DPK Consulting

Opportunities

Short Term International Positions

Commercial Law Experts - Worldwide Security Experts – Middle East Shari'a Law Experts - Middle East Justice Sector Reform Experts - Worldwide Judicial Ethics and Discipline Advisors - Worldwide Enforcement of Judgements Experts - Worldwide Human Rights Specialists - Worldwide Gender Development Specialists - Worldwide Anticorruption Experts - Worldwide Rule of Law and Anticorruption Experts - Africa French Speaking Rule of Law and Anticorruption Experts - Worldwide Court Administration Experts – French Speaking Judicial Trainers – French Speaking Judicial Training Specialists

Commercial Law Experts - Worldwide

JOB CODE: GE-02.01

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, seeks senior commercial law experts for short-term and long-term consulting assignments on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded legal and economic reform projects around the world.

Requirements:

Expertise in at least one of the following areas: arbitration law; capital goods leasing; commodities exchange law; competition law; franchising; negotiable instruments; bankruptcy law; capital markets law; companies law; financing/lending/credit law; intellectual property; secured transactions; contract law; trade practices law; tax law; labor law; or other related areas.
Degree from an ABA-accredited law school and a minimum of 5 years experience working on commercial law issues.
Prior experience on USAID or other international donor-funded rule of law projects preferred.
Regional specializations and associated language skills preferred.

Please submit a cover letter with salary requirements, resume to resume@dpkconsulting.com referencing the job code in the subject line. Biodatas are available as a PDF for download on the “Opportunities” homepage of our site at http://www.dpkconsulting.com/core/_media/template_1.php?show=opps

Applications that do not meet the minimum requirements listed above will not be considered. No phone calls, please.

DPK Consulting is committed to diversity and gender equality in all of its operations - in the U.S and overseas. We strive to reflect these goals in our global mission and in our workplace. We encourage applications from women and underrepresented ethnic, racial and cultural groups. DPK Consulting is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Security Experts – Middle East

JOB CODE: ME-02.01

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, seeks qualified senior consultants to advise on country-specific legal frameworks, policy, and procedures to improve security in the Middle East. The focus is on strengthening rule of law, enforcement, and improving security capacity of local institutions.

Requirements:
Candidates must have:

Extensive experience in police investigative work
Ability to guide participatory reform and transition processes in a highly politically sensitive environments, particularly with public sector institutions;
Minimum of 10 years professional experience and preferably 5 years experience working in the Middle East at a senior level on development projects.
Prior experience on USAID or other international donor-funded rule of law projects preferred.
Willingness to travel and live in the Middle East for a minimum of at least one year.
Candidates with a sound understanding of development and political issues in the Middle East and fluency in Arabic and English are preferred.

Shari'a Law Experts - Middle East

JOB CODE: ME-02.01

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, is seeking Islamic Shari’a law specialists for an upcoming USAID project to support and implement the new Family Court Law in Egypt.

Requirements: Specialists should be familiar with family law systems and gender issues, speak fluent Arabic, and have experience with donor-funded development projects. Candidates must have a minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience and at least 3 years of international experience on development projects.

Please submit a cover letter with salary requirements, resume to resume@dpkconsulting.com referencing the job code in the subject line. Biodatas are available as a PDF for download on the “Opportunities” homepage of our site at http://www.dpkconsulting.com/core/_media/template_1.php?show=opps

Applications that do not meet the minimum requirements listed above will not be considered. No phone calls, please.

DPK Consulting is committed to diversity and gender equality in all of its operations - in the U.S and overseas. We strive to reflect these goals in our global mission and in our workplace. We encourage applications from women and underrepresented ethnic, racial and cultural groups. DPK Consulting is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Justice Sector Reform Experts - Worldwide

JOB CODE: GE-03.05

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, seeks senior justice sector reform experts, such as judges, prosecutors, public defenders and court administrators for short-term and long-term consulting assignments on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded rule of law projects around the world.

Requirements:

10 years of progressively responsible legal work experience and at least 5 years overseas experience in the area of judicial and legal reform.

Significant experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Court administration systems, including budget, financial, personnel and data processing; service as a civil, criminal, juvenile, family or other judge, prosecutor or public defender; justice sector and court administration strategy and planning;
Improving court administration transparency and efficiency by implementing workable procedures;
Formulation and drafting of legislation related to justice sector reform and modernization;
Establishment of working relationships with judicial system operators and institutions;
Developing procedural manuals for prosecutors and investigators; advising on judicial ethics and creating improved disciplinary mechanisms for legal professionals;
Designing and implementing public education and outreach processes planning and managing judicial and legal training programs;
Enhancing coordination and guiding participatory reform and transition processes, particularly with justice sector institutions.
Advanced degree (JD or doctoral level) in law.
Prior experience on USAID or other international donor-funded projects preferred.
Regional specializations and associated language skills preferred.

Judicial Ethics and Discipline Advisors - Worldwide

JOB CODE: GE-03.11

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, seeks senior Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) specialists and trainers for short-term and long-term consulting assignments on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded rule of law projects around the world.

