Reference: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR IMPROVING ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME
Location: PRETORIA, South Africa
Duration: 100 WD
The Bureau for Institutional Reform and Democracy – BiRD is currently accepting applications for an Expert in Governance and Democracy (Category I) as part of a Lot7 short-term mission in South Africa entitled TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR IMPROVING ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME.
The overall objective of the assignment is to assist the DOJ&CD to draft a National Policy Framework for promoting Active Citizen Participation and participatory democracy at both national and local levels in order to streamline public participation across government.
Category I: Expert in Governance and Democracy
Qualification and skills:
- Education: At least Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in law, public policy, or any related field of Lot 7.
- Or in the absence of the above, at least 15 years of equivalent professional experience in any related field of Lot 7.
- A PhD will be considered as an advantage.
General professional experience:
- Good knowledge of international practices related to public participation, citizenship and deepening democracy.
- At least 12 years’ experience in the field of governance or other field related to Lot7.
Specific professional experience:
- Sound knowledge and experiences of public participation.
- Sound knowledge and experience of public sector institutional assessment.
- Proven international experiences in drafting policy frameworks or strategies.
- Proven experiences in conducting related destock research, systemic reviews and surveys in governance, participatory Democracy.
- Excellent analytical and research skills, including ability to evaluate and integrate information from a variety of sources.
- Previous experiences in promoting active citizenship and developing participatory democracy programmes.
Soft Skills:
- Good communicator with good interpersonal and stakeholder relations/management.
- Excellent knowledge of standard Microsoft office Programme.
- Ability to deliver presentation.
- Experience is needed regarding the presentation of professional contents and writing of publications as well as official reports.
Language skills:
The experts must be fluent in English-written and spoken.
It is envisaged that the assignment will be undertaken over a 12 months period, namely from 15th April 2017 to 15th April 2018.
How to apply:
All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on.
Applications and updated CVs are accepted on a rolling basis and should be submitted no later than 24 March 2017 to: [email protected].
Please note that only excellent experts meeting most or all of the above criteria and having an excellent and verifiable track record will be considered.
More Information
- Job City PRETORIA