Governance and Rule of Law Expert

• Provide substantive and strategic program guidance and advice in the area of Rule of Law and peacebuilding to ensure oversight, coordination and coherence in the delivery of the work-plan of the Rule of Law Projects.
• Support Program Management with Strategic Planning, Delivery and Quality Assurance of the Strategic and Results Framework of the Rule of UNDP rule of law projects.
• Promote Strategic Partnerships and support to resource mobilization.
• Promotes Knowledge Management of practices and experiences.

• Coordinate the implementation of programme areas related to Justice and the rule of law, peace building, prevention and fight against impunity of  gender-based violence ; 
• Oversee the project implementation management functions, provide technical advice and quality assurance on the work of the implementing partners , monitoring and evaluation and report functions;
• Coordinate the overall delivery of the projects in an effective and efficient manner; working closely with the Justice, security institutions and peacebuilding actors;
• Provide strategic direction and leadership on the Rule of Law and peacebuilding portfolio;
• Support the Country Office with the implementation and reporting of projects within UNDP’s RoL (Rule of Law) and peacebuilding portfolio;
• Support the Country Office with the planning and conceptualization of project activities in the framework of targeted areas;
• Liaise closely with colleagues at country office and technical teams;
• Prepare periodic reports in and out of ATLAS and contribute to the preparation of other documentation as required,
• Assist the Country Office in the development, negotiation and implementation of any additional initiatives elaborated in the context of the portfolio’s area of intervention;
• Liaise with national counterparts and donors on project implementation;
• Develop partnerships with the various stakeholders involved in the field of the rule of law, justice, human rights, gender and peacebuilding including regular collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, the National Commission on Human Rights. CSOs, international institutions, UN agencies;
• Engage actively with other partners on joint planning and implementation of portfolio’s area of intervention; 
• Provide support in developing new partnerships between UNDP and stakeholders – including national authorities, UN agencies, community leaders, community-based organizations, local and international NGOs, donor partners to support capacity building in portfolio’s area of intervention 
• When required, ensure the representation/leadership of UNDP in inter-agency working group meetings or other coordination mechanisms on portfolio’s area of intervention 
• Undertake any other activities as designated by the CO management as needed;
• Liaise with implementing partners in the nine provinces of UNDP’s focus area on a regular basis and provide technical guidance as needed, and support capacity building activities with the justice system and local civil societies.

• Identify sources of information related to policy-driven issues;
• Identify and document best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to Rule of Law and Access to Justice programming in and in particular in Burundi;
• Contribute to UNDP global knowledge networks and communities of practice;
• Provide intellectual and conceptual contribution in the ROL and security Knowledge Management and Learning Strategy;
• Collaboration and coordination with other UN agencies, government agencies, NGOs, and other organizations Rule of Law and Security issues.

Partnerships and Resource Mobilization:

• Develop and implement partnership and resource mobilization strategy in this area. Lead and coordinate resource mobilization efforts of the project. In this regard identify funding opportunities and lead project resource mobilization efforts with donor partners, including the development of advocacy/communication tools in support of resource mobilization;
• Ensure coherence, complementarities and coordination with other development partners in the area of rule of law, access to justice and security;
• Advocate for and substantially contribute to One UN approach and multi-partner joint planning and/or programming initiatives;
• Build partnerships with national and international NGOs throughout the project implementation;
• Manage, monitor and report on financial resources allocated to and delivered by the project to contributing partners such as UNDP/BCPR and Donors;
• Maintain regular communication with UNDP/BCPR’s Rule of Law, to enhance advocacy, support resource mobilization and access technical expertise.

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Solid capacity for analysis and synthesis of situations and empowered to find solutions;
• Ability to work under stress of deadlines and results showing initiative, dynamism and pro activity;
• Aptitude and interest in working together in a multicultural; environment;
• Strong written and oral expression and actual abilities to formulate clear and concise ideas; capabilities;
• Ability to communicate effectively with the different partners and donors involved;
• Openness and willingness to adaptability and flexibility in relations with its staff;
• Pedagogy and wish to register in a framework of knowledge transfer.

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

• Promotes knowledge management in UNDP and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example;
• In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues;
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills;
• Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside of UNDP.

• Ability to lead strategic planning, change processes, results-based management and reporting;
• Ability to lead formulation, oversight of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
• Ability to apply development theory to the specific country context to identify creative, practical approaches to overcome challenging situations;
• Ability to use ATLAS.

• Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Ability to lead effectively, mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills;
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
• Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
• Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills.

• Looks at experience critically, drawing lessons, and building them into the design of new approaches;
• Identifies new approaches and promotes their use in other situations;
• Documents successes and uses them to project a positive image;
• Creates an environment that fosters innovation and innovative thinking;
• Makes the case for innovative ideas from the team with own supervisor.

• Anticipates client needs;
• Works towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between the clients and service provider;
• Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective.

• Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents;
• Building support and political acumen;
• Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation;
• Building and promoting effective teams;
• Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;
• Creating an emotionally intelligent organization;
• Leveraging conflict in the interests of UNDP & setting standards;
• Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning;
• Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;
• Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking.

• A Master degree in law, preferably with specialization in human rights and/or international criminal law, or related relevant field.
• A relevant combination of university degree, professional training and experience (at least 9 years) may be considered in lieu of the advanced degree.

• At least 7 years’ work experience dealing with issues related to rule of law, access to justice, peacebuilding and  judicial reform in conflict and post-conflict countries or similarly relevant experience;
• Experience in post-conflict situations, in particular, with a focus on field-work;
• Experience in project management and resource mobilization;
• Good knowledge on gender-based and Human Rights based approaches ;
• Good knowledge of the Burundian context;
• Prior experience within the United Nations, in particular UNDP, and UNDP Certification programmes Prince2 are desirable;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.

• Excellent oral and written skills in French, and good knowledge of English are essential.

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