Provides technical expertise, mentoring, and strategic support to Tanzania’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Task Force to strengthen intelligence-led investigations, prosecutions, digital evidence use, victim support, and criminal justice system reform for serious and organized crime cases.
Responsibilities
- Mentor the Head of the Task Force and other leaders in developing and progressing complex investigations.
- Strengthen leadership capacity in investigation planning, prioritization, and oversight.
- Guide investigators in traditional investigative techniques and digital evidence gathering.
- Support operational plans and investigative strategies for serious and complex cases.
- Mentor the Task Force in managing investigations and prosecutions in accordance with international human rights standards and Tanzanian legislation.
- Support investigators and prosecutors in applying human rights-based approaches.
- Advise on compliance with Tanzanian laws, policies, and procedural requirements.
- Promote best practices in evidence management, case documentation, and prosecution preparation.
- Guide the triage of online reports, intelligence assessment, and prioritization of high-risk online offender cases.
- Support the development of investigative leads from digital intelligence sources.
- Mentor personnel conducting online investigations targeting high-risk offenders.
- Strengthen coordination between investigators and prosecutors to facilitate case progression.
- Advise on international cooperation mechanisms and support mutual legal assistance requests.
- Guide investigators and prosecutors on evidence admissibility requirements.
- Promote the use of video-recorded interviews, forensic evidence, and DNA where appropriate.
- Assist with standardizing investigation files, procedures, and case management tools.
- Identify solutions to operational, legal, or institutional barriers affecting innovative investigative techniques.
- Support NPS prosecutors in preparing online child sexual exploitation and abuse cases for prosecution.
- Mentor prosecutors on the preparation and presentation of digital evidence in court.
- Support prosecution strategies for online-facilitated offences and strengthen the use of digital forensic products.
- Establish performance monitoring and reporting frameworks for the Task Force.
- Support quarterly case reviews and case management meetings.
- Document and disseminate lessons learned, challenges, and good practices.
- Support periodic performance reports and recommendations for criminal justice system reform.
Requirements
- Strategic mentoring and leadership skills.
- Knowledge of serious and organized crime investigations and prosecutions.
- Expertise in digital evidence, online investigations, intelligence-led policing, and cyber-related threats.
- Knowledge of human rights-compliant law enforcement practices.
- Ability to develop investigation and prosecution strategies.
- Ability to manage and analyze sensitive intelligence.
- Ability to build partnerships across government agencies, law enforcement, judicial institutions, and other stakeholders.
- Knowledge of performance monitoring, evaluation frameworks, reporting, and key performance indicators.
- Strong research, analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills.
- Knowledge of criminal justice reform and institutional capacity building.
- Advanced computer, spreadsheet, database, and web-based management system skills.
- Fluency in English.
