Job title: Asset Recovery Specialist

Employment location: Basel, Switzerland

Employment rate: 100%

Salary: CHF 90.000 - 110.000 p.a.

Start date: As soon as possible, for 12 months

Organisation: The International Centre for Asset Recovery is a department of the Basel Institute on Governance. The Specialist will work in the units for Training and for Legal/Case Consultancy Reporting: Working in consultation with and reporting to the Executive Director responsible for ICAR. The International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) at the Basel Institute on Governance provides specialised and tailor-made training to law enforcement authorities and other relevant groups of the public or other sectors in asset tracing, mutual legal assistance (MLA) and asset recovery. ICAR also provides policy advice in both requesting and requested countries, in particular in the context of legal and institutional reform processes. Furthermore, ICAR offers strategic case advice to requesting countries in concrete and actual international bribery or money laundering cases with an asset recovery/MLA angle. These activities are supported by the ICAR’s research activities as well as by the ICAR’s IT team, which recently launched the first knowledge centre for asset recovery, accessible online at www.assetrecovery.org.

The ideal candidate should have university degree and / or a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in anti-corruption, money laundering, or financial investigative criminal law enforcement with international exposure. The candidate should preferably have experience in technical assistance in developing countries and / or the drafting of mutual legal assistance requests. Experience in designing, developing and / or delivering international training programs would be an advantage.

The position requires strong interpersonal and organizational skills, some experience in training and an interest in research. Also required is an ability to work under pressure in challenging environments. Excellent written and spoken knowledge of English is required and a working knowledge of another major world language such as French, Spanish or Portuguese is a definite Page 2 advantage. The candidate must be available to travel extensively and to work flexible hours on occasions.

Tasks include assisting officials in developing countries on complex anti-corruption investigations, international cooperation and asset recovery cases. Tasks may also include the creative design and development of interactive training programs relating to financial investigative techniques, anticorruption, money laundering, and international assistance. This would involve the drafting and modification of extensive practical exercises, preparation of presentations, legal and investigative research, workshop moderation, and the delivery of student based learning programs. The candidate would also be responsible for guiding junior staff in conducting research, contributing to policy documents, representing the Institute at international forums and developing the Institute’s knowledge base.

To apply, kindly send your letter of application, as well as your CV, in French or in English, until 31 October 2008 to daniel.thelesklaf(at)baselgovernance.org.