Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
51 - 200 employees
The only international, independent organization with a global mandate specifically to formulate a strategy to reduce the global harms caused by organized crime and simultaneously build resilience to it.
Research Associate – Mentorship Track
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Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
51 - 200 employees
The only international, independent organization with a global mandate specifically to formulate a strategy to reduce the global harms caused by organized crime and simultaneously build resilience to it.
📋 Description
• Draft short pieces for publication, and contribute to longer analytical pieces. • Support the West Africa Observatory with secondary data collection and analysis including literature reviews. • Conduct OSINT on identified leads or thematic priorities, including through the use of AI tools, monitor social media accounts, and assessing vessel movements and corporate registry structures. • Compile datasets, analyse trends and correlations, develop write-ups of findings. • Participate in and contribute to team meetings, methodological development discussions and, where feasible, interviews and external-facing meetings.
🎯 Requirements
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant subject (international relations, conflict, security, economics or similar). • Ongoing or completed masters or PhD in a subject relevant to organized crime and/or conflict. • Demonstrated research experience on organized crime, illicit economies, conflict, governance or security issues, preferably with a focus on West Africa, and applying political economy approaches. • Proficiency in French and English. • Strong excel skills and proven experience building and analysing quantitative datasets. • Experience in applying OSINT methodologies and tools as part of research (including social media analysis, corporate structure tracking and vessel tracking). • Proficiency using AI tools in research and analysis.
🏖️ Benefits
• Direct mentorship from senior GI-TOC researchers and practitioners. • Experience contributing to research with real-world policy implications focussing on illicit economies and their intersections with conflict and instability, organized crime actors and modus operandi, and West Africa’s evolving cocaine and synthetic drug markets. • Exposure to advanced OSINT and analytical methodologies. • Opportunities to contribute to published outputs focussing on illicit economies, conflict, and criminal networks in West Africa. • Experience working within an international research network. • Professional development and networking opportunities across the GI-TOC community. • Participation in in-person meetings and networking opportunities where practicable.
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