Requirements:

Candidates must possess technical mediation and/or arbitration skills with the ability to train, facilitate, monitor, and provide quality control for mediation and arbitration cases.
Candidates should also have expertise in implementing reforms to expand ADR or conflict mediation services and/or organizations and have the ability to adapt mediation skills within a given cultural context.
JD or equivalent and 5-10 years of professional experience required with some international experience preferred.
Prior experience on USAID or other international donor-funded projects preferred.
Regional specializations and associated language skills preferred.

Enforcement of Judgements Experts - Worldwide

JOB CODE: GE-03.12

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, is seeking senior enforcement of judgments experts for short-term and long-term consulting opportunities on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded projects around the world.

Requirements:
Candidates must have extensive relevant professional experience with a minimum of 5 years working in transitional and/or developing countries in at least one of the following areas:

Reform of judgment and contract enforcement systems;
Creditors' rights;
Training of bailiffs/execution agents;
Developing process improvements for execution procedures;
Supporting privatization of judgment enforcement.
JD or equivalent.
Regional specializations and associated language skills preferred.

Human Rights Specialists - Worldwide

JOB CODE: GE-03.13

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, is seeking senior human rights specialists for short-term and long-term consulting opportunities on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded projects around the world.

Requirements:

Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience and at least 5 years of international experience in developing countries.

Consultants must have extensive experience in at least one of the following areas:

Training on and implementation of international human rights conventions;
Establishing or serving in truth commissions or other forms of transitional justice;
Prosecutor or investigator in international criminal courts and/or war crime tribunals;
Investigation and/or prosecution of civil rights violations;
Civil rights law and/or dispute mediation;
International human rights law and human rights public awareness;
Humanitarian law; human and civil rights policy reform advocacy;
Conflict mitigation, management, transformation, and reconciliation;
Community-based peace building and conflict resolution, and post-conflict peace support;
Human rights monitoring and abuse investigation;
Discrimination and harassment prevention;
Social, economic, and/or environmental justice;
Police and/or military reform;
Preventing or mitigating human trafficking and violence against women including sexual and domestic violence.
Advanced degree in law or related discipline.
Regional specializations and associated language skills preferred.

Gender Development Specialists - Worldwide

JOB CODE: GE-03.14

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, is seeking senior gender development experts for short-term and long-term consulting opportunities on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded projects around the world.

Requirements:
Candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience and at least five years of international experience in developing countries in one of the following areas:

Gender development, and gender equity research and policy;
Gender-based violence issues, including domestic violence prevention;
Family law, courts, and mediation;
Training in and implementing standards set forth in various international human rights conventions pertaining to gender and the prevention of gender/domestic violence;
Incorporating gender considerations and sensitization into development projects;
Developing strategies for mainstreaming gender in policy development and planning and promoting gender parity in the public sector;
Developing national level policies and advice on gender issues and perspectives.
Advanced degree in gender and development, social science, development studies, or related field.
Regional specializations and associated language skills preferred.

Anticorruption Experts - Worldwide

JOB CODE: GE-06.01

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, seeks senior anticorruption experts for short-term and long-term consulting opportunities on current and anticipated USAID-funded government integrity and anticorruption projects around the world. Projects will focus on curbing unilateral abuses by governmental officials such as embezzlement and nepotism, as well as abuses linking public and private actors such as bribery, extortion, influence peddling, and fraud at both the administrative and grand corruption levels.

Requirements: Minimum of 10 years professional experience and preferably 5 years of overseas experience at a senior level on development projects.

Expertise in at least one of the following areas:
Increased transparency and accountability in public financial, administrative and regulatory measures and strengthening internal controls;
Financial management, audit, internal controls, including tax and customs reform;
Capacity building for financial crimes investigation, prosecution, and oversight agencies;
Anticorruption legislative reforms (i.e. disclosure, whistleblower, freedom of information);
Anticorruption education campaigns;
Public procurement systems and processes and public expenditure monitoring;
Civil society advocacy and political party/electoral reforms;
Oversight relating to government integrity, including legislative/parliamentary oversight;
Establishing judiciary disciplinary systems, including ethics codes and discipline systems;
Promoting and facilitating business registration;
Incorporation of anticorruption promotion into other sectoral/sub-sectoral areas, such as health and education, corporate governance, or into key aspects of democracy promotion such as rule of law, legislative oversight or local government/political party strengthening.
JD or advanced degree in a related subject.
Regional specializations and associated language skills preferred.

Rule of Law and Anticorruption Experts - Africa

JOB CODE: AFR-01.01

DPK Consulting, a division of ARD, Inc, is seeking senior rule of law and anticorruption experts for short-term and long-term consulting opportunities on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded projects in Africa.

Requirements:

Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience and at least 5 years of international experience in Africa.

