Technical associate for access to justice for children and adolescents (Home Based) – UNDP jobs in Brazil

Considering the specificities of different population groups in vulnerable situations, the project includes different actions to meet the needs of children and adolescents in sheltered situations, women, LGBTQIA+ people, as well as indigenous populations and other traditional peoples and communities, people in homelessness, elderly people and people with disabilities (PwD), families of missing people, as well as those vulnerable due to socio-environmental issues. To achieve these objectives, the project is divided into the following areas of action:

1. Strategy for developing a judicial policy to promote human rights with a focus on guaranteeing full access to Justice; 
2. Strategy to improve judicial provision with a focus on guaranteeing the rights of children and adolescents in sheltered or vulnerable situations; 
3. Strategy to improve judicial provision with a focus on guaranteeing the rights of women and LGBTQIA+ people, through an intersectional approach to gender, race and class issues and other specific vulnerabilities; 
4. Methodology and pilot actions to strengthen judicial provision in guaranteeing rights and access to justice for homeless people; 
5. Methodology and pilot actions to improve judicial provision in socio-environmental matters; 
6. Strategy to improve the performance of the Judiciary in cases related to the involuntary and forced disappearances of people;
7. Strategy for improving judicial provision with a focus on combating racism in judicial bodies developed and strengthened;
This selection process seeks to hire a technical associate for access to justice for children and adolescents, to work remotely, from any location.

The selected person is expected to have knowledge and experience related to the management and execution of international cooperation projects, and broad thematic knowledge of areas related to improving judicial provision with a focus on guaranteeing the rights of children and adolescents in sheltered or vulnerable situations, and be able to participate in technical discussions on Human Rights and Access to Justice for vulnerable populations.

The Technical Associate for access to Justice for children and adolescents will be responsible for Axis 2 “Strategy for improving judicial provision, with a focus on guaranteeing the rights of children and adolescents in situations of shelter or developed vulnerability and strengthened” of project BRA/23/027.

The Technical Associate for access to Justice for children and adolescents will work, together with the Project Coordination, and in collaboration with the UNDP and CNJ teams, in planning, strategic discussion, execution and monitoring of implementation of the work of its axis of responsibility.

Duties and responsibilities

The Technical Associate for access to Justice for children and adolescents will be responsible for planning, strategic discussion, execution and monitoring of the implementation of the work of Axis 2 “Strategy for improving judicial provision, with a focus on ensuring rights of children and adolescents in situations of shelter or vulnerability developed and strengthened” from project BRA/23/027.

Under the supervision of the project coordination, the technical associate for access to justice for children and adolescents must monitor the implementation of Axis 2 activities, taking responsibility for technical and administrative tasks, contributing to the establishment strategies consistent with the objectives of this axis, in line with good project implementation and monitoring practices.

The selected person is expected to have the ability to engage technically and critically in discussions on the central themes of their axis, as well as to have good teamwork skills, collaborating to establish schedules, monitoring deliveries and deadlines and ensuring the technical quality of the actions carried out within its scope of activity. It is also expected that the person hired will be able to engage in discussions of intersectional actions between the other thematic axes of the project.

To achieve these objectives, the following indicative activities are planned:

• Execute in a technical, critical and informed manner the activities related to the implementation of actions within its axis of activity, under the supervision of the project coordination, supporting the determination of execution priorities based on the strategic decisions of the National Council of Justice. The professional is expected to act in an organized and proactive manner, seeking to accommodate different demands and actively participate in dialogues with colleagues and supervisors;
• Monitor schedules, planning strategies and execution of deliveries based on the description of expected results for its axis;
• Ensure the technical quality of deliveries, in conjunction with project coordination, seeking to fully adhere to UNDP and CNJ guidelines;
• Support the knowledge management actions of Axis 2 and encourage actions to promote and disseminate knowledge and products developed in the context of the same axis, as well as prepare subsidies for the production of monitoring reports and produce other technical and management documents , such as draft terms of reference;
• In conjunction with the UNDP, participate in recruitment and selection actions, launching notices and monitoring their implementation, team integration, training and development, among other activities related to the Project’s Human Resources.
• Perform other tasks, within your functional profile, as required by the designated supervisor;
• The incumbent performs other functions within his or her functional profile that he or she considers necessary for the proper functioning of the project.

The key results expected for this position aim to structure action and monitoring strategies in order to guarantee the quality, efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of the project at a national level, in line with the goals and priorities agreed by the UNDP and the CNJ, contributing to promoting access to Justice in a broad and intersectional way.

Institutional Arrangement

The contractor will be supervised by the project Coordinator.

Skills

Achieve Results:   
LEVEL 2: Scale solutions, simplify processes, balance time and precision when carrying out work  

Innovative Thinking:   
LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systems/integrated thinking

Continuous Learning:   
LEVEL 2: Offers new ideas, learns from others and supports their learning

Adapt with Agility:   
LEVEL 2: Adapt to new processes, involving other people in the change process

Act with Determination:   
LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously

Engage and be a partner:    
LEVEL 2: Is a facilitator/integrator, brings people together, builds/maintains coalitions/partnerships

Promote Diversity and Inclusion:   
LEVEL 2: Facilitates conversations to overcome differences and consider in decision-making

Multifunctional and technical skills

Business and strategy direction – Strategic thinking:   
• Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans aligned with UNDP objectives, based on systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking vision to reality in the field and creating tangible solutions
• Ability to leverage learning from multiple sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; demonstrate forward thinking to model what future developments and possible ways forward are for UNDP

Business Direction and Strategy – Systems Thinking:   
• Ability to use objective analysis and problem judgment to understand how interrelated elements coexist within the whole of a process or system, and consider how changing one element may impact other parts of the system

Business Development – Human-Centered Design:   
• Ability to develop solutions to problems involving the human perspective at all stages of the problem-solving process

Business management – Project management:   
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific objectives

Business management – Working with evidence and data:   
• Ability to inspect, clean, transform and model data with the aim of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision making

Agenda 2030: Peace – Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights:   
• Development of the Justice Sector

Agenda 2030: Peace – Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights:
• Access to Justice

Required skills and experience

Minimum education requirements:
• High school diploma is required;
• A university degree in the fields of Humanities or Social Sciences will be given due consideration, but is not a requirement.

Minimum years of relevant professional experience:
• Minimum of 7 years (in case of completed high school) or 4 years (in case of university bachelor’s degree) of professional or research experience with projects in the areas of access to justice, guarantee of rights or protection of children and adolescents in sheltered or vulnerable situations.

Required skills:
• Ability to use information technology, including tools such as office suite and outlook.

Desired skills, in addition to the skills covered in the Skills section:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills/experience, including the production of texts and reports;
• Experience working with the Justice System;
• Professional or academic experience in discussions about institutional racism, race, racism in contemporary Brazil, whiteness and similar topics;
• Experience in carrying out projects or research in the areas of access to justice, guaranteeing rights or protecting children and adolescents in sheltered or vulnerable situations; 
• Professional or academic experience in discussions about racism in childhood and adolescence;
• Experience working with international technical cooperation projects.

Required languages:   
• Fluency in Portuguese. 
• Knowledge of the English language is desirable.

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