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• Provide policy planning and execution support to senior leadership within the Office of the VP.• Provide substantive and practical support, including as secretariat, to relevant committees, task forces, clusters, inter-departmental coordination groups, steering committees and working groups.• Coordination and management of projects and activities requiring interdepartmental and/or interagency involvement, promoting cooperation and coordination with other ministries… Show more • Provide policy planning and execution support to senior leadership within the Office of the VP.• Provide substantive and practical support, including as secretariat, to relevant committees, task forces, clusters, inter-departmental coordination groups, steering committees and working groups.• Coordination and management of projects and activities requiring interdepartmental and/or interagency involvement, promoting cooperation and coordination with other ministries, departments and agencies; and any other front office duties assigned on an ad-hoc basis. •Identifies, analyses and monitors developments and emerging issues with respect to the implementation of the mandate of the Office of the VP.•Assesses implications and makes recommendations on possible policies, strategies and other measures to address issues of concern and to advance mandated objectives; Monitors, evaluates and reports on implementation.• Provides oversight support over the work of teams within the Office of the VP, identifying priorities, setting goals and indicators of success• Monitors the activities within the Office of the VP’s area of responsibility, liaises, coordinates and follows-up within the OVP on the planning and implementation of policy. • Provide oversight for monitoring and evaluation of actions implemented through these frameworks, prepares position papers, and tracks and records policy related decisions.  Show less

• Manage and monitor company’s regulatory compliance in the power sector including electricity regulations, quality standards, sustainability and health and safety.Support the implementation of sustainable business practice in relation to all company stakeholders – Regulators, the Environment, Vendors, Personnel, Customers.• Engagement with government regulators on industry standards compliance and developed operating procedures for effective engagement with government… Show more • Manage and monitor company’s regulatory compliance in the power sector including electricity regulations, quality standards, sustainability and health and safety.Support the implementation of sustainable business practice in relation to all company stakeholders – Regulators, the Environment, Vendors, Personnel, Customers.• Engagement with government regulators on industry standards compliance and developed operating procedures for effective engagement with government regulators.• In-house counsel and liaison with external Company Secretary and Legal Counsel on legal matters, including drafting of relevant related contracts.• Develop corporate communications material for external dissemination. Show less

• Led the results based-budget process for the UN peacebuilding presence in Burundi.• Political Analysis and monitoring: Great Lakes region; specific focus on Burundi.• Research on cross cutting issues in the Great Lakes region including itinerant fighters and regional economic integration.• Drafting Secretary-General’s progress reports, talking points, speeches, code cables, briefing and analytical notes on specific issues related to the political process in Burundi.• Provision… Show more • Led the results based-budget process for the UN peacebuilding presence in Burundi.• Political Analysis and monitoring: Great Lakes region; specific focus on Burundi.• Research on cross cutting issues in the Great Lakes region including itinerant fighters and regional economic integration.• Drafting Secretary-General’s progress reports, talking points, speeches, code cables, briefing and analytical notes on specific issues related to the political process in Burundi.• Provision of operational support to the UN Integrated Office for Burundi (BINUB).• Attending various meetings and seminars relating to Great Lakes region. Show less

• Led largest national research and advocacy programme on local communities in Nigeria. • Helped raise and manage a $2 million budget for the programme.• Developed and orchestrated training provided to a selection of local communities across Nigeria on the role of local governments.• Managed relationships with board of directors, public and private donors.

• Political Analysis and monitoring of countries in the Horn of Africa region; specific focus on Somalia and Sudan.• Conducting research on cross-cutting issues in the Horn of Africa region.• Drafting Secretary-General’s progress reports, talking points, speeches, code cables, briefing and analytical notes on specific issues related to the Somali peace process.• Provision of operational support to the UN Political Office for Somalia.• Coordinating the results based-budget… Show more • Political Analysis and monitoring of countries in the Horn of Africa region; specific focus on Somalia and Sudan.• Conducting research on cross-cutting issues in the Horn of Africa region.• Drafting Secretary-General’s progress reports, talking points, speeches, code cables, briefing and analytical notes on specific issues related to the Somali peace process.• Provision of operational support to the UN Political Office for Somalia.• Coordinating the results based-budget process for the UN Political Office for Somalia.• Development and maintenance of a chronology of events on Somalia.• Attending various meetings and seminars relating to the Horn of Africa region. Show less

• Established contact with local civil liberties organisations, worked to build their capacity and provided training and advice.• Conducted advocacy and human rights protection and monitoring for abused children and ensured the prosecution of these matters.• Provided legal advice and drafted a memorandum of understanding between Liberia and Sierra Leone on the return and reintegration of Liberian ex-combatants.• Monitored civil and criminal court proceedings, and maintained… Show more • Established contact with local civil liberties organisations, worked to build their capacity and provided training and advice.• Conducted advocacy and human rights protection and monitoring for abused children and ensured the prosecution of these matters.• Provided legal advice and drafted a memorandum of understanding between Liberia and Sierra Leone on the return and reintegration of Liberian ex-combatants.• Monitored civil and criminal court proceedings, and maintained systematic records of proceedings observed; responsible for courts in Margibi County. This included trial monitoring and advisory for these courts.• Conducted research and analyses of various legal issues under Liberian law.• Developed and drafted proposals for court reconstruction projects to various international donors, including but not limited to, UK-DFID, the Open Society and other UN agencies. Show less

• Drafted periodic, accurate and factual reports on the political situation and UNMIL progress in the country. Contributes to descriptive and analytical reports for both internal and external consumption.• Prepared Talking Points and speeches for the Special Representative of the Secretary- General.• Collected, compiled and analysed information on, political, socio-economic and other pertinent developments and trends in the Mano River Union (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea), the wider… Show more • Drafted periodic, accurate and factual reports on the political situation and UNMIL progress in the country. Contributes to descriptive and analytical reports for both internal and external consumption.• Prepared Talking Points and speeches for the Special Representative of the Secretary- General.• Collected, compiled and analysed information on, political, socio-economic and other pertinent developments and trends in the Mano River Union (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea), the wider West-African sub-region, and internationally.• Maintained contact and liaised on a daily basis with local media, local government representatives, academic and research institutions locally and abroad, local and international civil society organisations.• Analysed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and monitoring the National Transitional Government of Liberia’s efforts to implement aspects of the agreement. Show less

Employment Law – (both Applicant and Respondent work) race and sex discrimination, unfair dismissal, redundancy agreements, compromise agreements, drafting employment contracts.Asylum and Human Rights Law – Handled all legal aspects of asylum and human rights applications and appeals under UK immigration law, appeared before appeals tribunals, prepared applications for judicial review, maintained contact with resident UNHCR office to conduct research on humanitarian and political… Show more Employment Law – (both Applicant and Respondent work) race and sex discrimination, unfair dismissal, redundancy agreements, compromise agreements, drafting employment contracts.Asylum and Human Rights Law – Handled all legal aspects of asylum and human rights applications and appeals under UK immigration law, appeared before appeals tribunals, prepared applications for judicial review, maintained contact with resident UNHCR office to conduct research on humanitarian and political situation in client countries of origin.Client nationality profile: Uganda, Sudan, DR Congo, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Kosovo (ethnic Albanians), Iran, Iraq (including Kurds), Afghanistan (Hazare), former USSR. Show less