Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Closing date: 13 May 2016
Requirements include, but are not limited to:
Minimum 6 years of relevant, diversified and progressively responsible professional experience including at least 3 years at the management level relevant to the actual position
Knowledge of courtroom proceedings and criminal law and procedure
Knowledge of international legal procedure standards and instruments
Demonstrable organizational, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
Advanced university degree in law or international human rights
Minimum of six years (including at least three years at the management level relevant to the actual post) of experience in managing or implementing 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
Detailed understanding of both the justice sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular its institutions and bodies (at all levels of government), and the overall political situation
Understanding of the work of the Mission in the area of human dimension
Supervisory experience
Professional fluency in written and spoken English
Excellent organizational skills, with ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks and process large amounts of information
Ability and willingness to work as a team member and with people of different cultural and religious backgrounds and diverse political views while maintaining impartiality and objectivity with tact and diplomacy in dealing with both external persons and multinational staff
Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities
Ability to operate Windows applications including word processing and email
Working knowledge of the local languages a strong advantage (desirable)
Tasks and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Deputy Director of the Human Dimension Department, the incumbent is the principal staff member responsible for the day to day management of the Rule of Law Project of the Human Dimension programme. S/he is also responsible for providing advice to the Deputy Director on matters related to programme design and implementation planning and evaluation.
The Head of Rule of Law supervises the programmatic personnel within the Section so that their activities and projects are incorporated into the work of the field-based trial monitoring program of the Human Dimension Department, supporting the monitoring of the justice sector, particularly in the management of criminal justice institutions, trial proceedings, and the protection of the rights of vulnerable persons. The incumbent interacts closely with the other thematic Heads of Sections to ensure that cross-cutting issues are jointly identified and supported through the activities and analysis of the unit. Implementation planning and evaluation is done through regular communication with the Director and Deputy Director, field-based National Legal Officers, and the Heads of Field Office to ensure that strategies for pursuing targeted and meaningful reform are identified and acted upon in a timely manner. Specifically, the Head of Rule of Law:
- Manages a project dedicated to ensuring that relevant governmental institutions and legislation promote reforms goals aimed at ensuring access to fair trial rights, promotion of judicial outreach, the processing of war crimes cases, and the support of victims and witnesses;
- Oversees ongoing legislative review and revisions, as well as monitoring and reporting on effective implementation of the country's human dimension commitments in the field of fair trial rights and the rule of law;
- Ensures close contacts with relevant criminal justice institutions, international organizations active in justice sector reform, and civil society groups engaged in the involved thematic areas;
- Oversees and co-ordinates the implementation of the capacity building activities and technical assistance provided to assist the courts, prosecutors offices, judicial administration, criminal legislative review experts, prison system, and service providers for vulnerable individuals, and civil society groups promoting outreach and victim and witness support;
- Provides support in the development and implementation of the project's budget and human resources planning;
- Together with the other Heads of Sections, assists the Director and Deputy Director of the Human Dimension Department (HDD) with programme development and strategy formulation through the identification of lessons learnt, current trends, achievements, problems and future plans;
- Co-ordinates with international and domestic organizations active in the field of justice sector reform at the working level in order to prevent duplication and to ensure that the programme achieves maximum benefit from related initiatives;
- Integrates project evaluation and long-term impact assessment practices into all policy and project work;
- Works with the Director and Deputy Director of the Human Dimension Department, as well as other Heads of Section to identify cross-cutting synergies among areas of HDD work;
- Supervises a team of twelve Mission members;
- Performs other duties as assigned.
How to apply:
PAE Government Services, under contract for the U.S. Department of State, is seeking applications from well-qualified U.S. citizens for the following position within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):
Head of Rule of Law, Bosnia
Level: Middle Management
Area of Expertise: Rule of Law
Vacancy Number: VNBAHS00756
Duty Station: Sarajevo
Apply by: 13 May
View the job description:
https://www.pae.com/careers-react-opportunities
In order to receive full consideration, interested parties should create an online application and enter the relevant vacancy number at: https://www.pae.com/careers-react by May 13. Only finalists will be contacted. PAE-REACT will interview short-listed candidates in order to make nominations by the OSCE deadline.