Overview
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe seeks to expand its pool of qualified international experts in probation, alternative sentencing, and broader penal and penitentiary reform to support the Host Country's efforts in penal reform and the establishment of a functional probation system.
Required Experience
- Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in criminal justice reform, penal system development, probation system design, or related fields, including experience in a government, judicial, or international organization context.
- Experience in legal analysis and reporting, application of international standards to domestic legislation and legal frameworks.
- Regional experience with post-Soviet or transitional criminal justice systems, including first-hand familiarity with the institutional and cultural context of penal reform in Central Asia or comparable environments.
- Extensive experience in working with relevant government agencies in application of aspects of the UN guidelines, handbooks and other related international standards on penal reform.
- Excellent research, analytical and reporting skills.
- Good organizational and communication skills.
- Computer literate with practical experience using Microsoft applications.
- Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities.
- Ability and willingness to work as a member of team, with people of different cultural, and religious backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Law, Criminology, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Public Policy, or a related field.
