Local Consultant to Undertake Coordination of Programmes for the Project Titled “Programme for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery in Kenya” – Probation and Aftercare Service (PACS) and Directorate of at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Representative and direct supervision of the Head of the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme UNODC ROEA and PLEAD II Project Coordinator, the consultant is tasked with the following responsibilities:  

• Work with PACS and other Justice actors to coordinate and facilitate the delivery and implementation of activities under Outcome 1, 2 and 3 for PLEAD II.
• Such activities include the Joint training of stakeholders to enhance utilization of supervised non-custodial measures; Bribery and Corruption Risk Assessment; Integrated Case Management and Data Management Systems.
• Work with DCS and other Justice Actors to coordinate and facilitate the delivery and implementation of activities under Outcome 2, and 3 for PLEAD II.
• Such activities include; Development of a Matrix for the Implementation of the Children Act, 2022; Establishment of a Crime Prevention Centre.
• Work with PACS and DCS and other relevant actors to facilitate the development, implementation, and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitor and analyze specific aspects of programme/project development and implementation; review relevant documents and reports; identify problems and issues to be addressed and recommend corrective actions; liaise with relevant parties; identify and track follow-up actions under the PLEAD II project.  
• Provide continuous technical support at policy and activity level to PACS and DCS.
• This shall include the development of different strategic documents and reform initiatives, background research and analysis.
• Continuously review and monitor the status of ongoing activities and advise on necessary follow ups or corrective actions.
• As well as monitoring developments that impact the justice sector and provide regular briefs where such developments are analyzed.
• Report on Monitoring the progress of overall project implementation and project beneficiaries including probation officers, children’s officers, and children in conflict and in contact with the law. 
• Contribute to the development of technical reports relevant to the work of the committee support, this shall, inter alia, include ensuring quality, robustness, clarity, adherence to applicable normative framework and the integration and mainstreaming of human rights and gender equality. - Cooperate, consult, and coordinate with the different committees and taskforces that work with the implementing Partners such as the National Council for Children Services (NCCS) and other criminal justice actors.  
• Continuously review and monitor the status of ongoing crime prevention and criminal justice initiatives and advise on necessary follow ups and/or corrective action.  
• Provide continuous technical support at policy and activity level to PACS and DCS.
• This includes the development of different strategic documents and reform initiatives, background research and analysis on proposed activities as well as organizing meetings, workshops, trainings, and visibility events.  
• Provide technical support in preparing, planning, and facilitating workshops of PACS and DCS in developing action plans. 
• Provide administrative and substantive consultative support to and other meetings, conferences, to include proposing agenda topics, identifying and proposed participants, preparation of background documents and presentations, handling logistics, etc.
• Mobilize further engagements with the criminal justice actors in Kenya and coordinate resource mobilization for crime prevention and criminal justice programmes.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university (Master or equivalent) degree in law, legal studies, criminal justice or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
• A minimum of two years of relevant working experience in crime prevention and criminal justice, human rights and/or related fields is required.
• Experience working with the United Nations, or a similar international organization, is desirable.
• Experience in working with EU funded projects is desirable.  
• Experience working with criminal justice practitioners is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in oral and written English is required. 
• Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.