UNODC Hiring P-3 Programme Officer in Rabat to Fight Cybercrime-Driven Migrant Smuggling; Apply by 23 November
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is recruiting a temporary P-3 Programme Officer (Migrant Smuggling and Cybercrime Investigation) in Rabat, Morocco, for 11 months. The officer will deliver cyber-investigation training and technical assistance to African law enforcement and justice agencies under an EU-funded project. Applicants need a Master's degree in a relevant field and five years of cybercrime experience. Applications close on 23 November 2026.
Rabat: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has opened a temporary vacancy for a Programme Officer (Migrant Smuggling and Cybercrime Investigation) at P-3 level, based at its Programme Office in Morocco.
The officer will implement the European Union-funded project "Global Action against the Financial and Digital-based Dimensions of the Smuggling of Migrants", which helps African countries detect and investigate migrant smuggling that is organised or financed through technology.
The post reports to the UNODC Representative for the Middle East and North Africa in Cairo, with guidance from the Global Programme on Cybercrime.
Key duties
- Coordinate cyber-related technical assistance in African countries, including procurement, contracting, monitoring and reporting.
- Work with law enforcement agencies, ministries of interior and justice, attorney general offices and supreme courts.
- Design curricula and courses on investigating cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled migrant smuggling.
- Train officials to detect smuggling that uses virtual assets, darknets and related technologies.
- Run training needs assessments and teach digital evidence tools, open-source intelligence (OSINT) and social media intelligence (SOCMINT).
- Draft reports, guidelines, standard operating procedures and analysis, and organise workshops and conferences.
- Manage budgets and procurement, support monitoring and evaluation, and analyse project data.
Qualifications
- Education: A Master's degree in computer science, information security, software engineering, digital forensics, computer engineering, criminology, criminal justice, police studies or a related field. A Bachelor's degree with two more years of qualifying experience is accepted instead.
- Experience: At least five years of progressively responsible work on cybercrime, plus experience in developing and delivering training.
- Desirable: Experience with migrant smuggling cases, cybercrime investigations, OSINT and SOCMINT, law enforcement work in the UN or a similar body, project management and data analytics.
- Languages: English is required and French is desirable.
Terms
The post runs for 11 months, subject to funding.
Morocco is a family duty station.
Moroccan nationals cannot apply because the post is in a field operation.
Candidates may face an assessment exercise and a competency-based interview, and women are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to apply
Apply through the UN's Inspira portal under job opening number 287979.
The posting closes at 11:59 pm New York time on 23 November 2026, which is 10:29 am IST on 24 November.
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