Description of the project

Project title:

EU for human rights and anti-discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Country:

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Project categories:

Human rights,Social inclusion and protection, poverty,

Job position:

Key expert 1: Team leader (Senior Human Rights Expert)

Project period:

24 months

Duration of assignment:

minimum 300 working days

Project description:

The purpose of this contract is to strengthen capacities of institutional mechanisms, namely Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, Gender Equality Agency and Ombudsman BiH addressing anti-discrimination and human rights and to improve protection of victims of all forms of discrimination.

Job description:

The Team Leader (TL) will be in charge of overall project coordination and quality control, and should also have a substantive role in the technical assistance provided by the project. The TL tasks will include, at least:
- Managing the project team and act as liaison for all project activities between beneficiaries and Contracting Authority
- Assuming responsibility for the overall implementation of project activities and achievement of planned results
- Monitoring progress in line with the approved work programmes and budget provisions so as to ensure timely achievement of the interim progress milestones and ultimate project results, as well as high quality of all project outputs
- Provide expertise in specified areas according to the work break-down structure proposed by the Contractor
- Be responsible for detailed analysis of all outputs and correspondence produced and circulates by the project and their full quality assurance
- Contribute to other activities of the project team, details of which will be determined during the Inception Phase of the project

Qualifications:

Qualifications and skills
- Master degree in Law, Political Science, Economics, Public Administration, Human Rights or a relevant, directly related discipline, or in its absence equivalent relevant professional experience of 5 years in addition to 10 years of general professional experience
- Excellent command of written and spoken English

General professional experience
- Minimum 10 years but preferably 15 years of relevant professional experience in law or social inclusion/protection sectors

Specific professional experience
- Minimum of 5 years but preferably 10 years of experience related to at least one of the following fields: human rights issues, social and health care system, education, gender, anti-discrimination
- Minimum of 3 years of experience as team leader and/or in staff management position, managing a team of minimum 3 persons
- At least one experience in advising central or local governments in effectively addressing the needs of vulnerable and socially-excluded categories of population

Other important information:

All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on.

Contact:

p.jozwik@eprd.pl
+48 41 345 32 71