Key Expert for judicial aspects At Expertise France

Mission description

Asignements details:

Position title: Key expert

Specific outcome & related output:

Improved international judicial cooperation
Improved judicial capacity building

Project component or field: Judicial activities & cross cutting activities (all components)

Target groups: All judicial actors (judges, prosecutors, magistrates…)

Expected results :

Design, Programming, Planning, Preparation, Technical inputs
Delivery and reporting of judicial activities
Reporting (progress reports & final reporting)
Project supervision for judicial activities

Methodology : The expert will actively support the project team to deliver the activities addressing the judicial aspects

Place: based in Tunis

Dates: From September 2021 to April 2022

Line management : Head of Department P2S – EF Paris

Management position : Yes (1 position to manage : Technical adviser)

Expertise needs

Number of positions to fill: 1

NB : Please note that female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply to CT MENA activities.

Tasks description:

Design activities
Propose planning in coordination with EF
Follow-up and improve engagement from the target groups
Technical preparation of the activity in liaison with the beneficiary groups, project coordinator and technical adviser
Coordinate with operations staff to organize the activity logistics
Propose ShorT Term Experts
Monitor, Participate & Present technical contents during activity if relevant
Control quality & review of the STE deliverables
Activity reporting (see deliverables expected below)
Supervise and contribute to Progress and Final reports
Representation of the project for judicial component
Regular meetings with the project coordinator to assess progress made and future actions
Participation to steering committees and presentation of judicial related results at this occasion

Deliverables / Source and means of verification:

Concept notes and terms of reference
Flash activity report to be directly sent to EU DEVCO
Mission and Meetings reports
Activity reports if missing
Progress reports (inputs for judicial component)
Final report (inputs for judicial component)

Project or context description

The CT MENA project, funded by the European Union, under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace, aims at providing a rule of law response to counter terrorism in the MENA region. The global threat posed by non-state terrorist actors indeed requires our effective and concerted response.

With a budget of 13 050 000 EUR, for a period of implementation going from October 2016 to April 2022, the project geographical scope covers the MENA region: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The project is implemented by a consortium of Member States including France, Spain and Italy as key partners. [1] More recently, two additional partner agencies have joined the consortium for expert mobilization purposes: the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP – Switzerland) and the The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ – Malta).

The project will be able to mobilize technical assistance as well as limited supplies. The definition of the specific activities will be based on needs and priorities identified with partner countries and coordinated with the Delegations of the EU in those countries.

The project has 3 major components: support to the League of Arab States on counterterrorism-related issues with a view to operationalise the EU-Arab League political dialogue, a demand-driven technical assistance facility on counterterrorism and specific follow up bilateral activities in line with the ongoing counterterrorism political dialogues between the EU and partner countries in the MENA region. The last component aims to develop resilience through testing activities such as exercises and/or regional activities to develop interagency collaboration between beneficiary states and units.

[1] The Consortium is led by Expertise France, the French International Technical Cooperation Agency of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economy and Finances, and gathers the French Ministry of Interior through its International Cooperation Department and its implementing agency Civipol Conseil; the French Justice Ministry; the Italian Ministry of Interior Public Security Department; the Spanish State Secretariat for Security of the Ministry of Interior; the Spanish Justice sector and the Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Públicas.

Required profile

Qualification and skills

Deep knowledge of Counter-Terrorism, Organized Crime, Cybercrime etc.;
Deep knowledge in judicial organization;
Knowledge of a large network covering the areas of intervention (composed of judicial representatives specialized in CT) ;
Excellent verbal and written command of both languages English and French;
Knowledge of Arabic would be an asset;
Drafting and designing skills;
Computer proficiency.

General and specific professional experience

Significant professional experience in the field of Counter-Terrorism;
Capacity building/technical assistance experience in an international environment, in particular in EU funded projects;
Excellent knowledge of the MENA zone would be an asset;