The global project aims to strengthen representative and inclusive democracy through support for the effective functioning of parliaments in partner countries, by enhancing their legislative, oversight, representative, budgetary and administrative functions. This global project focuses both on elected Members of Parliament (MPs), particularly in their capacity as members of parliamentary committees, and on the staff of parliaments' secretariats.
Strengthened global parliamentary development and inter-parliamentary cooperation,
Enhanced capacity of parliaments to advance critical global challenges, including youth, gender equality and women’s empowerment, human rights, citizens’ engagement & civil society, climate change and environmental protection, digital transformation, crisis, foresight & anticipatory governance, and global connectivity and infrastructure networks,
Improved effectiveness, accountability and transparency of parliaments in partner countries to foster responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Leads the implementation of several peer-to-peer partnerships and strengthening activities, and assumes primary responsibility for development and implementation of several country-specific EU Member State Parliaments – partner parliament strengthening partnerships;
Contributes to the overall design, development and production of the project’s knowledge resources and tools such as e-learning tools, parliamentary primers, thematic briefs and publications, online digital resource/repository, databases; conceptualises and provides technical expertise;
Coordinates project strategy, actions and initiatives in one or more of the thematic focus areas of the project as required: on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Human Rights; Environmental Protection and Climate Change; Youth; Digital Technology for Development; Citizens’ engagement and Civil Society, and Anticipatory Governance and Foresight.
Coordinates INTER PARES engagement with the AGORA parliamentary web portal, the iKNOW Politics project, and the IPU Centre for Innovation in Politics, including through building productive collaborations;
Provides substantive inputs in the preparation of the project’s progress reports and presentations to the EU and International IDEA;
Provides expert insight, direction and coordinates the design and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) processes, with a focus on outcome reporting, responding to both EU needs and aligned with International IDEA’s M&E results framework;
Supports the adherence to both EU and International IDEA regulations and procedures in the project implementation and reporting;
Liaises and works in cooperation and coordination with other areas of work within International IDEA’s Global and Regional Programmes, as well as with the EU, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and other relevant partners and stakeholders;
Supports the overall project risk management and actively manages risk as outlined in the project document’s risk analysis and mitigation measures in line with organisational policies and procedures;
Supports project planning and implementation and carries out other duties as assigned by the Head of Programme.
General Profile:
Combines in-depth knowledge, acquired through post-graduate academic achievements, excellent skills and significant experience in their field;
Provides high-quality contributions to assigned projects, including relevant policy analysis and assessments;
Contributes to publications; is recognized as an expert in his/her broad professional community;
Has the intellectual leadership to integrate innovation into his/her field of expertise;
Acts as a model and mentor for less experienced colleagues;
Has the capacity to work with minimum supervision and in fruitful collaboration with other entities of the Institute, the European Commission, external partners and stakeholders;
Is expected to travel globally to any geographical area involved in implementing projects under INTER PARES;
Accountable to ensure high standards of performance and compliance with institutional and project guidelines;
Follows internal procedures to ensure high standards of performance and compliance with Institutional guidelines;
Acts in accordance with International IDEA’s Core Values: Respect, Integrity and Professionalism;
Integrates a rights-based approach as well as a gender and inclusion perspective in all activities.
Education and Experience:
Post-graduate degree in political sciences, social science, law or other relevant discipline;
A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience within a parliament, in parliamentary strengthening and broader democracy support is essential;
Experience of project management, and monitoring and evaluation approaches is essential;
Experience in the production of various knowledge resources and tools on democracy and governance, in particular parliaments, will be considered an asset;
Relevant experience with an international and/or regional organization, or specialized NGO, in democracy assistance, would be considered an advantage;
Experience with EU-funded projects and knowledge of EU project management, contractual and financial procedures, including the use of logical frameworks (logframes) and other relevant reporting tools, will be considered a strong asset.
Excellent knowledge in written and oral English is required; Any other official EU language would be considered an advantage.
