Senior Customs Modernization & Valuation Advisor

• 10+ years of experience in customs administration, customs modernization, trade facilitation, customs valuation, tariff classification, origin, or related international trade advisory work.
• Deep practical knowledge of customs procedure and international best practice, including declaration processing, clearance workflows, controls, post-clearance review, inspection practices, and trade facilitation.
• Strong command of the WTO Customs Valuation framework, including the GATT Article VII valuation hierarchy, and the ability to apply valuation principles in real operating environments.
• Working knowledge of WCO instruments and international standards, including the Revised Kyoto Convention, SAFE Framework, and WTO trade-facilitation norms.
• Strong understanding of HS classification, rules of origin, customs risk management, and how valuation, classification, and origin affect revenue and enforcement risk.
• Experience applying, benchmarking, or improving customs procedures and controls in operational customs environments.
• Ability to translate complex customs and valuation concepts into clear, practical guidance for analysts, engineers, program leaders, customs officials, and other non-specialist stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing guidance, training materials, technical notes, or advisory briefings.

• Prior advisory work with a national customs administration or customs-modernization program.
• Experience benchmarking or reforming customs procedures against WCO, WTO, or other international standards.
• Experience coordinating with EU, World Bank, IMF, WCO, IDB, or other multilateral customs-reform or trade-facilitation programs.
• Familiarity with ASYCUDA/SYDONIA or other customs declaration and clearance systems.
• Regional experience in Haiti, the Caribbean, or Latin America.
• Working French or Haitian-Creole language skills.
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What Success Looks Like in Your First Few Months

During your first months, you will:

• Confirm the price-verification methodology and the risk-practice framework and brief the analysis team.
• Complete a landscape review of related customs initiatives and an alignment approach.
• Shape training content for customs officials ahead of inspection getting under way.

Advises the Engagement / Delivery Lead and the Senior Data Scientist on method; coordinates with the Field-Operations Lead on inspection practice; interfaces with counterparts on related programs.

Advisory only — final decisions rest with the customs administration.

• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
• High-impact, mission-driven work supporting the modernization of a national customs administration.
• The opportunity to help design a platform with long-term economic, operational, and public-sector impact.
• A collaborative, multidisciplinary team of customs, technology, data, and engineering specialists.
• Significant ownership and influence during a critical program build-out phase.
• Opportunities for professional growth as the platform and program expand.

If you are motivated by mission-driven work and want to help establish the architecture behind a transformative customs-modernization program, we encourage you to apply.

KIBO Laboratories LLC is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes qualified applicants of all backgrounds.

Offers are contingent on background, right-to-work and — where applicable — sanctions-screening checks.