Candidates should have extensive experience in at least one of the following areas:
Justice sector and legislative strengthening, including ethics codes and discipline;
Court administration/automation;
Alternative dispute resolution legal/judicial training;
Commercial law and contract enforcement;
Increasing transparency and accountability in public financial, administrative and regulatory measures, including parliamentary oversight;
Financial management, audit, internal controls including tax and customs reform, public procurement processes, and public expenditure monitoring;
Capacity building of financial crimes investigation, prosecution, oversight agencies;
Anticorruption legislative reforms (i.e. disclosure, whistleblower, freedom of information);
Civil society advocacy and oversight relating to government integrity, including anticorruption education campaigns, and political party and electoral reforms;
Promoting and facilitating business registration;
Incorporation of anticorruption promotion into other sectoral/sub-sectoral areas, such as health and education, corporate governance, or into key aspects of democracy promotion such as rule of law, legislative oversight or local government/political party strengthening.
Law degree or advanced degree in related subject.
Associated language skills preferred.

French Speaking Rule of Law and Anticorruption Experts - Worldwide

JOB CODE: FR-01.01

Requirements:

Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience and at least 5 years of international experience working on development projects in French speaking countries.

Candidates should have extensive experience in at least one of the following areas:
Justice sector and legislative strengthening, including ethics codes and discipline;
Court administration/automation;
Alternative dispute resolution legal/judicial training;
Commercial law and contract enforcement;
Increasing transparency and accountability in public financial, administrative and regulatory measures, including parliamentary oversight;
Financial management, audit, internal controls including tax and customs reform, public procurement processes, and public expenditure monitoring;
Capacity building of financial crimes investigation, prosecution, oversight agencies;
Anticorruption legislative reforms (i.e. disclosure, whistleblower, freedom of information);
Civil society advocacy and oversight relating to government integrity, including anticorruption education campaigns, and political party and electoral reforms;
Promoting and facilitating business registration;
Incorporation of anticorruption promotion into other sectoral/sub-sectoral areas, such as health and education, corporate governance, or into key aspects of democracy promotion such as rule of law, legislative oversight or local government/political party strengthening.
Law degree or advanced degree in related subject.
Fluency in French and English.

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Court Administration Experts – French Speaking

JOB CODE: GE-02.01

DPK Consulting-a Division of ARD, Inc. seeks court administration experts for short-term and long-term consulting opportunities on current and anticipated USAID-funded projects.

Requirements:

Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible management of judicial institutions, including experience as a court administrator or clerk for medium to large multi-court systems; and experience working on programs designed to improve court administration practices, including automation, enhancing judicial and court staff training, and strengthening the independence of the judiciary.
Extensive experience in at least one of the following areas: court administration; court automation; case flow management; delay reduction; case processing and records management; facilities management; court financing and budgeting; public outreach; human resources management; developing statistical reporting systems; IT system management and training.
Extensive experience in at least one of the following areas: court administration; court automation; case flow management; delay reduction; case processing and records management; facilities management; court financing and budgeting; public outreach; human resources management; developing statistical reporting systems; IT system management and training.
Prior experience on USAID or other international donor-funded rule of law projects required.
Degree in law or public administration or related field.
Fluency in French is greatly preferred.

Judicial Trainers – French Speaking

JOB CODE: GE-02.01

DPK Consulting-a Division of ARD, Inc. seeks court administration experts for short-term and long-term consulting opportunities on current and anticipated USAID-funded projects.

Requirements:

Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible management of judicial institutions, including experience as a court administrator or clerk for medium to large multi-court systems; and experience working on programs designed to improve court administration practices, including automation, enhancing judicial and court staff training, and strengthening the independence of the judiciary.
Extensive experience in at least one of the following areas: court administration; court automation; case flow management; delay reduction; case processing and records management; facilities management; court financing and budgeting; public outreach; human resources management; developing statistical reporting systems; IT system management and training.
Prior experience on USAID or other international donor-funded rule of law projects required.
Degree in law or public administration or related field.
Fluency in French is greatly preferred.

Judicial Training Specialists

JOB CODE: GE.06.01

DPK Consulting, a Division of ARD, Inc., seeks Judicial Training Specialists for short-term and long-term consulting assignments on anticipated USAID and other donor-funded legal reform or rule of law projects around the world.

Requirements:

Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience working with judicial institutions, with a focus on judicial, prosecutor, and court staff training, professional responsibility, and strengthening the independence of the judiciary.
International experience training judges, prosecutors, or court staff on both initial and continuing education
Experience providing technical assistance, including strategic planning, to a judicial training institute in a developing country
Experience developing and implementing a judicial training curriculum, for both incoming judicial candidates (judges and prosecutors) and continuing legal education for sitting judges and prosecutors.
Knowledge of the concepts, principles and issues of modern legal education techniques, include use of mock trials and interactive training.
Demonstrated a successful track record in implementing all aspects of practical legal training and in building the capacity of training organizations.
Experience coordinating with other donors who are funding or delivery judicial training.
The ability to advise a judicial training institute on how to administer both the incoming and continuing exams for judicial and prosecutor candidates, and avoid corruption in the process.
Knowledge of both civil and common law legal traditions (desired)
A degree from an ABA-accredited law school or an advanced degree in court administration and management from an accredited college or university is a plus.
Prior experience on USAID or other international donor-funded rule of law projects preferred.