Institutional Capacity Advisor

The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is seeking candidates to support an anticipated USAID-funded Rule of Law program in Kosovo. The Institutional Capacity Advisor is responsible for leading initiatives to strengthen the resilience of access to justice focused organizations, justice entities within the government of Kosovo (GOK), and other institutions at the national and local level. The Institutional Capacity Advisor provides technical leadership in work with civil society actors, GOK and justice sector actors, private sector actors, the legal community, and others, provides input for project progress reports, and shares impact by presenting monitoring and evaluation data to a variety of audiences.

The Institutional Capacity Advisor will also work on strengthening legal service delivery quality and accessibility in government and civil society, improving awareness initiatives to increase understanding of and trust in the justice system amongst citizens, and galvanizing the legal community in Kosovo and beyond to create lasting access to justice.

Responsibilities:
Provides strategic and technical leadership to civil society in program design, reflection, reporting, and implementation, ensuring programming is adaptive and responsive.

Spearheads capacity strengthening initiatives and network and coalition building to foster user-centered, responsive, and effective judicial services.

Leads the development and implementation of tools, foundations, and systems for GOK and civil society justice sector actors to provide lasting access to justice.

Identifies and facilitates collaboration with select government and private sector entities around incorporating people centered justice best practices and user centered design in the justice system.

Applies knowledge of existing efforts towards rule of law and access to justice in Kosovo to ensure deconfliction and complementarity with existing programs, services, and initiatives.

Ensures technical integrity of participant-facing program materials and donor-facing interim and final reports, related technical deliverables, and briefings to the USG donor and partners.

Qualifications:
This position is for a host country national.

Bachelor or Graduate degree in international development, social science, business, law, communication, or related field.

At least 5 years of demonstrated experience working on international donor-funded programs on civil society and government capacity strengthening, people-centered justice, justice service delivery and user-centered design, rule of law, access to justice, and similar topics.

Experience working on USAID-funded programs preferred.

Knowledge and experience in gender and social inclusion, particularly on Indigenous communities, women, and youth, and in integrating Do No Harm principles into program activities.

Understanding of marginalized-rights-focused CSOs and networks in Kosovo and the region, national and municipal justice sector actors, the legal community, law schools, and other actors in the development context.

Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining relationships and networks with CSOs, government actors and entities, development partners, and other relevant stakeholders.