Information and Evidence Officer

Supports Syrian transitional-justice authorities to establish secure, scalable evidence-management systems and workflows. The role protects forensic integrity and chain of custody, structures complex evidence datasets, develops eDiscovery processes and metadata, and delivers training for accountability partners.

• Advise transitional-justice authorities on secure, scalable evidence-management infrastructure aligned with international standards
• Design processes and tools for evidence collection, ingestion, processing, preservation and analysis while protecting forensic integrity and chain of custody
• Structure and normalise complex digital and physical evidence datasets for retrieval, analysis and factual and legal review
• Develop data models, taxonomies and metadata schemas for evidence-based analysis and confidential classifications
• Enable interoperable information sharing while complying with data-protection, security and confidentiality requirements
• Design and deliver training, workshops, policies, procedures and guidance on evidence handling, eDiscovery and analytical workflows
• Manage evidence registration, digitisation, secure storage, indexing, review procedures and data-ingestion workflows
• Develop eDiscovery specifications for data harvesting, processing and transfer, administer tools and support procurement and system design

• Advanced university degree in information science, information systems, computer science, archival studies, law, social science or a related field, or first-level degree plus two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible information-management or related experience
• Experience analysing information with specialised eDiscovery and data-analysis software platforms
• English at UN Level II and Arabic at UN Level III across reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Impeccable record of integrity and professional ethical standards

• Certification in eDiscovery
• Project-management certification
• Data modelling and advanced information-retrieval experience
• Database management and programming-language experience
• Experience analysing large multilingual structured datasets
• Experience with criminal investigations or international criminal or human-rights accountability mechanisms

• Evidence management
• eDiscovery
• Forensic integrity
• Chain of custody
• Data ingestion
• Data modelling
• Metadata schemas
• Information retrieval
• Evidence indexing
• Data protection
• Technology-assisted review
• Agile project management

• EDRM
• Python
• JavaScript
• Ruby
• T-SQL
• VB
• SQL
• R

• Temporary appointment for 6 months with possible extension, subject to host-country agreement and funds availability
• The role may involve material or information that is distressing
• Assessment may include a desk review or assessment exercise followed by a competency-based interview