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Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Legal Affairs and
Constitutional Development
Date Posted: Dec. 19th, 2007
Closing Date: Jan 18th, 2008
Location
Sudan
Description
The IRIS Center, a nonprofit research and advisory group located at the University of Maryland
in the United States, is
seeking an experienced Technical Advisor to provide long-term expertise for
an ongoing USAID-funded project in Southern Sudan.
The goal of the project is to support the institutional development and
capacity-building efforts in a number of Government of Southern Sudan
(GoSS) ministries. The Advisor will work with the Ministry of Legal Affairs
and Constitutional Development (MoLACD) to support the Ministry’s
institutional development and build the legislative drafting capacity of
the Ministry.
The Advisor will have: (i) a JD or equivalent law degree; (ii)
significant experience drafting legislation; (iii) strong capacity-building skills;
(iv) experience managing a major institutional development project or a
component thereof; and (v) a history of working effectively with
counterparts in developing-country governments and other organizations. The Advisor will be part of a
team—including another IRIS technical advisor, the Chief of Party
(CoP), and Ministry officials—to develop laws within the
Ministry’s mandate and to build Ministry capacity to review and
analyze laws developed both internally and by other Ministries.
Main Duties
will include (in conjunction with current IRIS advisor):
- Draft legislation, as requested by the
Minister of Legal Affairs and authorized by the CoP.
- Provide advice and assistance to the
Legislative Drafting Committee and other South Sudanese counterparts
in the preparation of draft legislation; this may include conducting
research, integrating laws, or other tasks as needed.
- Mentor MoLACD Legislative Drafting
Personnel in drafting.
- Deliver training or assist in
arranging training workshops for MoLACD, its Legislative Drafting
Personnel, other Ministries, and the Legislative Assembly on (i)
particular drafts; and (ii) drafting and policy development.
- Establish policies, plans, planning
processes, management systems, and operating systems in the Drafting
Directorate. Mentor and assist the team to establish and execute a
work plan that will include: (i) reporting against tasks related to
the legislative drafting process; (ii) liaising with other relevant
ministries; (iii) and involvement in stakeholder consultation before
draft laws are submitted to the Ministry for review and amendment.
These duties will include assistance in the development of operating
procedures and simple manuals.
- Support and advise senior management
in the MoLACD and the GoSS Rule of Law Sector on strategic management
issues.
Additional
duties will include:
- As needed, oversee the work of
short-term experts who provide additional training and assistance on
specific topics.
- Provide activity reports to the home
office.
Qualifications
- JD or equivalent degree in law.
- At least 5 years of professional
experience.
- Experience reviewing and drafting
legislation.
- Training experience, including
developing learning objectives and assessing trainees against those
objectives.
- On-ground experience in developing
and/or post-conflict countries; experience in African government
institution-building projects preferred.
Travel
Required
Compensation
Commensurate with experience and salary history
To Apply
Qualified and available candidates must apply no later than January 18,
2008. CVs should be emailed to lgillers@iris.econ.umd.edu. No phone calls
please; only finalists will be contacted. The IRIS Center
is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). For more information about the IRIS Center, please visit http://www.iris.umd.edu.
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