CFC Lawyer

UNICEF UKRAINE

is looking for

NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT

TO PROVIDE LEGAL SUPPORT TO UNICEF UKRAINE LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING AND MONITORING WORK

Objective and Assignments:

Objective of the Contract will be to enhance UNICEF cooperation with the Parliament of Ukraine by provision of a systematic professional legal support both to UNICEF and counterparts in the Parliament. The support would be provided in directions detailed below.

Assignments of the present SSA are:

  • Provide legal support to legislative drafting initiatives for children to ensure quality of respective bills;
  • Support adoption of the draft laws for children;
  • Provide legal support to the activities of the cross-faction group for child rights in the Parliament of Ukraine.

Duration of the contract: from 1 April 2010 till 30 November 2010.

Deliveries:

The work under this contract will be delivered during 8 months. It will include the following activities:

  1. Provide legal support to legislative drafting initiatives for children to ensure quality of

respective bills:

Analyze selected draft laws on UNICEF request and prepare respective legal opinion;

Monitor legislation for children and legislation in the areas of social protection and other areas of interest to UNICEF;

Identify gaps in the legislation and suggest ideas for legislative initiatives aimed at improvement of the legislation for children;

In consultation with the Scientific-Expert Department of Verhovna Rada contribute to improvement of draft bills on all stages of their passage through the Parliament.

  1. Support adoption of the draft laws for children:

Provide legal advice to the author(s) of a draft law to help prepare a bill for consideration by respective Parliamentary Committee;

Provide legal advice to help prepare a bill to reading at a plenary session;

Provide advice on the strategy for adoption of a law based on a given situation.

  1. Provide legal support to the activities of the cross-faction group for child rights in the Parliament of Ukraine:

Address information requests of juridical nature MPs-members of the Group and/or their advisors may have;

Prepare information materials for the thematic meetings of the Group covering legal aspects of the topic to be discussed on request of the Group;

Help prepare advocacy materials for publication and ensure their quality and correctness from a legal standpoint;

Work closely with the Facilitator of the work of the cross-faction group for child rights in the Parliament of Ukraine to ensure coherence and synergy of respective activities

Help MPs prepare “inquiries” on child rights issues.

Qualifications/specialized knowledge/experience required to complete the task:

The Legal Expert to be selected for this Consultancy should have:

-Degree in Law from a recognised Ukrainian Law School;

-Knowledge in the areas of Constitutional Law, Civil Law and Criminal Law and familiarity with application of the laws in respective areas;

-Some exposure in the past to legal practice in one or more areas mentioned above;

-In-depth knowledge of/specialisation in Social Protection Law;

-Experience of working in Verhovna Rada and profound knowledge of “Reglament”;

-Legislative drafting experience;

-Contacts among MPs, Committees and their Secretariats.

The deadline for submission of application is 4 pm on 26 March 2010.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Applicants that fulfill the above requirements are requested to complete a United Nations Personal History Form (P. 11) which is available at a web-site and submit it together with a resume/CV and a cover letter describing your professional interests in working for UNICEF
UNICEF Office in Ukraine
UNICEF, 1 Klovsky Uzviz St, Kyiv, Ukraine
Fax: 230-2506
E-mail: (Please indicate ‘CFC Lawyer’ in the subject of your application)

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