Historique

Myanmar has gone through a phase of unprecedented change since the November 2010 general elections and UNDP has developed a new Country Programme to fully support the political, economic and peacebuilding transition process. According to the 2013-2017 Country Program Document for Myanmar, UNDP is implementing an integrated “Democratic Governance in Myanmar” program to support the country in the process of modernizing, democratizing, and decentralizing the state and society, pursuing an incremental institutional approach that is people and rights oriented. The 2015 elections brought a landslide victory for the National League for Democracy and strengthening rule of law and judicial reform in the country will be one of the priorities of the new government. UNDP will continue to support Myanmar in this endeavor. 

UNDP’s project component on Rule of Law and Access to Justice is part of this integrated Program Document for Democratic Governance and is fully underpinned by a conflict sensitive approach for the country context. Core interventions under this component relate to i) upstream support for policy and strategic planning at national level, including support to legislative drafting and review and case management; ii) capacity development for all justice sector actors; iii) increased legal awareness at local level focusing on women and the most marginalized and empowerment of these groups to claim their rights and (rights based approach to access to justice). 

Assistance under this component will strengthen accountable and responsive public institutions and trust in State-society relations, respect for the rule of law and human rights, and inclusive political processes that place emphasis on women, youth, and disadvantaged groups. Support will be grounded on a solid understanding of the transition context informed by evidence based analysis that can support national policy and planning for inclusive development and for mitigating and resolving governance related potential causes of grievances and conflict. Activities with parliament, justice, and public service at union and sub-national levels will be adequately prioritized and sequenced to establish a conducive environment for sustainable and equitable development, which is nationally driven and contextualized to the diversity of Myanmar. 

Brief Project Description: 

As part of UNDP’s Democratic Governance Programme, the Rule of Law and Access to Justice (ROL/A2J) Output delivers programming both at national and sub-national level in pilot areas. This work focuses on supporting the capacity building of government justice sector institutions and actors – judges, law officers, police and lawyers – while also promoting legal awareness and access to justice initiatives with civil society and the wider community, with particular focus on vulnerable groups including women.  

Since 2013 UNDP has engaged with the Ministry of Education (MOE) to facilitate implementation of clinical legal education programme activities through its implementing partner the Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education. CLE is an innovative approach to legal education that emphasizes practical skills development and “learning by doing”, with a focus on pro bono work and community outreach. The CLE programme is now active in all 18 law departments of Myanmar universities. 

In 2014, a pilot project to provide rule of law training to justice actors was initiated in Lashio, Shan State and Mandalay, Mandalay Region at the request of the Rule of Law Centres Coordinating Body established by the Pyithu Hluttaw Rule of Law and Tranquility Committee. When the pilot project came to an end in early 2015, an independent evaluation was conducted and its findings were presented to the Coordinating Body. The Coordinating Body then recommended the establishment of the Rule of Law Centres in Mandalay, Myitkiyna, Taunggyi and Yangon. The Myitkyina Centre was the second to have set up in Phase 1 of the Rule of Law Centres Project. 

To that end, a National Field Officer will be recruited to support the implementation of activities at the Rule of Law Centre in Myitkyina and coordination of rule of law and access to justice activities in Kachin State. The incumbent will also support other areas of UNDP’s justice programme aiming to bridge the gap between the institutions and the public, such as a justice mapping study and will support the design of UNDP’s response to the mapping outcomes. Additionally, he/she will work with state level justice institutions (judiciary and AG’s office) to support the implementation of their strategic plans, e.g. in helping them with building public trust through communication strategies. The incumbent may also be involved in providing programmatic support to other areas of governance, particularly UNDP’s sub-national support to state/regional level Parliaments and Gender. 

The National Field Officer will be supervised by the ROL Programme Analyst in Yangon but will have a functional reporting line to the ROL/A2J Officer (IUNV), with whom he/she will be working very closely. This post will be based in UNDP field office in Myitkyina, which is led by an International Early Recovery Manager and a National Area Office Coordinator. The incumbent should be able to link the assigned work to UNDP’s other areas of work and if required to support other teams under the Democratic Governance Programme. 

