Overview
This role involves providing technical legal support to strengthen cooperative-enabling legislative and regulatory frameworks in the NENA region. The incumbent will lead comparative legal analysis and contribute to knowledge products and policy briefs.
Key Responsibilities
- - Conduct comparative legal and regulatory research and analysis of cooperative legislation across NENA countries.
- - Prepare country legal reports and a regional synthesis brief.
- - Review cooperative governance frameworks to identify inclusion of youth, women, and small-scale producers.
- - Provide legal inputs for a regional guideline document on cooperative-enabling legal and policy frameworks.
- - Contribute to thematic policy briefs on youth inclusion and gender-responsive cooperative reform.
- - Support development of training and knowledge materials.
- - Provide technical legal support to programme activities and coordinate with relevant staff.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in cooperative law and/or in the cooperative sector.
- Work experience at least in one country of the NENA region.
- Experience in international law, business law, agricultural and/or rural development will be considered an asset.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO or University degree or specific technical specialization in law.
- Consultants with a bachelor's degree need two additional years of relevant professional experience.
