Legal Officer, Justice and Legal Empowerment Programme for Hanoi Office of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

Key functions

• Ensuring effective implementation of PAGoDA’s on the thematic area of justice empowerment.
• Strategic partnership building and management
• Provision of top quality policy advice services to the Government, facilitation of knowledge building and management

• Ongoing analysis and research of the political, legal and social situation in the country and preparation of substantive inputs to research and other documents produced on the thematic areas assigned
• Design and formulation of the Programme activities within the area of responsibility, translating the Programme’s priorities and Programme description into interventions.
• Identification of areas for support and interventions within the thematic/sectoral areas assigned
• Effective application of RBM tools, the establishment of management targets (BSC) and monitoring achievement of results. Substantive monitoring and evaluation of the projects, identification of problems, development of solutions.
• CO business processes mapping and preparation of the content of internal Standard Operating Procedures in Results Management.
• Evaluation of the programme/project impact. Monitoring and analysis of the programming environment, timely readjustments in the portfolio.
• Coordination of programme implementation with the executing agencies and other international partners including with other UN agencies. Introduction of performance indicators/ success criteria, cost recovery and resource mobilization, targets, and milestones.

• Development of partnerships with government institutions, relevant donors, UN agencies, private sector, civil society active in the specific thematic areas based on the Programme description.
• Analysis and research of information on partners, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new interventions, active contribution to the overall office effort in partnership building.

• Provides technical and substantive support to the delivery of high quality and measurable PAoDA’s component results by monitoring and reporting results achieved in the implementation of the thematic areas assigned
• Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals.
• Development of policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners. Active contribution to UNDP/UN advocacy on SDGs and governance.
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
• Sharing information, organizing training for the CO staff on the thematic areas assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Master’s Degree or advanced study in law.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in providing policy research/advisory/advocacy services and programme management including partnership building in the area of law; experience in criminal justice is an asset/advantage.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience in the area of criminal justice may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation, and management of development projects; sound knowledge of international best practices, national policies, legal and institutional frameworks in the area of law.
• Good analytical, conceptualization and communication skills; ability to work as a team member in a multicultural environment.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English and Vietnamese, including excellent drafting skills.