Devoirs et responsabilités

Under direct supervision of the ROL Programme Analyst and also reporting to the IUNV for RoL/A2J, the National Field Officer (RoL/A2J) oversees the implementation of the Rule of Law Centre in Myitkyina and supports other RoL/A2J activities in Kachin State. 

Support main ROL/A2J activities in Kachin State: 
Be responsible for – jointly with the IUNV – the overall management of RoL/A2J project activities in Kachin State including monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the project interventions in Kachin, and contribution to all routine quarterly and annual results reporting

• As part of outreach activities, facilitate and implement workshops, seminars, capacity building training, local policy advocacy initiatives with stakeholders as necessary;
• Support the Clinical Legal Education initiatives together with implementing partner Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education and local universities; 
• Support the possible dialogue between state and non-state justice actors, including INGOs, CSOs, and women and youth associations;
• Support the implementation of strategic plans of justice institutions such as the High Court and the Advocate General’s Office at Kachin State level ;
• Establish relevant ROL networks and excellent relations with all international and national partners working in ROL and Governance areas at state/region level; 
• Build the capacity of local organizations in the region, to identify access to justice issues, and advocate for enhanced access to justice and the protection of human rights and women’s rights;
• Support the development and implementation of the communication plan for the ROL programme;  
• Support other ROL national interventions relevant for Kachin State as well as other programme activities when neecessary.

Support activities specific to Rule of Law Centre in Myitkyina, Kachin State:

• Oversee the implementation of the ROLC project including monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the project interventions;
• Support outreach activities and provide inputs to finding ways to ensure effectiveness of the activities in the future;
• Support ongoing development and modification of training curriculum for ROLCs by advising on local justice issues and providing; contextual information of the area; 
• Support the recruitment and training of national project staff and the identification of relevant beneficiaries, when necessary; 
• Through support to ROLC, build the capacity of local justice actors in the area to understand and share knowledge on rule of law topics, with particular focus on local justice issues and community engagement/ outreach; 
• Promote the use of the legal library in the Centre and provide input to ensure that communities will obtain relevant information;  
• Regularly liaise with and maintain excellent relations with implementing partner staff.

Compétences

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards (human rights, peace, understanding between peoples and nations, tolerance, integrity, respect, results orientation (UNDP core ethics) impartiality;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly and without favoritism; and
• Shows strong corporate commitment.

Functional Competencies:

Management and Leadership

• Takes initiative to complete tasks and provides leadership for certain project activities as discussed with the IUNV;
• Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback, timely responses to queries;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
• Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Demonstrates strong administrative skills and results oriented approach to work.

Development and Operational Effectiveness

• Ability to engage with high ranking UNDP Managers, Government Officials and International donor community; 
• Ability to identify opportunities, conceptualize and develop project reports;
• Ability to analyze situations and act accordingly;
• Ability to effectively support in strategic planning results-based management and reporting;
• Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions and investments, manage transactions, conduct financial analysis, reporting and cost-recovery: excellent project oversight functions, including audit, accurate and thorough risk assessment;
• Ability to implement new systems and affect staff behavior/ attitudinal change.

Client Orientation – Establishing effective client relationships

• Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;
• Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines.

Building Strategic Partnerships

• Maintain and establishes network of contacts with national counterparts for information sharing and responding to capacity development request;
• Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic aliances with partners and stakeholders.

Advancing A Policy-Oriented Agenda - preparing information for policy input

•     Identifies and communicates relevant information for a viety of audiences for advocating UNDP’s mandate.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Law, development Studies, Public Administration/ Management or a related field with two years of experience, or Bachelor’s Degree in the mentioned fields with four years of experience.

Experience:    

• Working Experience with justice institutions and/or CSO working on justice issues is preferred; 
• Experience in designing, monitoring and evaluation of development projects is highly desirable; 
• Knowledge of access to justice and women’s rights and/or human rights and/or the local context is an asset;
• Good written and oral communication skills is required;
• Experience in the use of computers and office software packages is required;
• Experience in monitoring and reporting on project activities with concise analysis and advice is preferred. 

Language Requirements:    

• Fluency in English and Myanmar, both written and spoken;
• Knowledge of a local language would be an advantage.