Centru de Drept al Avocatilor hires a consultant to strengthen the capacity of the Secretariat within the Coordination Commission for Migration and Asylum

Responsibilities

• To achieve this goal, the Secretariat performs the following duties: acts as a group of experts forming a platform for coordinating and evaluating migration and asylum policies (GD 808/2022) and the implementation of temporary protection (GD 21/2023), identifying existing challenges and obstacles, ensuring that all relevant actors are included in the process and all challenges and needs are discussed and considered;
• Provides technical support to the Commission's chair, the relevant Directorate, and institutional working groups;
• Coordinates the activity of responsible inter-institutional working groups;
• Establishes connections with the working groups of implementing institutions and ensures proper interaction and information flow between responsible public institutions, civil society organizations, external donors, humanitarian and development partners, especially UNHCR, considering its mandate for refugee protection, which includes providing technical support to states on asylum issues and any other relevant implementers who have complementary activities in the same area of intervention, to avoid duplication of efforts and resources and ensure maximum efficiency;
• Requests and analyzes information on the preparedness level of institutions responsible for implementing temporary protection (available and qualified human resources, material and financial means allocated for this purpose, etc.) and their realization;
• Coordinates with the Refugee Coordination Forum the development and periodic updating of Interinstitutional Emergency Plans as a Response for Refugees, ensuring that the support provided by humanitarian organizations to the Government of the Republic of Moldova is indeed aligned with government plans;
• Synthesizes information received from responsible institutions, assesses the situation, and identifies needs for the proper implementation of the Action Plans. Based on the presented information, periodically (twice a month) prepares Reports/Informative Notes and presents them to the Commission's Chair/relevant Directorate;
• Monitors the implementation of the normative acts for which it exercises competence, identifies actions requiring additional financial means or human resources, and makes proposals for identifying potential donors and development partners to attract the necessary assistance and strengthen the implementation capacity of GD 808/2022 and GD 21/2023 provisions and their implementation plans;
• Proposes topics that require public debates within the limits of its competence; facilitates broad civil society participation in discussing public interest issues falling under its competence;
• Provides technical support to the Secretariat in preparing and organizing all meetings or ad hoc reunions conducted within the temporary protection coordination mechanism provided by this Regulation, including meetings with donors and humanitarian and development partners, civil society representatives, and intersectoral meetings (between representatives of multiple Working Groups and other subjects, etc.), except for those of the Commission, unless expressly requested by the Commission Secretariat;
• Coordinates with the Commission Secretariat, prepares the Concept and the draft agenda of regular meetings, and ensures prior notification of all members and other relevant persons at least ten days before the meeting;
• Ensures the transmission of necessary documents to members and invited persons both in the context of adequate preparation for the meeting and directly during it;
• Provides support in presenting public reports at thematic conferences and other relevant public events in the field;
• Coordinates with the Refugee Coordination Forum regarding the development of the Refugee Response Plan, ensuring coherence and complementarity with the country's priorities and policies;
• Collaborates with UNHCR and the Refugee Coordination Forum to formulate a transition plan that recognizes the country's leadership in coordinating a comprehensive response for refugees in Moldova and aligns with the Global Compact on Refugees;
• Prepares draft decisions and recommendations as needed;
• Draws up the minutes of meetings.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• An advanced university degree (master’s level or above) in law, human resources, political studies, public administration,
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience
• Working experience with a central public authority is preferred.
• Working experience in EU legislation transposing is preferred.
• Good knowledge of the context of EU integration.
• Good knowledge of computer skills.
• Excellent analytical skills/expertise and experience in drafting normative acts.
• Advanced level of English with a strong ability to speak and write reports is required.

Performance indicators

1. Quality of work
2. Flexibility in responding to requests
3. Informative note.
4. Comparative table
5. Concordance tables elaborated
6. Synthesis of proposals

Competencies

• Flexibility, solutions-oriented, good negotiation skills.
• Good organizational and managerial skills.
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of a diverse and multi-sectoral team.
• Ability to keep calm under pressure when interacting with external counterparts, as well as a
• member of a team.
• Good understanding and compliance to supervisory and reporting lines.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with relevant Government and NonGovernmental counterparts and international organizations.

CDA is committed to ensuring the diversity of the workforce. Women and men, people with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, people living with HIV, LGBTQI+, as well as refugees and other people who have the legal right to work in the Republic of Moldova are encouraged to apply.

Please provide details in your CV of previous employment and two references.

Please send a cover letter and CV to law-center@cda.md, indicating the position applied for. Selected applicants will be contacted by email.