Rule of Law Specialist

• Project Delivery and Performance 

• Conduct a needs assessment (baseline) aimed at assessing the host institution’s capacity to investigate and prosecute transnational organized crime – with a focus on drug cases and maritime crimes

• Develop capacity building plan based on the needs assessment

• Implement approved activities plans (including the establishment of milestones) 

• Manage and monitor project associated timelines to ensure that tasks are completed to agreed quality criteria within the overall budget

• Embed sustainability dimensions including social and gender inclusion, environmental and economic aspects into the activities. 

• Manage the production of the required products, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiating corrective action where necessary 

• Liaise with any external suppliers, as appropriate, in consultation with the project manager

• Supervise the implementation of project activities

• Identify and manage risks so that maximum benefit to client and stakeholders is achieved

• Manage and review product quality and ensure products are accepted

• Identify and report potential areas for INL EA TOC engagement to the Project Manager and support accordingly

• Identify threats to INL EA TOC regional program goals and objectives and report to the Project Manager. 

• Procedures 

• Comply with all UNOPS policies and specifically the Project Management Manual.

• Contribute to Project Initiation Documentation and other plan documents for approval by the Project Board through the project manager

• Undertake project procurement activities as per UNOPS policies and rules. 

• Ensure that all expenditures comply with UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations (FRR).

• Support project audit activities, including planning, preparation and coordination during the audits and follow up on audit observations/recommendations.

• Monitoring and reporting

• Contribute to the establishment of an overall M&E plan and INL to approve it.

• Establish performance monitoring tools to track progress and report against approved capacity building plans

• Regularly review project activities status and evaluate performance criteria (scope, cost, schedule and quality).

• Maintain diaries and progress reports as required by the organization’s standard procedures. 

• Actively contribute to data collection for M&E purpose

• Contribute to the following reports:

  • Highlight Reports

  • End Stage Reports

  • Operational Closure Checklist

  • End Project Report

  • Handover Report

• Stakeholder engagement

• Establish solid working relationship with the Project Governance structures, clients and key stakeholders

• Manage communications and ensure stakeholders are aware of the project activities, progress, exceptions and are in a position to accept handover products

• Promote coordination between and/or among National and/or Regional judicial (judges), law enforcement (investigators), and prosecutorial (prosecutors) sectors

• Promote and facilitate the coordination among INL East Africa Transnational Organized Crime (TOC), respective clients and stakeholders participate in the programme

• Support the development of inter-agency information sharing protocols in each beneficiary country

• Advise the Project Manager on issues that may impact the achievement of their outcomes (including issues of sustainability and post project requirements such as ongoing operations) and support their communication to the client(s).

• Quality assurance

• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure projects comply with audit requirements.

• Work with procurement, HR, and programme offices to ensure effective delivery of services to the best satisfaction of the stakeholders

• Coordinate quality reviews of project outputs

• Establish quality criteria for activities in the capacity building plan and secure stakeholder acceptance of requirements/needs definitions

• Knowledge management and innovation

• Review, assess, obtain stakeholder buy-in, and undertake capacity building activities for relevant partner agencies (e.g., judiciary, Office of the Attorney General) in the beneficiary countries on information collection, classification, sharing and integrity management related to investigation and prosecution of transnational organized crime cases

• Participate in the relevant Communities of Practice

• Actively interact with other relevant communities to share case studies, lessons learned and best practice on the Knowledge System.

• Provide feedback to Practice Leads on policy, supporting guidance with an aim towards continuous improvement of UNOPS policies

• Complete lessons learned as per reporting format

• Incorporate lessons learned from others as per planning format

The Specialist directly impacts on achievement of project results by adhering to UNOPS performance standards, reducing risks, cutting costs and improving success rates.  This consequently reinforces the visibility and image of UNOPS as an effective service provider in project services and management and strengthens its competitive position as a partner of choice in sustainable development and project services.