Country: Georgia
Closing date: 01 Jul 2016
Title: Chief Judiciary Advisor/Team Leader
Reference: Support to the Independence, Accountability and Efficiency of the Judiciary Georgia**
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
Duration: 300 working days
The Bureau for Institutional Reform & Democracy (BiRD) has been short-listed as part of a consortium for an EU-funded project entitled Support to the Independence, Accountability and Efficiency of the Judiciary Georgia. BiRD is currently seeking candidates for the position of Chief Judiciary Advisor/Team Leader for this project.
The overall objective of the project is to assist with ensuring the independence, efficiency, impartiality and professionalism of the judiciary of Georgia, towards being free from political or any other undue interference.
The specific purpose of this Contract is to consolidate planning and strategies of the judicial administration, strengthen capacities of judges and other judicial personnel, rationalize selection and promotion procedures for judges, streamline the judicial caseflow, enhance empowerment and integrity of judges, improve courts' communication practices, and consolidate the position and efficiency of the Constitutional Court.
1) Chief Judiciary Advisor / Team Leader
Qualifications and skills
· At least Master or equivalent university degree in law;
· Fluent written and oral communication in English.
General professional experience
· At least 4 years as a judge in an EU member state, or alternatively at least 10 years as an international consultant in the justice sector;
Specific professional experience
· At least 5 years as an international consultant in the justice sector with significant focus on judiciary reforms;
· At least 2 years as a team leader and/or deputy team leader and/or senior advisor in at least one donor-funded project with significant focus on judiciary reforms and with the relevant projects' total budget of at least EUR 700,000;
· Asset: at least 2 years as international consultant in the justice sector in Eastern Partnership Countries.
The operational base for the project shall be located in Tbilisi. The intended start date is 1st of September, 2016 and the period of implementation of the Contract will be 32 months from this date.
How to apply:
Applications and updated CVs are accepted on a rolling basis and should be submitted before 1 July 2016 to: jobs@birdmunich.de. Please note that only excellent experts meeting most or all of the above criteria and having an excellent and verifiable track record will be considered.