Country: Serbia
Closing date: 18 Feb 2018
Location: Serbia
Intended starting date: March 2018
Duration of assignment: 24 months from the starting date
The Bureau for Institutional Reform and Democracy – BiRD is currently accepting applications for a Key Expert 3: Harmonization of Case Law Expert as part of a long-term EU-funded project in Serbia entitled: EU for Serbia - Support to the Supreme Court of Cassation.
Key Expert 3: Harmonization of Case Law Expert
(min. 400 working days)
Key Expert 3 related to Component 3 will specifically provide support to the SCC in the planning, organization and implementation of activities designed to improve the system for the harmonization of case law at the first and second-instant levels in line with the SCC's adopted guidelines for harmonization of court practice and taking into account past and ongoing assistance through the provision of intensive capacity-building measures in case law departments within the SCC, appellate courts and selected other courts.
Qualifications and skills
- A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least 4 years attested by a law degree;
- A post-graduate degree (Master, PhD) in law will be considered as an asset;
General professional experience
- Minimum 7 years post-graduate professional expenence as a judge or practicing lawyer.
Specific professional experience
- At least 3 years post-graduate professional experience related to the harmonization of jurisprudence and proven experience in judiciary;
- Proven knowledge of the Serbian judicial system.
How to apply:
All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on. Applications and updated CVs are accepted on a rolling basis and should be submitted until 29 January 2018 via the following link:
mailto:jobs@birdmunich.de?subject=139207-RS-SSOC-KE3-HCL
Please note that only excellent experts meeting most or all of the above criteria and having an excellent and verifiable track record will be considered.