOTE initiatives to achieve synergies between the international security agenda and that of the Community; and
(l) CONTRIBUTE to a positive and professional image of the CARICOM Secretariat at all times, in keeping with its core values.
5. EMOLUMENTS AND BENEFITS
An attractive remuneration package will be offered.
6. EDUCATION GRANT
The officer shall be eligible for the payment of an education grant in respect of children (including step children and legally-adopted children) who require reasonable education facilities that are not available at the assigned duty station or whose education the officer would not want to disrupt in relocating to take up this appointment.
The grant shall apply to children under the age of twenty-three years and shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the cost of tuition (including text books), room and board up to a maximum total of EC$16,200.00 per year per child for a maximum of two children at any one time. The grant is payable for a maximum of five years.
7. SETTLEMENT GRANT
On assumption of duty in Guyana, the officer shall be paid a settlement grant in respect of self, spouse and each eligible child or dependent, provided that the total number of children and other dependents does not exceed six in all.
8. RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT
Appointment may be on contract or on secondment from a Public Service or a statutory body of a Member State or approved regional organisation. It will be subject to such regulations, rules, orders and instructions as exist and as may be introduced from time to time in respect of service with the Secretariat.
An officer recruited from outside the assigned duty station, on first appointment, will be provided economy class air passages by the most direct route for the officer, spouse and children (provided they are below the age of eighteen years, unmarried and dependent on the officer) and for such other dependents as may be approved by the Secretary-General, provided that the number of children and other dependents does not exceed six in all.
In addition to passages, the officer will be granted the following transportation allowances:
(i) ocean freight charges, including insurance, for shipping personal and household effects to Guyana, not exceeding 1250 cubic feet, plus a motor car (if the officer already owns one);
(ii) the cost of transporting baggage, personal and household effects from the home of the officer to the place of embarkation and from the port of disembarkation to the place of residence in Guyana; and
(iii) the cost of packing and crating personal and household effects.
9. LEAVE
The officer will be eligible for the grant of vacation leave at the rate of thirty-five working days a year and a leave grant after every twelve months of service in respect of the officer, spouse and up to two dependent children.
10. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
The officer will be granted the privileges and immunities extended to officials of the Caribbean Community in accordance with Article 8 of the Community’s Headquarters Agreement with the Government of Guyana.
11. GROUP HEALTH AND LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
The officer will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s group health and group life and accident insurance schemes. With respect to the health scheme, the officer will contribute fifty per cent of the premium. The life and accident insurance scheme is non-contributory.
12. SUPERANNUATION
An officer on contract shall, subject to his/her services being satisfactory and having completed at least six (6) months of the contractual term of employment be eligible for the payment of a gratuity. The gratuity shall be at the rate of twenty per cent of the officer’s basic salary, calculated for each day of completed service and shall be payable at the end of the officer’s contractual period (including for this purpose any period of extension or approved leave). Where the appointment is on secondment, the Secretariat will pay to the officer’s substantive employer, over the period of secondment, a contribution not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the pensionable salary normally payable to the officer by that employer so as to maintain the pensionable status of the officer in the substantive employment.
13. APPLICATIONS
Applications in English Language with full curriculum vitae details, including nationality, date of birth, work experience, educational qualifications, summary of professional skills and/or expertise, language proficiency, list of professional publications, coordinates (including email addresses) of three referees (at least two of whom must be familiar with the applicant’s work), and other relevant information, should be addressed to:
The Executive Director, Human Resource Management, Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana and sent by email to applnhrm@caricom.org
14. Applicants must complete the Profile Summary Form included with the website notices.
15. The deadline for the submission of applications is 22 July 2013.
DETAILS OF THE POST OF
PROGRAMME MANAGER, CRIME AND SECURITY, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community to fill the abovementioned position in the Caribbean Community Secretariat with assigned duty station in Guyana.
2. FUNCTIONS OF THE POST
To provide professional leadership and management to the Regional Crime Prevention and Security Programs providing support to the Framework and facilitating the mainstreaming of the Fourth Pillar within the Secretariat and through other Organs of the Community.
3. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Candidates should possess at least a Master’s Degree in Crime and Security Risk Management and specialised training in strategic planning and operations in:
(i) Military strategy, planning and operations at the level of senior military staff college/police;
(ii) Law enforcement;
(iii) Crime Prevention;
(iv) Security risk management;
(v) Human rights;
(vi) International cooperation in crime and security risk management;
(vii) Development and management of security and risk management interventions; and
(viii) Regional consensus building techniques.
The candidate should ideally gain his/her experience from any one or a combination of the following types of organisations:
(i) Member States crime and security administration.
(ii) International crime and security management institutions.
(iii) National crime and security research and policy institution.
4. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direction of the Director, Human Development, the Programme Manager, Crime and Security will be required to:
(a) PROVIDE credible professional advice to the Secretariat and its regional security and law enforcement and Human and Social Development organs;
(b) PREPARE AND MANAGE an annual budget;
(c) PROVIDE technical leadership for the development and implementation of regional crime control and security programs;
(d) REPRESENT the Secretariat and the Secretary-General at various regional and international fora on crime and security;
(e) FORMULATE Regional crime and security polices and strategies;
(f) FACILITATE the consensus building process on harmonized policies and strategies pertaining to the management of crime and security within the Organs of the Community;
(g) REVIEW annual work programs and develops and implements the needed interventions;
(h) PREPARE various working documents in collaboration with IMPACS and other regional entities for regional meetings such as the Conference of Heads of Government, the Security Policy Advisory Committee (SEPAC) and the Council of Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement and the Council for Human and Social Development;
(i) PREPARE terms of reference for consultancies on crime and security;
(j) IMPLEMENT mandate arising from the various regional organs on crime and security and human and social development;
(k) PROMOTE initiatives to achieve synergies between the international security agenda and that of the Community; and
(l) CONTRIBUTE to a positive and professional image of the CARICOM Secretariat at all times, in keeping with its core values.
5. EMOLUMENTS AND BENEFITS
An attractive remuneration package will be offered.
6. EDUCATION GRANT
The officer shall be eligible for the payment of an education grant in respect of children (including step children and legally-adopted children) who require reasonable education facilities that are not available at the assigned duty station or whose education the officer would not want to disrupt in relocating to take up this appointment.
The grant shall apply to children under the age of twenty-three years and shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the cost of tuition (including text books), room and board up to a maximum total of EC$16,200.00 per year per child for a maximum of two children at any one time. The grant is payable for a maximum of five years.
7. SETTLEMENT GRANT
On assumption of duty in Guyana, the officer shall be paid a settlement grant in respect of self, spouse and each eligible child or dependent, provided that the total number of children and other dependents does not exceed six in all.
8. RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT
Appointment may be on contract or on secondment from a Public Service or a statutory body of a Member State or approved regional organisation. It will be subject to such regulations, rules, orders and instructions as exist and as may be introduced from time to time in respect of service with the Secretariat.
An officer recruited from outside the assigned duty station, on first appointment, will be provided economy class air passages by the most direct route for the officer, spouse and children (provided they are below the age of eighteen years, unmarried and dependent on the officer) and for such other dependents as may be approved by the Secretary-General, provided that the number of children and other dependents does not exceed six in all.
In addition to passages, the officer will be granted the following transportation allowances:
(i) ocean freight charges, including insurance, for shipping personal and household effects to Guyana, not exceeding 1250 cubic feet, plus a motor car (if the officer already owns one);
(ii) the cost of transporting baggage, personal and household effects from the home of the officer to the place of embarkation and from the port of disembarkation to the place of residence in Guyana; and
(iii) the cost of packing and crating personal and household effects.
9. LEAVE
The officer will be eligible for the grant of vacation leave at the rate of thirty-five working days a year and a leave grant after every twelve months of service in respect of the officer, spouse and up to two dependent children.
10. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
The officer will be granted the privileges and immunities extended to officials of the Caribbean Community in accordance with Article 8 of the Community’s Headquarters Agreement with the Government of Guyana.
11. GROUP HEALTH AND LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
The officer will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s group health and group life and accident insurance schemes. With respect to the health scheme, the officer will contribute fifty per cent of the premium. The life and accident insurance scheme is non-contributory.
12. SUPERANNUATION
An officer on contract shall, subject to his/her services being satisfactory and having completed at least six (6) months of the contractual term of employment be eligible for the payment of a gratuity. The gratuity shall be at the rate of twenty per cent of the officer’s basic salary, calculated for each day of completed service and shall be payable at the end of the officer’s contractual period (including for this purpose any period of extension or approved leave). Where the appointment is on secondment, the Secretariat will pay to the officer’s substantive employer, over the period of secondment, a contribution not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the pensionable salary normally payable to the officer by that employer so as to maintain the pensionable status of the officer in the substantive employment.
13. APPLICATIONS
Applications in English Language with full curriculum vitae details, including nationality, date of birth, work experience, educational qualifications, summary of professional skills and/or expertise, language proficiency, list of professional publications, coordinates (including email addresses) of three referees (at least two of whom must be familiar with the applicant’s work), and other relevant information, should be addressed to:
The Executive Director, Human Resource Management, Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana and sent by email to applnhrm@caricom.org
14. Applicants must complete the Profile Summary Form included with the website notices.
15. The deadline for the submission of applications is 22 July 2013.
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