Historique
The EU High Level Policy Advisory Mission (EU HLPAM) is a project financed by the European Union and implemented by the UNDP. The objective of the project is to support the Government to implement its EU-integration related reform Agenda and in particular to assist the government in developing the capacities required for the implementation of the Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, as well as the Visa Liberalization Action Plan. Specifically, the project aims at strengthening the policy-making, strategic planning and policy management capacities of selected line Ministries and State Agencies involved in the implementation of the Association Agreement and Visa Liberalization and at enhancing stakeholders’ knowledge and awareness of EU policies, legislation and regulations in sectors strategic to the implementation of the Association Agreement including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, and to the implementation of visa liberalization.
Devoirs et responsabilités
The Adviser will provide policy advice to the Minister of Internal Affairs on implementation of institutional and legislative framework for the sector reform, support consolidation of qualitative police services including by promoting modern analytical and operational tools and solutions, building the capacities for other services within the internal affairs system, implementation of upgrading the Ministry of Internal Affairs capacity to ensure its role in the rule of law enforcement and implementation of Moldova’s Association Agenda with EU.
The Adviser will report primarily to the Minister of Internal Affairs, with a reporting line to the EU Delegation to Moldova, UNDP Moldova and the project manager. The Adviser will work closely with the other members of the team of EUHLPAM Advisers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic advice and expertise to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Police service reform implementation, adjusting the institutional and legislative frameworks in line with the EU standards and principles;
- Acquaint the beneficiary with different policy options and provide with examples of EU best practices in the area;
- Strengthen the institutional capacities of the beneficiary institution to design, manage and monitor sector policies;
- Support the beneficiary to design and apply risk management principles and tools;
- Assist the national authorities during the policy consultation processes;
- Advise on the development of formal mechanisms to ensure that feedback from policy implementation is duly taken into consideration during the design phase of future policies;
- Advise and assist the beneficiary to apply to relevant EU and other donors funding instruments and opportunities;
- Liaise with other projects, programmes, instruments in area of responsibility to ensure synergy, to promote effective downstream implementation of the policies and to avoid overlap and duplication, where appropriate and when requested by the beneficiary;
- Draft reports for assessing particular capacity needs, propose recommendations for capacity development responses, and advise on design of monitoring and evaluation tools;
- Assist the beneficiary to prepare an exit strategy on how the advice will be mainstreamed and consolidated once this phase has elapsed;
- Support the national authorities to network with EU institutions through the EU Delegation to Moldova;
- Provide relevant advice to the European Union Delegation whenever requested in the areas of expert's responsibility;
- Respect and promote EU visibility at all times.
The above responsibilities will be carried out through but not limited to: development of strategy documents, policy papers, advisory notes, methodologies, draft fiches and other relevant documentation as well as provision of technical on-the-job advice, support to networking to the institutions responsible for Government policies in justice and home affairs area.
Compétences
- Excellent communication skills;
- Proven report writing skills;
- Computer literacy;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.
Qualifications et expériences requises
- A Masters’ Degree in Law, Public Administration, Economics, or similar or equivalent of professional experience relevant to the assignment;
- A Bachelor degree in the same areas combined with 17 years of experience professional experience relevant to the area of required expertise will serve in lieu of a Master’s Degree.
Experience:
General professional experience:
- Preferably 15 years of professional experience
Specific professional experience:
- At least 10 years professional experience linked to the provision of high level policy advice in the required area of expertise; preference to 15 years of such experience will be given.
- At least 10 years of proven work experience in similar positions of advisory work for and/or implementation of reforms (legal, police and public administration), in providing advice to policy makers on related reforms issues, and/or in capacity building in EU Member States, current or former EU Candidate States/EaP countries would be an asset;
- A comprehensive knowledge of EU external assistance programmes and policies targeted at EaP countries;
- A comprehensive knowledge of the EU acquis and policies in justice and home affairs area;
- Previous work experience in Moldova would be an advantage.
- Fluency in written and spoken English;
- A working knowledge of the Romanian or Russian language would be an advantage.