Consultant: Rule of Law in an EU Accession Context
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Zagreb, Croatia
Duties and Responsibilities
The Regional Consultant is expected to provide strategic advice in the implementation of the UNDP technical assistance goals in the field of Rule of Law for accession and pre-accession countries in Western Balkans and Turkey. She/he will act as the regional chief technical advisor for Rule of Law in the EU context. The advisory services that the Regional Consultant will be providing are short-term in nature. The estimated duration of the advisory support to be provided will be determined ad-hoc, based on the individual requests from UNDP Country Offices to support local, national or regional partners and will be outlined in the quarterly workplan.
a) at the request of UNDP’s regional and/or national partners in the Western Balkans and Turkey, provide substantive/technical advice to the relevant institutions/departments on key elements of Rule of Law, primarily on Chapters 23 and 24 of the Acquis; as well as the Rule of Law aspects of the political criteria
b) provide advice and support to UNDP Country Offices in the area of Rule of Law, to ensure that UNDP’s programming and policy advice are anchored in the relevant chapters of the Acquis.
More specifically, the Regional Consultant is envisaged to perform the following activities:
Strategic advice and support to regional and national partners:
- Respond to requests/demands for EU related Rule of Law strategic advice from UNDP Country Offices, and regional and national partners;
- Identify replicable policies and practices across the region aimed at satisfying criteria for EU integration;
- Identify, in cooperation with regional and national partners the capacity development needs and priorities;
- Provide input at request for regular country reports on progress and input for situation reports on Rule of Law within the region.
Strategic advice and support to UNDP Country Offices:
- Ensure the effectiveness of UNDP’s programmatic and policy assistance through regular consultations with national and international counterparts and stakeholders, regular field visits and analysis. Notify COs on latest developments in the EU regarding thematic areas pertaining to the relevant Chapters;
- Track important communication and reactions of the EU in the thematic areas, relevant for individual countries under the (pre)accession process and notify respective CO;
- In coordination with COs, maintain regular contacts with key stakeholders to discuss progress made in Rule of Law, and address UNDP technical assistance direction and revise activities and planning as may be required;
- Establish and maintain relationship with relevant stakeholders in Brussels through UNDP Brussels office and provide feedback to COs in terms of guidance and recommendations for potential areas for future programming;
- Actively participate in discussions for resources mobilization, based on CO requests;
- Support the UNDP Country Offices in the identification and development of synergies and partnerships with others actors (national and international) on Rule of Law issues at the strategic, technical and operational level;
- Participate in relevant inter-agency working groups and initiatives;
- Oversee the elaboration of programming documents, support and provide advice during the drafting process and ensure preparation of high quality final drafts in line with EU requirements;
- Advise on developing proposals on enhancing coordination with a range of EU assistance instruments. This includes paving the way for adequate deployment of Rule of Law related twinning as well as adequate coordination and support to TAEIX, SIGMA and Twinning activities in the sector.
Strategic positioning for substantive knowledge managements and sharing at the request of UNDP and /or national partners:
- Support knowledge management and sharing of both regional and national partners, and UNDP Country Office and regional staff, by preparing knowledge products; organize substantive learning sessions on relevant aspects of Rule of Law; provide substantive training to regional and national partners as requested;
- Contribute to CO inputs for EU Progress Reports on an annual basis, upon request from the EU to UNDP.
Competencies
Corporate Competences:
- Demonstrates integrity by upholding the UN`s values and ethical standards
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, national and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism
Functional Competences:
- Proven ability to coordinate production of reports and papers; ability to review the work of others
- Demonstrated experience in research in the area of Rule of Law (mainly areas covered by Negotiating Chapters 23 and 24)
- Willingness to engage in extensive travel
- Good managerial, communication, and interpersonal skills,
- IT literacy, familiarity with e-presentation techniques and ability to operate with on-line web-based applications
Leadership:
- Strong interpersonal, managerial, communication and advocacy skills; ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team; orientation towards service delivery and excellent facilitation and networking skills for building partnerships
- Focuses on impact and result for the client
- Constructively approaches work with energy and positive constructive attitude
Knowledge Management:
- Pro-actively shares knowledge and experience and contributes to UNDP Practice Areas and actively works towards continuing personal learning and development
- Possesses in-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues
Required Skills and Experience
Academic Qualifications/Education:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, policy or social studies, or other relevant areas required, focus on Rule of Law an asset.
Experience:
- At least 10 years of work experience involving the application of principles and concepts of Rule of Law in EU accession countries and new EU Member States. Direct experience in the Western Balkan countries and/or Turkey highly desirable.
- Direct experience in working on Rule of Law in an EU Member State and/or an EU Accession context through a national government, national association/academia, and/or an international organization
- Deep knowledge of political, developmental and other priorities of the EU in relation to accession;
- Direct and practical experience in the accession preparations of one of the countries having joined the EU in 2004/2007
- Experience working with the European Commission’s relevant services an asset
- Familiarity with UNDP`s mandate and the human development concept
- Deep understanding of, and experience with, IPA programming; as well as of the established UNDP-EC cooperation modalities
- Demonstrated capacity to link policy advice to programmatic interventions.
Language skills:
- Fluency in English.
- Proficiency in a language of the Western Balkans and/or Turkey is highly desirable.
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