UN Jobs – Case Management Systems National Consultant – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Job Title: Case Management Systems National Consultant

Organisation: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC operates in all regions of the world through an extensive network of field offices.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct a desk review of relevant policies, legislation, strategies, training materials, and existing studies related to criminal justice case management systems and institutional capacity development in Uganda.
• Develop an inception report detailing the methodology, work plan, data collection tools, and analytical framework for the Training Needs Assessment.
• Design and administer appropriate assessment tools, including surveys, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and stakeholder consultations.
• Conduct a Training Needs Assessment to identify knowledge, skills, institutional capacity gaps, and priority training needs for criminal justice institutions in strengthening case management systems.
• Assess the effectiveness of existing case management practices, coordination mechanisms, information sharing, and use of case management information systems to the extent necessary to identify capacity development needs.
• Integrate gender and human rights considerations throughout the assessment, identifying gender-specific capacity gaps and training requirements.
• Analyse and validate the assessment findings with key stakeholders and incorporate feedback into the final analysis.
• Develop practical, evidence-based recommendations and a prioritized capacity development framework to guide the design and implementation of training programmes for criminal justice institutions.
• Develop a draft Training Needs Assessment Report and support the organization and facilitation of a validation workshop.
• Submit a final Training Needs Assessment Report, together with a policy brief summarising key findings, priority training needs, and recommended interventions.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Law, Public Policy, Development Studies, Criminology, Social Sciences, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in similar fields, combined with at least two (2) additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of two (2) years of professional work experience in anti-corruption, asset recovery, criminal justice, rule of law, or a related field is required.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting assessments, evaluations, research, capacity assessments, or technical/training needs assessments in the justice, anti-corruption, or law enforcement sector is required Proven experience in mainstreaming gender and human rights perspectives into justice sector analysis and programming is required.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and facilitating consultative processes desirable.
• Experience with criminal justice case management systems, case flow management, or digital case management processes within the justice sector is required

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
• For this post, fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 20th August 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Level of Education: postgraduate degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24