Political and Legal Affairs Advisor UPD: vacancy is closed

Огляд

IFES is a non-profit, non-partisan international organization. As the global leader in democracy promotion, IFES advances good governance and democratic rights by providing technical assistance to election officials; empowering the underrepresented to participate in the political process; and applying field-based research to improve the electoral cycle. Since 1987, IFES has worked in over 145 countries, from developing democracies to mature democracies

Обов'язки

• Provide advice on a range of policy and legal reform issues, including in elections, referendum, political participation, money in politics, digital technologies in elections, etc.
• Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with senior government, civil society and legislative partners, identify new partnership opportunities, hold meetings
• Analyze different types of legal acts, including those of other countries, and draft high-quality legal comments and analyses; develop draft legal acts and prepare amendments to legislation
• Publicly present IFES Ukraine policy priorities, defend legal reform’s compliance with international standards; speak at conferences, roundtables, expert sessions
• Participate and provide expertise for topical parliamentary, governmental and inter-governmental working groups
• Develop and implement advocacy strategies for policy and legal reform priorities
• Draft public analytical pieces, articles, OpEds
• Contribute to drafting IFES reports, informational emails, election bulletins, operational reports, donor reporting, and other reports, in both English and Ukrainian
• Support cross-sectoral programming activities
• Implement topical researches, collect data from online, literature sources, interviews
• Assist organizing meetings, conferences, workshops and training activities for stakeholders and partners;
• Maintain files and collect monitoring & evaluation data for activities;
• Other duties as assigned

Вимоги

• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree preferred in relevant subject area
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with a master’s degree, 10 years with a bachelor's
• Knowledge of the Ukrainian political landscape, current policy priorities, and elections framework required
• Demonstrated experience working with senior government officials, local governments, NGOs, and/or the international donor community
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills required
• Strong networking and communication skills required
• Excellent English and Ukrainian language verbal and writing skills
• Working level proficiency in Word and Excel.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Ukrainian languages required.

Умови

• Travel may be required