Overview
The consultant will support the Archives and Records Management Section (ARMS) in designing procedures, governance, and technical requirements for an evidence management framework and a secure digital repository for digital evidence.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidance for UN field missions on handling, preservation, chain of custody, metadata capture, and secure transfer of digital evidence.
- Develop SOPs for ARMS for long-term preservation, integrity, access control, and lifecycle management of digital evidence.
- Define roles and responsibilities of stakeholders across the evidence lifecycle.
- Draft the project governance package for submission to the relevant ICT governance body.
- Develop standard metadata requirements for evidence, including identification of crimes against peacekeepers and gender-based violence indicators.
- Develop guidelines on searching, locating, and retrieving relevant evidence.
- Produce technical guidance for secure sharing with Member States and international judicial authorities.
- Recommend e-discovery, review, and redaction tools.
- Develop system requirements and architecture for a secure digital evidence repository.
- Provide cost projections for software, hosting, and equipment.
- Facilitate consultations and validation workshops with stakeholders.
- Incorporate feedback and produce final documentation for approval.
Required Experience
- Minimum 7 years of professional experience in at least one of the following:
- Digital evidence management
- Records and archives management in complex institutions
- Chain-of-custody and forensic documentation
- Criminal investigations or accountability mechanisms
- Design and implementation of secure digital repositories
- Experience in UN peacekeeping, rule of law, or international justice mechanisms strongly desirable.
- Experience developing SOPs, metadata standards, and system requirements essential.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in archives and records management, information management, digital forensics, law, criminal justice, or related field.
- A first-level degree with additional qualifying experience may be accepted.
