Key Experts for a Technical Assistance Project to the Government of Uganda for the Implementation of the Justice and Accountability (JAR) Sector Reform Contract

Linpico is looking for experts for a project that will provide Technical Assistance to the Government of Uganda for the Implementation of the Justice and Accountability (JAR) Sector Reform Contract.

They Key Expert Profiles are as follows:

Key expert 1: Expert in Extractive Industries Governance / EITI Expert, Expert Category I (500 working days) 

Qualifications and skills

Minimum requirements:

  • University Degree in public administration, political science, economics, energy or mineral development or a relevant, directly related discipline.
  • Proficient communication and written skills in English.

General professional experience

Minimum requirements:

  • At least 10 years of successful professional working experience with supporting the governance of extractive industries towards sustainable development and poverty reduction.
  • Proven international experience with the policy environment of the oil sub-sector.

Preferred requirements:

  • At least 5 years of professional working experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Experience in Uganda is considered a distinct advantage.

Specific professional experience

Preferred requirements:

  • Profound working experience in supporting countries on the implementation of the EITI Standard, including close liaison with government officials, company representatives and civil society groups in implementing countries.

 

Key expert 2: Accountability Sector Expert, Category I (500 working days) 

Qualifications and skills

Minimum requirements:

  • University Degree in public finance, economics, public administration, or a relevant, directly related discipline.
  • Proficient communication and written skills in English.

General professional experience

Minimum requirements:

  • Profound working experience in strengthening public sector monitoring and performance assessment systems.
  • Profound working experience with strengthening institutional arrangements and coordination for sector-wide approaches.

Preferred requirements:

  • At least 5 years of professional working experience in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experience in Uganda is considered a distinct advantage.

Specific professional experience

Preferred requirements:

  • At least 10 years of aggregate professional experience in at least 2 of the following 4 thematic areas: Economic Management, Resource Mobilisation & Allocation, Budget Execution & Accounting, Audit & anticorruption.

 

Key expert 3: JLOS Sector Expert, Category I (500 working days)

Qualifications and skills

Minimum requirements:

  • University Degree in Law.
  • Proficient communication and written skills in English.

General professional experience

Minimum requirements:

  • Profound working experience in strengthening public sector monitoring and performance assessment systems.
  • Profound working experience with strengthening institutional arrangements and coordination for sector-wide approaches.

Preferred requirements:

  • At least 5 years of professional working experience in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experience in Uganda is considered a distinct advantage.

Specific professional experience:

Preferred requirements:

  • At least 10 years of aggregate professional experience in at least 2 of the following 3 thematic areas: JLOS Infrastructure and access to JLOS services, Promotion of Human rights compliance of JLOS sector, Promotion of anti-corruption, commercial justice.

 

Key expert 4: Expert for public reforms increasing access to justice, Expert Category I (500 working days)

Qualifications and skills

Minimum requirements:

  • University Degree in Law.
  • Proficient communication and written skills in English.

General professional experience

Minimum requirements:

  • At least 10 years of successful professional working experience with supporting reforms/programs aimed at increasing the accessibility of JLOS service delivery.

Preferred requirements:

  • Profound working experience with strategic planning, costing, budgeting and monitoring of JLOS frontline infrastructure and services.
  • At least 5 years of professional working experience in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experience in Uganda is considered a distinct advantage.

Specific professional experience

Minimum requirements:

  • Profound working experience with strengthening informal/customary justice mechanisms.
  • Profound working experience with strengthening human rights compliance and accountability in the JLOS sector.

Preferred requirements:

  • Profound working experience with strengthening child-friendly and gender-sensitive services in JOS institutions.  Profound working experience with the scaling-up of state-funded legal aid.

 

Key expert 5: Judicial case management Expert, Expert Category I (500 working days)   Qualifications and skills

Minimum requirements:

  • University Degree in law, public administration, IT or any other subject closely related to case management systems.
  • Proficient communication and written skills in English.

General professional experience

Minimum requirements:

  • Profound working experience with strengthening the supervision functions and M&E systems of JLOS institutions
  • At least 10 years of professional experience with institutional case management of JLOS institutions.
  • Profound working experience with the automation of the management and storage of records

Preferred requirements:

  • Profound working experience with the design- and development phases of Integrated Information Management Systems on the basis of a an inter-operability framework
  • At least 5 years of professional working experience in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experience in Uganda is considered a distinct advantage.

Specific professional experience

Preferred requirements:

  • Working experience with the analysis and re-design of case management business processes in JLOS institutions.

 

Please submit CVs to Ivan Linhart at [email protected] with Uganda TA as the subject.

 

Thank you.

 

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