
International Consultant – Prison and Penal Reform
Category | Grade:Professional | CONDeadline:9 Aug 2026Job ID:281994Posted on:30 Jul 2026
Overview
International consultancy delivering prison and penal reform assessments, workshops and advisory products for Fiji and Nigeria, covering prisoner classification, intelligence-led management, institutional capacity, infrastructure, rehabilitation and international standards.
Department: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section
Languages
Required: English
Desired: Another UN language
Minimum Experience
10 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Prepare assessment methodologies, research questions and mission plans for Fiji and Nigeria
- Facilitate a regional workshop and document challenges, practices and follow-up actions
- Assess Fiji Correctional Service priorities, reform direction and institutional needs
- Develop a prison and penal reform project concept responding to Fiji's priority needs
- Conduct stakeholder consultations and technical assessments of Nigerian custodial centres
- Evaluate prisoner classification, intelligence-led management, infrastructure and policy gaps
- Present and validate findings with UNODC and national correctional authorities
- Produce final assessment reports, practical recommendations and presentations
Requirements
- Advanced degree in law, criminal justice, criminology or a related field, or a first degree with two additional years of relevant experience
- At least ten years of professional criminal-justice experience with prison-management or offender-treatment responsibilities, including internationally
- Experience with organisational change, regulatory frameworks, prison safety, security, classification and rehabilitation
- Direct involvement in developing, delivering or evaluating training or servicing multi-stakeholder conferences
- International experience in crime prevention and criminal justice, including low- and middle-income countries
- Fluency in spoken and written English
Skills
Prison managementCriminal justice policyInstitutional assessmentPrisoner classificationTraining facilitationStakeholder consultationPolicy analysisTechnical writingOrganisational change
Additional info
Not available