Call for experts: Turkey

Countries:

In the framework of an EU funded project in Turkey Technical assistance for support to the local Human Rights Boards and women’s rights awareness, CILC is looking for candidates for the following Key Expert positions.

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to send their CV to brosius@cilc.nl by 17 April 2014.

Key Expert 1: Team Leader:

The Team Leader will have overall responsibility for the project, including primary contact with the stakeholders concerning whether project activities are meeting the agreed objectives. The Team Leader will be responsible for ensuring that all institutional stakeholders are kept informed of the activities carried out under the project, and of project results.

The team leader will be responsible for coordinating the Project’s management and implementation, and liaison with the Contracting Authority and the Turkish Human Rights Institution managing the TA team (including logistics) and drawing up the team’s schedule of activities.  He/she  will  also  be  responsible  for  checking  that  the  project  outputs  are  in accordance with the Terms of Reference and the work plan and preparing and delivering all reports  and other  deliverables.  Advising the Contracting Authority and the Turkish Human Rights Institution  on any issue likely  to affect the financial  resources or  the scope of the activities foreseen and defining measurable indicators for subsequent programme monitoring and evaluation are also counted in his/her responsibilities.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • University degree in one of the following fields: public relations, journalism, media studies, business management, economics, public administration or social sciences (In the absence of the required  degree, a minimum  of 15 years of  working experience related to this contract is required).
  • Good command of spoken and written English.

General Professional Experience:

  • At least 15 years of professional working experience is required.
  • Experience in project/programme management as having a management position such as being a Team Leader/Deputy Team Leader/Project Manager in at least two projects.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • Minimum 10 years of experience in human rights issues is required.
  • Experience  in  I   project  related  with  the  EU  Human  Rights  Criteria  and/or  the institutional functioning of Human Rights.
  • Experience in policy development, legislation  and implementation  of  human rights issues.

Key Expert 2: Human Rights Expert:

He/she will be the person who will be responsible for supporting the development of standards of  human  rights  complaints  taking  mechanism  throughout  Turkey  so  that  human  rights violation  claims  are processed  identically  among  all  the Human  Rights  Boards (Bureaus). He/she will also be responsible  for identification of key professional associations  in human rights area, and developing key materials on human rights besides training the HRB (Bureau) staff and HRB (Bureau)’s Desk pers01mel on the standards of complaints taking procedures.

This expert will also be responsible for the training of the concerned staff on human rights in general and on women’s and children’s rights in particular at several stages of the Project. Contributing  to  the organizing  of the  trainings  and  meetings at different  provinces across Turkey during the implementation of the project, analysing the training needs and job profiles and proper analysis of the implementation strategy for trainings will be under his/her responsibility.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • University  degree  in  one  of  the  Human  Rights  related   fields  such  as;  public administration,  law  or  social  sciences  (In  the  absence  of  the  required  degree,  a minimum of 15 years of working experience related to this contract is required).
  • Good command of spoken and written English.

General Professional Experience:

  • Minimum 10 years of professional working experience is required.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • Minimum  5  years  of  training  experience including  designing,   implementation  and evaluation  of trainings  in the field of human  rights.
  • Experience in at least 2 projects as an expert or related position responsible from EU Human Rights standards and/or human  rights complaints.
  • Experience in human rights related issues in Turkey.

Key Expert 3: Public Relations and Campaigns Expert:

S/he will work closely with the THRI staff and one non-key expert to be recruited specifically for communications/advocacy activities.  In particular,  the  Key Expert  3 will  work  in close contact  with the Team  Leader and be responsible for coordination and quality  control  of the activities under Component 3 and will provide  professional  input for Components 1 and 2. In this   respect,   Key  Expert   3  will  provide   expert   advice   to  the  Beneficiary   and   will   be responsible for  carrying  out  the  awareness and  public  campaigns.  S/he  will  work  with  the other  key-experts  and non-key experts,  bringing together international and  national  expertise with specific sector expertise  and knowledge of the situation  in Turkey.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • University  degree  in one of the following fields:  public  relations, journalism, media studies,  business  management, economics, public administration or social  sciences  (In the absence  of  the required  degree,  a minimum  of  15 years  of  working  experience related to this contract is required).
  • Good command of spoken and written English.

General Professional Experience:

  • Minimum 10 years of professional working experience is required.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • Experience in at least two projects as an expert or related position  responsible from planning and designing  awareness  and campaign activities.
  • Experience in the development/production of communication and advocacy instruments and materials for awareness-raising campaigns.

All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on. Knowledge of Turkish is an asset.

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