In the framework of the project Climate Environmental Justice Convergence in the Western Balkans, financed by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Expertise France (EF) is looking for a Key Expert on Environmental Justice working in North Macedonia.

General description of the position:

The Key Expert on Environmental Justice will be responsible for the implementation of Project activities directed to North Macedonian justice institutions (Component 1). He/she will work under the direct management of the Team Leader (‘TL’) to:

• Conduct analysis, assessments, develop guidelines, tools, recommendations and other deliverables foreseen in the work plan;
• Liaise with North Macedonian justice institutions and stakeholders and ensure their involvement in the Project implementation;
• Draft terms of reference, conduct the recruitment, in collaboration with the TL and the FAO, and coordinate the short-term national experts; work in collaboration with the team of short term international expert;
• Organise activities, such as round tables, trainings, meetings, workshops, in collaboration with the TL and the Financial and Administrative Officer (‘FAO’)
• Update the work plan and closely monitor its implementation.
• Report to TL on conducted activities and ensure their quality and timeliness with reference to the workplan;
• Assist the TL and monitoring and evaluation expert to monitor component 1 results, outcomes and impact, including through the collection of data to update related indicators;
• Perform other duties related to the Project such as detailed in purchase orders. 

In particular, the Key Expert on Environmental Justice will be directly contributing to:

Component 1 - Access to environmental justice

This component is working on improving access to environmental justice in the 3 countries of the Western Balkans: Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro. The work of the Legal Trainer would be to directly contribute to the implementation of the following activities in North Macedonia:

• Activity 1.1. Improving common understanding, coordination and governance of justice in the field of environment in North Macedonia. The work will mostly consist in drawing lessons from the needs assessment and contribute to the preparations and delivering of the findings and recommendations to the judiciaries during the National Roundtable and the Regional event on environmental justice.
• Activity 1.2. Strengthening the capacities of legal professionals in the field of environmental justice in North Macedonia. The work will consist of develop training modules, designing and delivering a need driven Training of Trainers Package, and develop tools for legal professionals in close cooperation with the International Experts and the targeted responsible institutions.
• Activity 1.3. Improving environmental justice reporting channels, legal remedies, their coordination and public accessibility. The work would consist of drafting and implementing activities which would assist the Justice stakeholders in North Macedonia to improve environmental justice.