The post of Senior Specialist – EU Organised Crime is located in the Top Organised Crime Groups (OCG) Team, EU Organised Crime Unit, European Serious & Organised Crime Centre (ESOCC), Operations Directorate.
The Operations Directorate deals with the core business of Europol, improving the effectiveness and cooperation of the competent authorities in the Member States (MS) in preventing and combating serious and organised crime, as well as terrorism affecting the MS.. This requires close cooperation with the Liaison Bureaux at Europol and via them with the Operational Teams in the MS.
The Operations Directorate hosts five distinct Departments: Operational and Analysis Centre, European Serious Organised Crime Centre, European Cyber Crime Centre, European Counter Terrorism Centre and the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre. The European Serious Organised Crime Centre (ESOCC) is responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of Europol’s tasks and objectives in supporting Member States’ investigations of serious and organised crime. As part of ESOCC, the EU Organised Crime Unit is responsible for the operational and analytical support to investigations related to the activities of High Risk Organised Crime Groups (OCGs), organised property crime and environmental crime. ESOCC also includes the European Migrant Smuggling Centre, which covers facilitation of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings.
The main tasks of ESOCC are to:
•Provide operational support to prioritised cases and investigations against High Value Target (HVT);
•Coordinate the implementation of the HVT/Operational Task Force (OTF) concept in Europol;
•Support the implementation of EMPACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threat) priorities;
•Support the development of the strategic intelligence picture on serious and organised crime
Functions and Duties
Requirements
Selection criteria
a.Professional experience
Desirable:
•Experience in participating in or coordinating multi-disciplinary investigation teams or OTFs, investigating serious and organised crime at domestic or European level;
•Experience in managing investigations on internet enabled serious and organised crime or organised crime enablers (e.g. corruption).
b.Professional knowledge
Essential:
•Knowledge of the law enforcement environment and practices at international level in the area of serious and organised crime;
•Knowledge in international operational and strategic co-operation, in relation to serious and organised crime;
•Knowledge of conducting investigations and coordinating operations with regard to serious and organised crime, particular in relation to OCGs engaged in extensive money laundering, employing extreme violence and using corruption;
•Knowledge of the EU and Europol legal framework, in relation to serious and organised crime.
c.General competencies
Essential:
Communicating
•Excellent communication skills in English, both orally and in writing;
•Excellent presentation skills;
•Ability to draft clear and concise documents on complex matters for various audiences.
Analysing & problem solving:
•Structured approach to work aimed at getting results;
•Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills;
•Competent user of Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the internet.
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