Job Description
ABA ROLI Accountable Justice Program – Objective 3 Lead
Job Description
The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is seeking candidates to support an anticipated USAID-funded Accountable Justice program in Kosovo. The Objective 3 Lead is responsible for leading initiatives to apply people-centered justice (PCJ) principles to improve justice user satisfaction through enhanced case management tools and techniques, reduce the civil backlog and case processing timelines, revise and improve legal procedures, and enhance management skills and accountability of court presidents and chief prosecutors. The Objective 3 Lead provides technical leadership in work with GoK and justice sector actors, private sector actors, the legal community, and others, provides input for project progress reports, and shares impact by presenting monitoring and evaluation data to a variety of audiences. The Objective 3 Lead will also work on ICT architecture improvements through strategies and policies, including through automation, improving awareness initiatives to increase understanding of and trust in the justice system amongst citizens, and galvanizing the legal community in Kosovo and beyond to strengthen judicial efficiency in Kosovo.
Responsibilities:
- Provides strategic and technical leadership in program design, reflection, reporting, and implementation, ensuring programming is adaptive and responsive.
- Spearheads capacity strengthening initiatives and efficiency improvements to foster user-centered, responsive, and effective judicial services in civil, administrative, and criminal proceedings.
- Leads the co-development and co-implementation of ICT and other tools, strategies, policies and systems improvements for GOK justice sector actors to improve judicial services quality and case processing backlogs and timelines.
- Identifies and facilitates collaboration with select government and private sector entities around incorporating people centered justice best practices and user centered design in the justice system.
- Applies knowledge of existing efforts towards rule of law and access to justice in Kosovo to ensure deconfliction and complementarity with existing programs, services, and initiatives.
- Ensures technical integrity of participant-facing program materials and donor-facing interim and final reports, related technical deliverables, and briefings to the USG donor and partners.
Qualifications:
- This position is for a host country national. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications for individuals of all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented or marginalized groups.
- Bachelor or Graduate degree in international development, social science, business, law, communication, or related field.
- At least 5 years of demonstrated experience working on international donor-funded programs on government capacity strengthening, people-centered justice, justice service delivery and user-centered design, rule of law, access to justice, and similar topics.
- Experience working on USAID-funded programs preferred.
- Knowledge and experience in gender and social inclusion, particularly on working from a Do No Harm perspective with vulnerable and/or marginalized ethnic communities, women, and youth.
- Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining relationships and networks with judicial sector actors, government actors and entities, private sector entities, development partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
How to apply
To apply, please submit your application online by January 20, 2024.
