Експерт з юридичних питань в Офіс реформ адмінпослуг

Reform Initiative

Administrative services reform is owned by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (MEDT) and sponsored by the EDGE (Expert Deployment for Governance and Economic Growth Project – responsive initiative designed to resolve some of the most pressing issues in governance reform and development in Ukraine) to deliver on Strategy 2020 focus on decentralization and public administration.
The MEDT and the EDGE had agreed to establish an Administrative Services Reform Office (ASO) that acts as an independent donor-funded non-government office with mandate from the MEDT to coordinate and support the administrative services reform.
The ASO has the task from the MEDT to re-engineer most popular administrative services. Administrative procedures and approaches in providing such services are inefficient, not transparent, not client oriented and impose excessive administrative burden for citizens and businesses.

Position Summary

Legal Expert in Administrative Services will support simplification of administrative services, reduction of unnecessary burden for citizens. An expert will conduct analysis of administrative procedures, provide input into draft legislation on optimization of administrative services and improvement of administrative procedures, develop ideas, tools for systemic administrative services provision review.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:
• Master’s degree in Public Administration or Law (preferably);
• Strong project management and analytical skills;
• At least 3 years of experience in legal, regulatory and related areas;
• Knowledge of regulation (legal, sublegal) in Administrative Service is a plus;
• Familiarity with the public administration, administrative services reform agenda is an advantage;
• Fluent in Ukrainian and English.

Indicative duties and responsibilities:
• Administrative services delivery process optimization;
• Review and update of the MEDT Register of administrative services;
• Develop procedures and data set of administrative services for Register maintenance;
• Proposed ideas, tools for systemic administrative services provision review;
• Interaction with public authorities, non-governmental organizations and other projects of international technical assistance.

Contract Duration and Timing
The total duration of the consultancy is expected to be 6 months with possible extension. Office based in Kyiv.

To apply
Submissions must be prepared in English and delivered electronically by 17:00 Kyiv time on December 21, 2018 to the following address: [email protected]. We do not welcome unsolicited phone calls.

All submissions must include:

1) Applicant’s CV with three names of referees;
2) Applicant’s brief letter of interest indicated related experience and achievements.

Please ensure to state Legal Expert in Administrative Services (ASO) in the e-mail subject line.

Applications received after the indicated deadline or without letter of interest will not be reviewed and considered.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted after December 25, 2018.