Management of Seized and Confiscated Assets Expert - Consultant
Provide training and technical support for asset management practices
Overview
Provide training and technical support for asset management practices
You have:
- An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in the fields of law, international relations, political science, economics, finance, business or management is required.
- A minimum of 10 years of expertise in the field of security, prosecution and or a related field is required.
- Experience working with, asset recovery and/or asset management offices is required.
- Experience reviewing regulation on asset recovery and/or management is required.
- Experience working and/or coordinating with government agencies on recovery, seizure and freezing of assets is required.
- Experience with the design and implementation of internal institutional process related to asset recovery and/or management is desirable.
- Fluency in English and Portuguese, with excellent drafting and communication skills, is required.
- Knowledge of another United Nations official language is an advantage.
Contract
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Result of Service
A) Provide practical training for the staff of the Asset Management Office and the Provincial Finance Services to familiarize themselves with the theories that will be required throughout the work B) Provide practical training for the staff of the Asset Management Office and the Provincial Finance Service, Prosecutors and Judges on the use of the online asset management form and contribute to its further development C) Proposal for improvements of current work and practices on asset management to optimize processes D) Provide technical and substantive support in the development of the business rules and system requirements and monitor the development of an electronic auction platform for the Asset Management Office and for the requirements of an Asset Management System, integrated and interoperable with the entities responsible for seizing the assets E) Produce a report registering all work done throughout the duration of the consultancy.
Work Location
Home-based with travel to Maputo
Expected duration
1.1 - 30.6 2025
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the UNDOC Programme Officer in Maputo, the successful consultant will be expected to deliver the following tasks: Assignment 1: Provide 2 practical training for the staff of the Asset Management Office and the Provincial Finance Services to familiarize themselves with the theories that will be required throughout the work: • Operational aspects of recognition, measurement, and depreciation of assets; investment properties; registration of assets; destination planning; asset transfer and exit records after destination; concept of asset management; • Auction in the Public Administration; concepts; revenues; costs; necessary infrastructure; disclosure; rules; transparency; • Strategic Maps and the creation of value for the entity; • Organization and process architecture; fluxes and diagrams; constraints (bottlenecks); primary processes; support processes and management processes; • Management: cost analysis and cost-volume-result relationship; • Control: risk analysis. Assignment 2: Provide 2 practical training for the staff of the Asset Management Office and the Provincial Finance Service, Prosecutors and Judges on the use of the online asset management form and contribute to its further development: • Design and deliver a training on the use of the asset management form, an online tool designed to streamline the process of recording and managing the recovered assets. • Propose changes to the existing tools so as to improve its efficiency. Assignment 3: Proposal for improvements of current work and practices on asset management to optimize processes: • Analyze how the existing normative gaps can impact the asset management process; • Contibute to the development of internal regulations, policies and practices for the management of complex assets, such as companies or other assets requiring long-term management; • Assess and provide inputs to existing standard documents for public auctions and tenders for seized and confiscated assets. Assignment 4: Provide technical and substantive support in the development of the business rules and system requirements and monitor the development of an electronic auction platform for the Asset Management Office and for the requirements of an Asset Management System, integrated and interoperable with the entities responsible for seizing the assets • Map the processes for registration, use and operationalization of the online auction portal; • Test and review the business rules so as to ensure that the system is in line with existing regulations and optimized for user access; • Map the processes for registration, use and operationalization of the interoperble Asset Management System; • Test and review the business rules so as to ensure that the system is in line with existing regulations and optimized for user access;
Qualifications/special skills
• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in the fields of law, international relations, political science, economics, finance, business or management is required. A first level university degree in similar fields in combination with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. • A minimum of 10 years of expertise in the field of security, prosecution and or a related field is required; • Experience working with, asset recovery and/or asset management offices is required; • Experience reviewing regulation on asset recovery and/or management is required; • Experience working and/or coordinating with government agencies on recovery, seizure and freezing of assets, rights and values is required; • Experience with the design and implementation of internal institutional process related to asset recovery and/or management is desirable.
Languages
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English and Portuguese, with excellent drafting and communication skills, is required. Knowledge of another United Nations official language is an advantage.
Additional Information
Not available.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you successfully coordinated with government agencies on asset recovery? | The interviewer is looking for your experience in collaborating with external parties to achieve organizational goals. | Share specific examples of your involvement and the outcomes achieved. |
| What strategies do you implement to optimize asset management processes? | This question assesses your ability to identify and implement improvements in asset management. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure compliance with regulations when developing asset management systems? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe how you approach training staff in new asset management tools. Why is this important? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced when managing seized assets, and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |