Senior Investigator, P-4
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS : 26 August 2021
DATE OF ISSUANCE : 20 August 2021
OFFICE : Office of the Prosecutor
LOCATION : Kigali
JOB OPENING NUMBER : 2021/TJO/IRMCT/OTP/215-P

Organizational setting and Reporting:

This position is located in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, at the Arusha branch. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Tracking Team Leader and Chief of Staff.

Responsibilities:

• Under the direction and supervision of the Tracking Team Leader and Chief of Staff, develop, plan and implement strategies to gather intelligence on the location of fugitives and execute operations leading to their arrest.

• Manage highly confidential information and sources and maintain the highest standards of information security.

• Travel and/or supervise travel to various parts of Rwanda and overseas to undertake interviews, record statements from witnesses and open new lines of investigations.

• Undertake investigations at the direction and under the general supervision of the Tracking Team Leader.

• Be responsible for the professional planning and conduct of investigations assigned. Assign work to team investigators and analysts. Take into account priorities, workload, specific progress of on-going investigations and other factors. Be responsible for team operations within the scope of Standard Operating Procedures of the Office of the Prosecutor and the applicable law(s).

• Coordinate, as necessary with local non-Governmental organizations, government and other agencies for the conduct of investigations.

• Record victim and witness statements on all facts, ensure the proper chain of custody of evidence, obtain complete statements and deposit the originals with the Evidence Unit. Take responsibility for the physical deposit and safekeeping of all evidence and statements. Liaise with analysts and others. Ensure that all witnesses and relevant documentation are safeguarded and handed over to the OTP Evidence Unit. Ensure that the team is well equipped, safeguarded, and otherwise supported in their work. Submit weekly reports; prepare mission orders and reports for each field mission. Complete witness proforma and submit entry into the data base.

• Make major recommendations relating to the direction of team activities, or of a particular investigation. Make recommendations on administrative, management and other issues, and on general and specific courses of action regarding work assigned to the team as well as on specific cases that present an unusually complex element. Recommend follow-up action to be taken following review of the work of the team and on any part of the investigations where improvements in procedure can be made.

• Create an enabling environment that would enable the members of the team to do their job in the best possible way.