Associate Director, Justice Solutions

Overview: The Justice Solutions Associate Director serves as the main subject-matter expert on Criminal Justice and Rule of Law. This position is responsible for interacting with Government and Non-Government actors, including high and mid-ranking Public Justice System Officials. This position is also responsible for overseeing personnel assigned to his/her component.

Key Result Areas:

The success of this role is measured by the following KRAs:

1. Provide targeted project areas with improved capacity to investigate and prosecute violent crimes.
2. Develop and deliver capacity building activities to enhance the ability of prosecutors, judges and other PJS officials to process criminal cases.
3. Identify and pursue opportunities to increase equal access to justice for all.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Technical direction, support and leadership:

1. Provide technical direction and oversight to all matters related to her/his component

2. Provide technical support and leadership to a team of criminal justice specialists

3. Develop and implement a work plan for her/his component

4. Oversee and manage contractors assigned to her/his component

Government relations:

1. Serve as liaison with Government counterparts and stakeholders
2. Advice the Country Director on potential opportunities to activate stakeholders, partners and relevant actors

M&E and reporting:

1. Oversee the implementation of M&E processes in her/his component

2. Assist in preparing performance monitoring plan

3. Prepares comprehensive reports of her/his component activities and progress

Supervisory:

This position is supervised by the Country Director and supervises a group of approximately six Criminal Justice Specialists.

Education & Experience:

1. Preference for Master’s degree in Criminal Law, Justice or related field.

2. Bachelor degree in Law OR Bachelor degree in another field IF candidate possess at least 5 years of relevant experience in Rule of Law.

3. At least 7 years of progressive experience working in organizational development and/or capacity building

4. At least 5 years of experience in criminal justice, law or related field.

5. Experience working effectively cross-culturally and across multiple time zones.

6. Ability to communicate in English preferred but not required

Technical Competencies:

1. Analytical and critical thinking skills

2. Teamwork and team management

Non-Technical Competencies:

1. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

2. Mature, professional leader

3. Flexible and able to work in a dynamic environment