Associate Analyst

Job Description

Important Message:

From Tuesday 17 March 2020 to 13 April 2020 included (subject to review) the Court is participating in implementing measures for containing COVID-19’s spread which may cause some delays in recruitment and on-boarding activities. Thank you for your understanding.

Special Notice:

A Short-Term Appointment is used to recruit staff to meet short-term needs. The duration of this assignment is provided above. The maximum duration of a short-term appointment including extensions shall not exceed 12 months.

A Short-Term Appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal and shall not be converted to any other type of appointment.

Due to the short-term nature of the assignment, the ICC reserves the right to make an appointment at one grade lower than that stated in the vacancy with a modified job description.

A current ICC staff member who is holding a fixed-term appointment may apply for any short-term position. Where a current ICC staff member is selected to a short-term position, he or she will be temporarily assigned to the position in line with section 4.10 of ICC/AI/2016/001. GS-level posts are subject to local recruitment only.

The terms and conditions of service for staff members appointed under a short-term appointment are governed by ICC/AI/2016/001.

Organisational Context
The Investigations Division (ID) operates subject to the internal regulations of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to conduct investigations on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide allegedly committed within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Within the ID, the Investigative Analysis Section (IAS) is composed of Analysts (P-3 and P-4), Associate Analysts (P-2) and Analysis Assistants (G-4) of different nationalities and analytical backgrounds (mainly criminal or human rights investigations, military and police), and it is able to operate in multiple languages.

IAS is dedicated to support the OTP Integrated Teams (IT) with high-quality analysis, in order to secure successful investigations and prosecutions. Associate Analysts are deployed to the different ITs to address their analytical needs, to support the corresponding Team Leader and Senior Trial Lawyer, and to cooperate with investigators, lawyers and other staff assigned to a particular IT. The Head of IAS supports IAS staff for training, development, quality control, resource planning, equipment and performance appraisal.

The ICC OTP is committed to gender equality and the IAS is responsible, among other analytical duties, for the development of gender analysis in support of investigations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads – Proactively identifies leads and advises the team about potential sources of evidence, including electronic media, social media, potential witnesses (victims, insiders, experts or other), telecommunications data and archives;
• Databases – Effectively utilises the databases available for analysis (Fact Analysis Database), evidence and investigations, including advanced searches and analytical output;
• Analytical products – Produces accurate and sourced analytical products in response to the requirements of the Integrated Teams, including reports of different kinds (on incidents, crime pattern, profiles, groups and networks etc.), relational charts, timelines and GIS (Geographic Information Systems), in compliance with IAS standards, and taking into account the social context of the crimes and background of the alleged perpetrators; Effectively disseminates analytical findings through such analytical products and presentations;
• Operational support – Responds to the immediate analytical needs of the operations conducted by the Integrated Teams, including support for investigative planning, missions, interviews, etc.;
• Evidence collection – May participate in some evidence collection operations on an exceptional basis if required by the investigation, including to collect documentary evidence or to support the interview of key witnesses;

Essential Qualifications

Education:

• Advanced university degree preferably in Law, Social Sciences or other relevant fields. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience is accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• Training in analysis techniques for criminal investigation, intelligence or social science, including specialized software and databases is required;

Experience:
A minimum of 2 years (4 years with a first level university degree) of professional experience with analytical work, preferably with a focus on complex criminal investigations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong reasoning skills, including ability to understand complex scenarios of crime, to simultaneously handle conflicting information and hypotheses, to identify source biases, and to develop sound logical inferences;
• Advanced knowledge of internet investigation techniques;
• Advanced computer skills, including ability to efficiently operate databases, search engines and data mining, analytical software, GIS, statistics and graphic applications;
• Excellent ability to handle complex and voluminous sets of records and data;
• Ability to understand the requirements of international criminal law and procedural law, and to interact effectively with legal officers;
• Ability to work effectively and constructively in multi-disciplinary teams comprised of other analysts, investigators, lawyers and support staff;
• Ability to work under stressful conditions and to meet strict deadlines;
• Ability to work in a non-discriminatory manner, with respect for diversity regarding fellow officers, as well as witnesses and external partners;
• Ability to keep strict standards of confidentiality and security;
• Professional integrity.

Knowledge of Languages:
Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court (English or French) and working knowledge of the other is required. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish), or another language directly relevant to the investigations, is an additional asset.

Dedication to the mission and values
- Acts consistently in accordance with the mission and values of the Organisation;
- Maintains confidentiality, acts with integrity and shows respect for diversity;
- Shows commitment to the organisation;
- Presents a positive image of the organisation during external discussions.

Professionalism
- Applies professional and technical expertise;
- Keeps abreast of organisational issues;
- Produces workable solutions to a range of problems.

Teamwork
- Listens, consults and communicates proactively;
- Handles disagreements with tact and diplomacy;
- Recognises and rewards the contribution of others.

Learning and developing
- Identifies development strategies needed to achieve work and career goals and makes use of developmental or training opportunities;
- Learns from successes and failures;
- Seeks feedback and gives feedback to others to increase organisational effectiveness;
- Seeks opportunities for improvement of work;
- Has an open mind and contributes to innovation.

Handling uncertain situations
- Adapts to changing circumstances;
- Deals with ambiguity, making positive use of the opportunities it presents;
- Plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances;
- Manages time effectively.

Interaction
- Expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly;
- Handles contacts with diplomacy and tact;
- Communicates in a transparent and open way with internal and external contacts while complying with confidentiality requirements.

Realising objectives
- Accepts and tackles demanding goals with enthusiasm;
- Keeps to agreements with others;
- Focuses on client needs;
- Takes responsibility for actions, projects and people;
- Monitors and maintains quality and productivity.

General Information

• The selected candidate will be subject to a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) process in accordance with the ICC policy. The PSC process will include but is not limited to, verification of the information provided in the personal history form and a criminal record check. All candidates should be in a positon to submit electronic copy of their passport and all diplomas listed on their profile when requested;
• Applicants may check the status of vacancies on ICC E-Recruitment web-site;
• Position to be filled preferably by a national of a State Party to the ICC Statute, or of a State which has signed and is engaged in the ratification process or which is engaged in the accession process, but nationals from non-state parties may also be considered;
• In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC aims to achieve fair representation of women and men for all positions;
• Applications from female candidates are particularly encouraged;
• Consideration is given to achieving diverse geographical representation at the ICC, to the extent possible;
• Personnel recruited at the General Service level are not entitled to all of the benefits granted to internationally-recruited staff;
• The ICC reserves the right to not make any appointment to the vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description.