Reference: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE for the Programme for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery in Kenya
Location: Kenya
The Bureau for Institutional Reform and Democracy – BiRD is currently accepting applications for a Technical Assistant for a long-term mission regarding the Programme for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery in Kenya (PLEAD).
The general objective of the programme is to enhance the rule of law as an effective means to address insecurity, conflicts and socio-economic grievances in Kenya.
The specific objective is to develop an integrated approach at central and local level aimed at equality of all before the law, through improved access to and the expeditious delivery of justice, particularly in high-risk counties.
Technical Assistant
Tasks of the TA:
The technical assistant will assist in the implementation of Outcome 1*** of the project, offering, in particular, **support to the Department of Justice and liaising with UNDP to monitor the rollout of legal aid services in the 12 focal counties of the project. This expert will also help prepare the agenda of the steering committee meetings. Finally, the TA will ensure linkages between component 1 and the rest of the project, regarding in particular the impact of legal aid on caseload in the 12 focal counties of the project, and the lessons learnt from legal aid by CSOs for policy making by NCAJ on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. The TA contract will also include a short-term TA facility for framework contracts to be launched for the beneficiary institutions on a needs basis. The first of these contracts will focus on the baseline survey of the project, whereas the mid-term and the final reviews will be financed by a separate contract funded under the “evaluation and audit” budget line of the project in order to avoid conflicts of interest.
*Outcome 1 – Enhanced access to legal aid, especially for the poor and vulnerable
The main activities to achieve this outcome are:
• Support the Department of Justice (DoJ) to implement the Legal Aid Bill
• A contribution to the UNDP-led Amkeni Wakenya basket fund to provide legal aid in focal counties. The contribution aims at reinforcing CSOs providing legal aid services, enhancing of community awareness of legal aid schemes, and strengthening community based alternative dispute resolution (ADR), informal justice systems (IJS) and community paralegal mechanisms.
It is envisaged that the assignment will be undertaken over a 60 months period, whereby the specific period of time is not determined yet.
HOW TO APPLY:
All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on.
Applications and updated CVs are accepted on a rolling basis and should be submitted to jobs@birdmunich.de.
Please note that only excellent experts meeting most or all of the above criteria and having an excellent and verifiable track record will be considered.