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Chief, Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services

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Wien, Österreich United Nations Vollzeit

This position is located in the Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch (DLSSB), Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs (DPA) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. The Chief of Branch reports to the Director, DPA.

**Responsibilities**:
The incumbent will be responsible for guiding and coordinating the delivery of UNODC normative, technical assistance and expert advisory services in the laboratory, forensic science and health sector, ensuring that member states have access to, and use, quality laboratory and forensic science services, to internationally accepted standards, in their efforts against drugs, crime, including wildlife and forest crime and terrorism. The Branch includes the operation of the United Nations Narcotics Laboratory, Vienna, established by General Assembly resolution 834 (IX) (1954) and implementation of the substantive work programme on drug use prevention and health.

Within delegated authority and the overall policy guidance set by the Director, the incumbent will be responsible for the following specific duties:

- Formulate and implement the substantive work programme of the Branch by improving national forensic capabilities and laboratory resources and promoting the integration of forensic laboratories and scientific services into national and regional crime and drug control frameworks. Oversee the management of activities undertaken by the Branch as well as the provision of quality assurance support to improve national laboratory performance, ensure that programmed activities are carried out in a timely fashion and co-ordinate work in the different areas within the Division, and with other organizations of the United Nations System, as appropriate, and promote international collaboration of scientists in liaison with relevant international, regional and national organizations and institutions.
- Lead, supervise and carry out the work programme of UNODC’s Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch, including strategic direction, programmatic focus, work programmes, projects and activities in the areas of drugs, crime and terrorism. Co-ordinate, direct and oversee the work carried out by different work units under the Branch/ with other UNODC substantive offices, with other organizations of the UN system, and other agencies and intergovernmental bodies of the United Nations system, academic institutions and other relevant partners. Provide programmatic/substantive reviews of the drafts prepared by others on scientific and forensic issues and ensures that programmed activities are carried out in a timely fashion.
- Co-ordinate and oversee the preparation of reports for presentation to intergovernmental bodies such as the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions, Committee for Programme Coordination, Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly and other policy-making organs, as appropriate and reports to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and other policy-making organs on the development of policy approaches and positions of scientific relevance; scientific validity of proposals and materials; scientific and technical issues related to the international conventions, including developing/ maintaining convention schedules.
- Lead the establishment and scaling up of evidence-based drug use prevention, treatment care and rehabilitation of drug use disorders and ensure access to controlled substances for medical purposes while preventing their diversion and abuse;
- Lead the development and implementation of legislation, strategies, training and service delivery that address health with a focus on drug dependence and on HIV/AIDS in the criminal justice system
- Report to intergovernmental bodies on budget/programme performance or on programmatic/ substantive issues, as appropriate, particularly those presented in biannual and/or annual reports.
- Ensure that laboratory, scientific and forensic findings, results and best practices produced by the Branch maintain high-quality standards and are fed into policy and strategy development process across the office and in international drug and crime policy frameworks. Ensures that reports are clear, objective and based on comprehensive data. Ensure that all outputs produced by the Branch meet required standards and comply with relevant mandates before completion and mainstreams forensic/scientific best practices and results into international drug and crime policy frameworks, as well as market and trend analysis, drug use prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, ensuring scientific validity of materials, policies and information originating from UNODC and compliance with the relevant mandates.
- Assist the Director in preparing the work programme of the Branch, in formulating programme objectives and determining priorities to be addressed in the laboratory and forensic science sector, identifying and deve