Rule of Law Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of Chief Technical Advisor/Program Manager or his or her designated, mandated representative(s) of the Access to Justice, Security and Human Rights Strengthening Program, the National UN Volunteer Rule of Law Specialist working alongside the Security Specialist in Bor will undertake the following tasks:

• Support state level stakeholders in improving and establishing sustainable mechanisms for access to justice including statutory, traditional conflict resolution mechanisms, human rights and transitional justice mechanisms;
• Monitor and collect updates on activities on access to justice, SGBV, human rights and transitional justice including changes in legislations and national or regional strategies or action plans;
• Assist state institutions to develop and implement policies, long term strategies, systems and action plans for the establishment of effective legal and justice services and monitoring of human rights trends
• Support the development and practice of alternative and internationally acceptable methods of increasing access to justice especially for vulnerable groups and for resolving communal disputes;
• Monitor and report on justice, human rights and transitional justice issues locally and identify emerging trends using program mapping and other available data;
• Identify and support initiatives for providing legal assistance such as legal aid centers and community-based paralegals/mobilisers to advise victims, detainees and families of abducted groups and survivors of gender-based violence
• Monitor and report on key interventions of the Program on rule of law particularly for vulnerable groups such as IDPs, children, the elderly and survivors of SGBV;
• Support the planning, budgeting and implementation of Program workplans in the state and supervise UNDP supported works undertaken in the state;
• Submit monthly and quarterly analytical reports and provide inputs into other reporting requirements to the donors, and M&E activities in the rule of law component to the Program Manager on work done and further prospects as decided by the Program.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Master degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

Education: Master’s degree in either law, human rights or international relations or bachelor’s degree in either law, human rights or international relations with 5 years of progressive experience in lieu of a master’s degree may be considered

Required experience:

36 Months

Experience remark:

• Demonstrated interest and/or experience (up to 2 years) in access to justice and security, human rights monitoring, governance and peace building
• Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded.

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Arabic(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise:

Rule of law, judicial and national legal system reform, Human rights, Other rule of law or governance related experience

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.

* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call for to which you would like to apply.

Application deadline: 11 February 2021