Public relations officer/spokesperson of Prosecutors Vetting Commission

Background:

In 2021, the government of the Republic of Moldova started the justice sector reform, aiming to ensure integrity and accountability of justice sector stakeholders and to increase society’s trust in the justice sector. As part of the justice sector reform, the government decided to conduct an extraordinary vetting exercise of judges and prosecutors, to improve the integrity in the justice sector.

This vetting process is a unique endeavour for the Moldovan society. It is a thorough and tough process that can happen only once in a good way. It asks a lot of society: there might be temporarily limited capacity in the justice sector, and it can have substantial consequences for personal careers. Yet it is also a historic process, that works towards the betterment of the Moldovan justice sector and will therefore have positive impact on Moldovan society in the end.

The Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC) is assigned by the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to facilitate the Prosecutors’ Vetting Commission (also known as “Commission 3”) and its Secretariat. CILC is continuing its effort to add to the team of professionals to staff this Secretariat.

This call for experts aims to create a shortlist of motivated and qualified people for the following position of PUBLIC RELATIONS/SPOKESPERSON:

Throughout this process of vetting, it is all about communication to the outer world: what is going on? Why is the process important? And how does it work exactly? As a public relations officer/spokesperson, you will be the one designing and implementing the communication strategy for the Secretariat. You will do this in close cooperation with the Commission members and the Head of Secretariat, to create a unified approach and image to the public. As a public relations officer/spokesperson good oral and written communication skills in multiple languages are evident, and creativity and being a teamplayer are highly valued.  

The public relations officer/spokesperson will report to the Head of Secretariat and to the Commission, and will be jointly responsible for the communication, outreach and awareness raising activities of the Secretariat. This includes but is not limited to: 

• Drafting an external communication strategy, in consultation with the Commission members and the Head of Secretariat; 
• Designing and managing the communication channels of the Commission and the Secretariat; 
• Responding, in consultation with the Commission, to questions and inquiries from media outlets on the work of the Commission; 
• Organising awareness raising activities and communication efforts to promote and explain the work of the Commission.  

As a public relations officer/spokesperson, the following criteria make you eligible: 

• Having 5 or more years of professional work experience in the field of communication; 
• Affinity with the legal context of the work; 
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing; 
• Proficiency in Romanian and English. Russian is an asset. 
• Highly organised and detailed-oriented, able to work in a high-performance environment; 
• Diplomatic skills to navigate government institutions and the Moldovan justice sector; 
• Person of the highest personal and professional integrity.  

 Disqualifying factors:

• Current or past work in the Moldovan prosecution system, in any role.
• Status as a candidate prosecutor.
• Status as a student at the National Judicial Institute.

If you don’t meet all the eligibility requirements but still think you are a good fit for the position, please include a short explanatory note with your motivation for this position to your application. 

General conditions for the position

Applicants should be aware of the following: 

• The position is full-time.
• Project duration April 2023 – April 2026.
• Moldovan nationals offered a fulltime position may take a leave of absence and/or suspend their contractual obligations from their current Moldova based employer for the duration of this contract, but may not be actively engaged with, nor paid by any other organization during the contract period.
• Remuneration is based on a CILC salary and service delivery grid specifying the scales per function. Actual remuneration will be based on the qualifications and experience of an applicant in line with the salary grid and employment/assignment policy of CILC. The monthly remuneration for this position is up to 2500 Euro brutto. 

• When contracted, signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement and abiding by the Code of Conduct for Secretariat staff is mandatory. This means amongst others no engagement with political parties/events and modest behaviour.
• CILC welcomes applications from candidates who fulfil the specific profiles, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief or sexual orientation.

Procedure for application and selection:

Expressions of interest can be submitted via email only via secretariat@cilc.nl. Please include in the subject of the email for which position you express your interest. The deadline for submitting the applications is 27th of  February 2025. Applications submitted to other mail addresses will be excluded from consideration.

Required documents include: 

• Current CV – in English.
• Contact data of professional references including name, title, email address and phone number.

For each position, CILC will choose from the pool of expressions of interests the people who fit the positions best, against the criteria of: 

• Level of professional knowledge and experience
• Level of professional skills/capacities

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Short-listed candidates will be invited for an (online) interview. A background check will be part of the recruitment procedure.