National Legal Consultant

United Nations - UN United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Consultant Closes 10 Jun 2026 6 days left

Overview

The role involves supporting the development of a multidimensional study and a comprehensive toolkit on technology-facilitated violence against women and girls (TFVAWG) in Egypt, and establishing legal clinics at law schools.


Key Responsibilities
  • Review and finalize the outline of a multidimensional study on TFVAWG.
  • Review a study developed by a research entity.
  • Integrate references to relevant national legislation, strategies, and action plans pertaining to TFVAWG.
  • Ensure alignment with the national context for the study and toolkit.
  • Review and finalize the outline of a comprehensive toolkit on responding to TFVAWG.
  • Work with a consulting company on the toolkit's outline and key components.
  • Review comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for legal clinics.
  • Provide guidance on implementing SOPs at legal clinics.
  • Co-deliver two sets of training to law students on operating legal clinics and providing legal aid.
  • Develop recommendations and a policy paper for criminal justice actors involved in responding to cyber VAW&G.
Required Experience
  • A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible professional work experience in the law field at the international or national level is required.
  • Proven experience in developing manuals and strategies related to gender and criminal justice is required.
  • Practical professional experience in providing technical assistance and delivering training for criminal justice practitioners or related fields is required.
  • Work experience within the United Nations system is desirable.
Qualifications
  • An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, criminal law, international law, criminology, international relations, gender or law enforcement is required.
  • A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Other Details
Languages Required
• Fluency in oral and written English is required. • Fluency in oral and written Arabic is required.
Languages Preferred
• Knowledge of another United Nations official language is an advantage.
Contract Duration
05 July–15 November 2026
Work Modality
Home-based with travel to Egypt
Remuneration
Not specified
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