Field-Based Community Police Advisor
Tegucigalpa – Honduras
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We are presently identifying candidates for the following position:Field-Based Community Police Advisor. This candidate will work with Dept. of State, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (DOS-INL) in Tegucigalpa – Honduras on the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) contract.
The CARSI contract, one of the largest and most sophisticated multi-lateral security efforts in the world, provides funding for the US Government to assist the governments of the CARSI countries with police professionalization, justice sector reform, counter narcotics efforts, border security management, crime and violence prevention, and anti-corruption efforts. This initiative will focus on a series of Policing, Specialty, IT and Administrative roles. Requirements and responsibilities for this role are as follows:
Minimum Qualifications—U.S Citizen
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Bachelor’s degree in international relations, law enforcement, public policy, or related field (10) years professional law enforcement experience can be substituted),
FSI level 3/3 Spanish, FSI level 3/3 English,
Fifteen (15) years’ experience with U.S. law enforcement or military,
Three (3) years of experience working overseas in an Embassy environment,
Three (3) years specialized experience depending on the position (e.g., intelligence, firearms, gangs, kidnapping, drugs, internal affairs), experience briefing in Spanish and English.
Five (5) years of experience related to citizen security and community policing.
Five (5) years of experience in management roles that include strategic planning, resource management, budgeting, oversight and evaluation and active management of law enforcement, judicial or prosecutorial operations.
Seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in complex crime or security programs aimed at achieving U.S. rule of law and citizen safety objectives.
Demonstrated experience in managing program resources.
Strong English verbal and written skills and ability to present and defend complex analyses and proposals concisely.
Demonstrated prior ability to work independently on projects and issues within overall policy guidelines.
Demonstrated communication and liaison skills appropriate to work with a wide variety of governmental, public, and private sector representatives, as well as with local community members and groups.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Preferred Qualifications—Experience working and/or coordinating with other relevant U.S. government agencies and host nation entities.
Experience working as a law enforcement CPA with non-U.S. law enforcement agencies.
Experience working in international police development and reform.
Responsibilities—Serves as a subject matter expert for the Community Outreach and Policing Program (COP). Serves as one of two on-site experts on the full range of law enforcement issues
Assists INL to manage Community Engagement projects.
Assists INL to implement "best practices" for reducing gang-related crime and violence within targeted communities.
Assists INO to coordinate Community Police, Community Engagement and Place Based Strategy programs.
Provides technical law enforcement expertise, policy guidance, technical assistance, and training on behalf of INL in support of host nation efforts to improve community-policing techniques and reduce gang activity within targeted communities.
Provides significant input for strategic planning and development of possible future projects.
Assists INL to coordinate program development, implementation, and reporting.
Assists INL to provide direction and assignment of CNP personnel.
Works with INL to coordinate with appropriate levels of the GOH National Police (HNP) and appropriate GOH elements in the Ministry of Security (particularly its Office of Prevention), SERCAA (the HNP police intelligence fusion center) and others in matters relating to the goals of the COP program.
Assists INL to draft a GOH Community Policing model.
Assists INL to ensure effective and ongoing coordination, communication and support of mutually enhancing programs and initiatives in compliance with the comprehensive USG/CARSI strategy for the reduction of violence in Honduras.
Reviews the organizational and operational capacities of the GOH government, including National police and local actors.
Assists INL to develop an assistance plan that will promote effective community policing practices.
Assist INL to establish collaborative partnerships in the community between the GOH and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police.
Works with INL staff to identify training needs of the GOH National Police (HNP) personnel involved in the community policing program.
Proposes training options and course availability in Central America or the U.S.
Assists INL to coordinate with the GOH, the international donor community and attend regular donor coordination meetings.
Assists INO to initiate, coordinate, and implement neighborhood crime watch programs.
Drafts papers and documents related to the INL projects.
Assists the GOH government to develop best practices to oversee, coordinate, and administer educational and development classes/programs for various community organizations and schools.
Assists INL to design and execute the Place Based Strategy Work Plan.
Suggests avenues for mid-course correction if a program is not achieving its goals.
Prepares an annual strategic plan for each project.
Attends meetings with U.S. and GOH officials including regional working group meetings.
Write a Project Implementation Plan in English.
Hours for this full-time position will be the core hours of the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week.
The position will be stationed in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
National and international travel may be required.
Create a work plan per the instructions.
Provide weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports of relevant program activity, progress toward desired impacts, recommendations for advancing program and U.S. objectives, project highlights, and other relevant significant information including metrics, milestones achieved, and other relevant statistical data. Report on scheduled upcoming meetings, trainings, and other activities, outlining dates and participants.
*Candidates are encouraged to submit a .doc or .docx resume that explicitly addresses each of the requirements listed above.
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