Senior Expert - Head of Judiciary component (M/W)

Expertise France is the public agency of French international technical cooperation. The agency operates around four priorities:

• democratic, economic and financial governance;
• security and stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations;
• sustainable development;
• strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.

In these areas, Expertise France carries out engineering and implementation missions for capacity building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as an aggregator of projects involving public expertise and private know-how.

With an activity volume of 233 million euros, more than 400 projects in portfolio in 80 countries, and 63,000 days of expertise, Expertise France focuses its action towards France’s solidarity policy, influence and economic diplomacy.

As Senior Key Expert / Head of the Judiciary Reform Component, the expert will be required to perform the following tasks under the supervision of the Team Leader and Expertise France Project Manager:

• Plan, steer, and manage implementation of all Component activities in accordance with the Project workplan and logframe, needs of beneficiaries, and Expertise France rules and procedures;
• Proactively identify, prevent and mitigate the risks related to Component implementation, alert Project leadership to significant issues with respect to Project implementation;
• Ensure regular and ad hoc reporting of the Component on the results achieved, as well as collection of data toward the monitoring of impact of the interventions;
• Ensure good liaison and coordination of interventions with other Components of the Project;
• Manage the Component team consisting of four permanent experts (three Key Experts and a Project Officer) by way of delegating responsibilities and tasks, providing advice, capacity building and feedback on performance;
• Coordinate and oversee mid-term and short-term international and national experts, ensure quality control of deliverables produced by the experts;
• Oversee Component expenditure, ensure efficiency of Component resources;
• Establish and maintain regular communication with the Project partners, beneficiaries, other internal and external stakeholders;
• Ensure proper visibility and communication of Component-related results, in coordination and cooperation with the Communications Officers.

The Support to Justice Sector Reforms in Ukraine (Pravo-Justice III) Project, implemented by Expertise France (EF) with funding from the European Union, accompanies Ukrainian authorities in the process of comprehensive justice sector reform. Pravo-Justice III is envisaged to build on the results achieved by the predecessor projects (Pravo - Justice I&II) who, since 2017, have supported an ambitious sectoral reform agenda. Pravo-Justice III is organized alongside four results: Accountability for international crimes and fight against impunity (Component 1), Judiciary reform (Component 2), Enforcement of court judgement and reform of penitentiary and probation systems (Component 3), and EU integration (Component 4).

The Senior Key Expert / Head of the Judiciary Reform Component will have:

• An advanced Law Degree (Masters or PhD) from an accredited law school;
• At least 7 years of professional experience in the judiciary;
• Previous experience in relations to Ukraine justice sector reform would be an asset;
• Demonstrated experience in project management, including at the senior level;
• Experience with technical assistance projects funded by the European Union or other international donors.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Knowledge of Ukrainian would be considered an advantage.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following qualities:

• Excellent project management and stakeholder management skills
• A high degree of initiative and diplomacy and the ability to solve complex problems in coordination with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Outstanding emotional intelligence skills
• Ability in influencing, coaching and delivering change through others
• A creative and entrepreneurial approach to overcoming barriers and making change happen; and the ability to cope in emotionally demanding environments.