POSITION INFORMATION
- VA No.: UNDP/LBN/VA26/094
- Position Title: Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform – Legal Assistant
- Duty Station: Beirut in the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative State,
- STARCO, Block A, 5th floor.
- Duration: Four (4) months (Total of 18 working days per month)
- Vacancy Date of Issue: 21 June 2026
- Vacancy Closure Date: 25 June 2026
- National or International consultancy: National consultancy
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BACKGROUND
Lebanon stands at a pivotal juncture in its governance and reform trajectory. Despite years of overlapping crises, the country has made landmark progress in building an integrity and anti-corruption framework, including the adoption and (partial) implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2020–2025), the establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and major legislative reforms on access to information, illicit enrichment, whistleblower protection, asset declaration, and public procurement. These milestones have laid the groundwork for the most coherent accountability architecture in Lebanon’s recent history.
However, these achievements remain fragile amid deep economic collapse, weakened institutions, and eroded public trust. While the strategic and legal frameworks are largely in place, implementation and enforcement mechanisms remain underdeveloped, and coordination among oversight institutions is still limited. The evaluation of the NACS highlighted the urgent need to consolidate progress by operationalizing national mechanisms, strengthening institutional capacities, and embedding corruption-risk management practices across public institutions.
In this context, the Integrity in ACTion Project is founded with the objective of improving the implementation of an institutionalised and targeted approach to prevent and combat corruption through improved coordination, operationalized oversight, enhanced preventive and enforcement mechanisms, and institutionalized integrity and risk-management practices, thereby advancing transparency, accountability, and public trust. The Project is designed to achieve this objective by working on three outputs:
Output 1: Institutional capacities to coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the National Anti-Corruption Strategy strengthened and operationalized through participatory and inclusive mechanisms
Output 2: Legal frameworks and oversight institutions for preventing and combating corruption strengthened and effectively operationalized.
Output 3: Sectoral Corruption Risk Management mechanisms and integrity systems strengthened across key public sectors.
The Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR) plays a central role in advancing public sector reform and supporting national efforts to strengthen transparency, integrity, and accountability across public institutions. In this context, OMSAR is leading and coordinating the process for the development of the new National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2026-2030, in close collaboration with relevant national stakeholders and with technical support from UNDP.
UNDP has been providing technical and advisory support to OMSAR to strengthen its institutional and operational capacity to effectively coordinate and follow up on the implementation of the 2020–2025 National Anti-Corruption Strategy, as well as the development process of the new strategy. This includes supporting consultations, coordination with concerned public institutions and partners, the provision of technical and legal inputs, research, documentation, monitoring and reporting, and the overall management of activities related to the formulation of the new strategy.
Based on OMSAR’s needs and priorities, UNDP is seeking to contract a Legal Assistant to provide legal and technical support to OMSAR in the development and monitoring of the new National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2026-2030.
SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK
Under the general supervision of the UNDP IACT manager, and in close coordination with the OMSAR, the Legal Assistant will support legal research and analysis, review relevant laws, regulations, and policy documents, contribute to the preparation of technical and legal inputs, and assist in documenting consultations and discussions with concerned public institutions and partners. The Legal Assistant will be responsible for the following:
Task 1: Legal Research and Analysis
- Conduct legal research on laws, decrees, regulations, strategies, institutional mandates, and policy documents relevant to anti-corruption, integrity, transparency, accountability, access to information, public administration reform, and related areas.
- Review and analyze relevant legal, regulatory, institutional, and policy frameworks to support OMSAR’s anti-corruption and administrative reform work.
- Identify legal gaps, overlaps, implementation challenges, and areas requiring further clarification, reform, or follow-up.
- Prepare legal notes, summaries, analytical briefs, comparative inputs, and background documents to support decision-making and technical discussions.
- Support the collection, organization, and review of legal, institutional, and policy-related data and information.
- Compile relevant information from laws, strategies, action plans, reports, institutional responses, stakeholder consultations, and other official sources.
- Support the analysis of collected information in line with assigned objectives and work priorities.
- Assist in drafting relevant sections of reports and documents, including methodology, findings, legal analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
Task 2: Coordination and Follow-Up with Stakeholders
- Support coordination with public institutions, oversight bodies, national stakeholders, and partners involved in the strategy development process.
- Assist in scheduling and organizing meetings, consultations, workshops, and technical discussions related to the new strategy.
- Prepare agendas, draft minutes, document key discussions, and follow up on agreed action points.
- Track pending inputs, comments, and institutional feedback to ensure timely consolidation and follow-up.
Task 3: Documentation, Reporting, and Knowledge Management
- Maintain organized physical and digital filesfor legal documents, references, correspondence, meeting
- records, stakeholder inputs, and strategy-related materials.
- Prepare and consolidate briefing notes, legal summaries, background documents, meeting reports, and progress updates.
- Ensure proper documentation and archiving of materials, while respecting confidentiality requirements.
- Support the preparation of internal reports and summaries on progress, findings, legal inputs, and stakeholder feedback.
EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES
The Consultant is expected to complete the above tasks and activities noting that the total duration should not exceed 4 months with 18 working days per month.
- INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
- With day-to-day management by Head of Anti-Corruption Unit at OMSAR.
- UNDP will be responsible for providing the contractor with all necessary materials related to the project in a timely thorough and transparent manner. UNDP will be also responsible to provide clarifications and facilitation of the work.
- Day-to-day transportation from home to office (and vice versa) shall be covered by the Consultant’s own means.
The Consultant will rely on his own means of communication and transportation.
DURATION OF WORK
The assigned duration for this consultancy is 4 months with 18 working days per month.
- The consultancy is expected to commence immediately after contract signature, and to be completed by the 15th of October 2026 ( 4 months after contract signature).
- The time needed to review/ comment/ approve deliverables and outputs is (5) five working days.
DUTY STATION
The Legal Assistant will be based in Beirut in the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative State, STARCO, Block A, 5th floor.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- A Bachelor’s degree in Law, Political Science, Public Administration, or other related fields is an asset .
- A minimum of one (1) year of relevant experience in legal, administrative, or operational support, including experience in conducting legal research and analysis, reviewing laws, regulations, supporting the collection and organization of legal and policy-related information and assisting with stakeholder coordination and follow-up.
Language: Fluency in Arabic and English is mandatory (both oral and written)
“The Personnel will be covered with Health insurance and Personal accident insurance; the fees shall be deducted from personnel’s monthly payment”.
How to apply
To apply for this position please choose one of the two options below:
1. Link to Apply:
https://jobs.my-soc.org/apply/20260621103914/AMfn4Ua70BFNIxGbiErRKV6Z1
2. You can send your CV with the cover letter to this email: jobs@starsorbit.org. . Please write (UNDP/LBN/VA26/094) in the subject of the email.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO APPLY
- CV or P11 Form including 3 references must be submitted online in PDF along with your Education Graduation Certificate.
- Use English language only.
- indicate clear years of experience with each job (Month/Year)
- If the candidate is currently employed by a government institution, he/she must be able to provide an unpaid leave of absence for the duration of the consultancy.
- Only candidates who are short-listed will be contacted.
- By submitting your application, you have read the Terms of Reference for this position and agree that any false, wrong, or incomplete information might lead to your disqualification in this recruitment process.