Expert on judicial and criminal reforms (170w/d) Full Time

EUROPEAN PROFILES S.A. (GR) will participate as partnerin a bidding for the following Global Price tender led by NIRAS AS (DK):

Technical Assistance to the Justice and Accountability Programme (JAP)

Services Location: Rwanda

Start date: June 24, 2024

Duration: 42 months

Global objective

To assist the Justice and Accountability Programme (JAP) deliver on its result areas: i) Improved delivery of timely, quality justice, and access to justice for the most vulnerable persons; ii) Improved use of social and economic reintegration measures for persons deprived of their liberty, by institutional and civic stakeholders and iii) Enhanced citizen’s voice and effective participation in accountability mechanisms.

Specific objective(s)

To assist the EUD, the Ministry of Justice (Minijust), the Judiciary, National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA), National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS), the Police, RIB and the CSOs beneficiaries to deliver on the above-referred programme’s expected results.

Expertise

For this assignment, one individual expert must be proposed for each position.

The expertise required for the implementation of the specific contract is detailed below:

Expert on judicial and criminal reforms (170w/d):

• General description of the position: The Short-term expert will be mobilised for a specific purpose, under the Specific Objective 3. The expert will be called to deliver thematic support (specialised training, studies, reports) based on the needs expressed by the government institutions (to be further defined during implementation), on the result areas covered by the programme; an indicative list (not exhaustive): Judicial reforms, criminal justice policy, prisons’ reforms, accountability, human rights.
• Expert category:Home Based – Cat. II (>6 years of experience)
• Qualifications and skills required: Advanced university degree (MA/MSc or Masters’ degree in Law). Strong academic, educational, training, reporting and communication skills.
• General professional experience:
  • At least 6 years of experience in the development cooperation sector, with at least two positions held as Trainer, mentor, adviser in the implementation of related programmes, with an experience in both civil and common law systems, preferably under the EU development cooperation framework;
  • Proven expertise in stakeholders engagement, excellent educational, communication, report writing, data analysis in both quantitative and qualitative approaches;
  • Demonstrated experience in successfully delivering training sessions, with strong analytical, problem solving and flexibility skills, as well as the ability to work in government structures, and to adapt to culturally diverse environments.
• Specific professional experience:
  • At least 6 years of experience in the development cooperation sector, with at least two positions held as Trainer, mentor, adviser in the implementation of related programmes in particular related to judicial reforms, criminal justice policy, prison reforms; experience in investigation, prosecution, alternatives to detention, court proceedings, sentencing, penitentiary/correctional services;
  • Proven expertise in organising training, workshops, mentoring sessions on the above mentioned themes and related issues, with excellent educational and pedagogic skills, using qualitative approaches, and drafting reports and manuals for the beneficiaries; o Demonstrated experience in leading and/or contributing to studies/reports, using qualitative approaches and relevant data.
  • Experience on the continent and/or the country will be an asset.
• Language skills:Excellent oral communication and report writing skills in English. Strong command in French and/or Kinyarwanda will be an asset.
• Number of working days: 170 days

Applications and updated CV should be submitted to recruitment_dev@europeanprofiles.gr in reference to SEA-2023-25049

Please fill accordingly the Europeaid CV form and the justification table according to your experience and the project’s specific requirements