Within Pillar 1 and the thematic unit on judiciary and prosecutorial reform, the Senior Judiciary and Judicial Reform Key Expert will be required to perform the following tasks:

• Provide strategic advice and expertise with regards to the implementation of the Thematic Unit activities;
• Plan, organise, co-ordinate, implement and monitor of the Programme activities, in accordance with the Programme Work Plan and other programming documents;
• Design and oversee the implementation of short-term and mid-term expert missions, ensure quality control of deliverables produced by the experts, guide the experts in public communication with respect to Thematic Unit activities (written articles, interviews, Programme events);
• Contribute to the reporting on the results achieved by the Thematic Unit;
• Draft and edit reports, analytical notes, policy papers and other Programme deliverables in English and Ukrainian;
• In coordination with the Project Officer, ensure timely organisation of Programme events, participate at various Programme activities and secure internal and external follow-up;
• Liaise with the beneficiaries and other stakeholders with regard to the implementation of the Programme activities, ensure circulation of information among project partners and beneficiaries with respect to Thematic Unit deliverables;
• Contribute to the communication and visibility of the Programme, in coordination and cooperation with the Communications Officer;
• Support Project Officer in ensuring financial, logistical and administrative aspects of Programme implementation;
• Support in strengthening and reforming judicial institutions to ensure their independence, effectiveness and efficiency
• Support in building transparent, merit-based selection, evaluation, and career systems for judges
• Support in strengthening accountability, integrity, and disciplinary systems for judges
• Support in improving of quality, efficiency, and accessibility of justice services is delivered to users

Expected outputs

Inception phase expected outputs

·   Contributions to reviewed work-plan, for work-streams for which the expert has a primary responsibility (and notably with regards to means of implementation, implementation retro-planning, and expected outputs per activity), and corresponding strategic planning document, outlining the planned activities, events, expert missions and procurements envisioned under his/her workplan lines;

·    Reviewed logical framework (including design of indicators, and definition of their baseline for work-streams for which the expert has a primary responsibility, and in coordination with the Pillar Team Leader and Programme management);

·        Contributions to the first Technical Oversight Committee report (or Inception Report);

Implementation phase expected outputs: 

·        Contributions to the Technical Oversight Committee reports;

·        Contribution to the biannual Progress reports;

Closing phase expected outputs:

·        Contributions to the capitalization report;

·        Contribution to the Final report.