Head of Rule of Law (S3)

Overview

The Head of Rule of Law (S3) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Human Dimension Department’s Rule of Law Section, providing support and advice on programme design, implementation, planning, and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the Rule of Law Section to ensure relevant governmental institutions and legislation promote reform goals.
• Overseeing legislative review and revisions, monitoring and reporting on implementation of commitments in the field of fair trial rights and the rule of law.
• Ensuring close contacts with relevant criminal justice institutions, international organizations, and civil society groups.
• Overseeing and coordinating capacity building activities and technical assistance.
• Leading the development and implementation of the Rule of Law project’s annual activity plan and budget.
• Providing support to management in human resources planning.
• Assisting management with programme development and strategy formulation.
• Co-ordinating with international and domestic organizations.
• Integrating project evaluation and long-term impact assessment practices.
• Identifying cross-cutting synergies among respective areas of Mission engagement.
• Directly supervising a team of senior professionals and indirectly supervising National Legal Officers, Rule of Law Monitoring Assistants, and support staff.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Required Experience

Minimum 6 years (8 years with a relevant first-level university degree) of relevant, diversified and progressively responsible professional experience including at least 3 years at the management level relevant to the actual position. Experience managing or implementing criminal justice, human rights or justice-based programmes in post-conflict, transitional, or developing countries; Experience in justice sector programme development and political analysis, including the production of reports, verbal and written briefings; Experience of working in a programmatic/strategic planning role using a results-based management approach; Experience in programme and project management, including in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

Qualifications

Second-level university degree in law or international human rights; a first-level university degree in combination with two years of additional qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the second-level university degree.

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