Team Leader - Formulation of a Justice sector project for Nigeria for the 10th EDF

Position

Senior expert (Team Leader) -Judicial expert

Deadline

21/01/2010

Possible starting date

01/03/2010

Duration

35 working days

Global Objective

The overall objective of this assignment is to support the government of Nigeria in the formulation of a justice sector project.

Specific objectives

The specific objective of this assignment is to produce a complete set of project formulation  documents for the EC intervention within the scope of the 10th EDF National Indicative Programme for Nigeria.

Requested profiles

Expert 1: Senior expert (Team Leader) -Judicial expert

Qualifications and skills:

• Masters Degree in law, social sciences, humanities or related field; or at least 15 years equivalent professional experience in the relevant sector where the expert has no such academic qualification
• 10 years of professional experience in the relevant sector in case of an expert with a Masters Degree.
• Comparable experience in EC programmes identification and formulation especially in developing countries
• Experience in leading missions for project identification/formulation;
• Knowledge of EDF programming procedures, guidelines, methodologies and different aid modalities
• Expertise in problem analysis, stakeholders' analysis and institutional/capacity assessment
• Experience in mainstreaming cross cutting issues of gender, human rights, etc.
• Specific expertise in justice sector reform especially in the area of capacity development and judicial reform
• Knowledge and experience of the workings of the justice system (laws, police, courts prisons) in Nigeria or in similar countries especially those with common law legal system
• Understanding of governance issues in Nigeria an asset
• Full working knowledge of English, as well as excellent report writing and communication skills

Contact person

Alessandro Natali

E-mail

Tel +39 0532 790980 - Fax +39 0532 790231 -

Note

If you are interested in applying for the above positions, please send your CV (EC format) to before 21/01/2010, referring to FWC07 10-229887 v1 Team Leader

Only selected candidate will be contacted