Job Duties

The Senior Legal Expert will provide expertise and technical support to the CSO’s in its engagements with Political Parties.

The specific tasks to be undertaken by the consultant include:

• Draft periodic (weekly, monthly) and on-spot reports on political and electoral context and updates in Ethiopia;
• Support and liaising with CSOs in project activities implementation;
• Organize activities for political parties and CSOs as per project proposal
• Support CSO’s in collecting relevant information based on the templates developed for political party monitoring and campaign finance
• Assist CSO’s in processing and analysis of information generated from political party monitoring and campaign finance ;
• Support in training, capacity building and events for CSOs;
• Serve as Resource persons at capacity building workshops organized by ECES staff and other stakeholders and ;
• Develop and review documents for publications on political party monitoring, campaign finance and code of conduct;
• Liaising with CSOs on a regular basis on project activities implementation;
• Perform other activities as per ECES Country representative and Project Coordinator request.

Values

• Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of the ECES;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Demonstrates integrity by modelling ECES’ values and ethical standards.

Job Requirement

Qualification

• University Degree in Political Sciences, Law, International Relations or Other related field.

Experience

•  Minimum ten (10) years of professional experience within the field of democracy and/or electoral support with at least ten (5) years working with CSOs and Political Parties;
• Understanding of the civil society organizations and political parties trends that are currently prevalent in Ethiopia;
• Proven work experience with international organization and electoral assistance projects
• Strong planning, analytical, communication and writing skills;
• Ability to perform effectively under high pressure, hardship conditions and long working hours.
• Capacity to handle with diplomacy and in responsible and flexible manner political sensitive issues.

 Language

• Excellent working level of English language, writing and speaking. Fluency in Amharic and any other language are considered as an asset.

How to Apply

Please email your CV and covering letter to hrforumfed@gmail.com