Senior Short -Term Expert, Jakarta

Closing Date: Friday, 04 October 2013

• 1. General background ASEAN is promoting regional cooperation on human rights through four ASEAN Bodies/Committees, namely the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the ASEAN Commission on Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) and the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW). All ASEAN Bodies/Committees have adopted work plans containing specific priority issues as well as a programming that allows addressing these priority issues effectively.
  ASEAN and the EU have jointly developed an ASEAN-EU Human Rights Programme, which will be implemented through the existing Regional EU-ASEAN Dialogue Instrument (READI). The programme will aim to stimulate the dynamic human rights processes in ASEAN through activities in the field of capacity building, human rights promotion and education.
  2. Objective of the sub--â€project
  The objective of the sub-project is to operationalize the outcomes of the third ASEAN-EU Joint Programme Design Team (JPDT) meeting in the framework of the Regional EU- ASEAN Dialogue Instrument and in line with its implementation procedures, as agreed by EU and ASEAN.
  3a. Expected results (outputs)
  The outputs of the assignment will be:
  
  • an Overall Work Plan April 2014-August 2017 (OWP) for READI Component 6 – Human Rights in form of a final draft developed from inputs of and agreed upon by all four concerned ASEAN Bodies/Committees and the relevant EU and ASEC parties;
    
  • a First Annual Work Plan April 2014-March 2015 (AWP1) for READI Component 6 – Human Rights in form of a final draft agreed upon by all four concerned ASEAN Bodies/Committees and the relevant EU and ASEC parties.
  3b. Expected impact (outcomes)
  
  • The work plans will enable EU and ASEAN to expand their dialogue in human rights.
  • The work plans will make the activities planned by the four ASEAN Bodies/Committees operational and will allow implementation to begin from April 2014 onwards in the framework of READI.
  • The work plans will facilitate cooperation among the four ASEAN Bodies/Committees in the framework of READI.
  • The four ASEAN Bodies/Committees will receive EU support in fulfilling their respective mandates for the ASEAN community.
  • The work plans will lay the basis for productive EU-ASEAN cooperation in human rights from 2014 to 2017 and will thereby further stimulate regional cooperation in human rights in ASEAN. 4. Tasks to be performed (activities)
    The team of experts will provide support to the ASEAN-EU Joint Programme Design Team in drafting two draft documents in accordance with READI standards: an overall work plan and an annual work plan for the four ASEAN Bodies/Committees:
    
  • the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR);
  • the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC);
    
  • the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW); and
    
  • the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW). The team of experts will also provide support to two ASEAN Secretariat Divisions which support the four ASEAN Bodies/Committees mentioned above:
    
    • the 'AIPA, ASEAN Foundation, AICHR and Entities associated with ASEAN under the Community Affairs Development Directorate' for AICHR; and
    • the 'Social Welfare, Women, Labor & Migrant Workers Division' under the Socio- Cultural Cooperation Directorate for ACWC, ACW and ACMW. These two ASEC Divisions will in turn liaise with the respective four ASEAN Bodies/Committees. If requested, the team of experts will also liaise directly with representatives of the four ASEAN Bodies/Committees.
      The work plans will follow a predefined format and will contain technical details of the planned activities as well as budgets. All details and templates will be made available to the team of experts at the outset of the assignment.
      It is imperative that the team of experts follows the READI guidelines in technical and financial planning as well as regarding timing, in order to ensure that the activities foreseen by the ASEAN Bodies/Committees can become operational within the READI framework.
      First drafts of both work plans must be submitted by the end of November 2013 at the latest. Final, comprehensive drafts of both work plans, endorsed by all stakeholders, must be submitted by the end of January 2014 at the latest.
      
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  5. Expertise required
  Two senior short-term experts (STEs) shall be contracted for the assignment with the following roles and numbers of working days:
  Expert 1 - Team Leader (up to 30 working days) Expert 2 - Team Member (up to 30 working days)
  The team leader will have the overall responsibility of achieving the results of the assignment. The team member will support the team leader in achieving the results of the assignment.
  Both STEs must, individually and as a team, have the following qualifications, skills and specific professional experience:
  Qualifications and skills:
  
  • At least a university degree in human rights, international law, or equivalent professional experience in related fields of a minimum of 15 years;
  • Extensive experience in the field of human rights, extensive knowledge of gender perspective, rights and concerns of women and children, CEDAW, CRC, ILO conventions and other instruments related to migrant workers;
  • Excellent knowledge of programme development, budgeting, etc.;
  • Excellent command of spoken and written English;
  • Very good writing, reporting and presentation skills;
  • Cultural sensitivity to deal appropriately with interlocutors in ASEAN countries and the EU.
    
  • Knowledge of one or more languages of the ASEAN countries would be a strong advantage;
    Specific professional experience:
    
  • In-depth understanding of regional human rights policies in either/or ASEAN and EU;
  • Extensive working experience in either an ASEAN or EU context. Previous assignments in the human rights sector in Southeast Asia will be a strong asset;
  • Knowledge of working modalities in EU technical assistance projects and previous experience in writing work plans; While it is essential that both experts have a proven in-depth understanding of and professional expertise in the area of human rights issues, the two team members may complement each other in terms of their geographical expertise, e.g. on expert being a specialist on ASEAN human rights and one on EU technical assistance procedures.
    6. Timing and Location of Assignment
    The assignment shall take place intermittently between October 2013 and February 2014. Location of the assignment will be Jakarta, Indonesia and the home base of the experts. Because of the intermittent nature of the assignment, it is desirable that the STEs are based in Jakarta. If the STEs are not based in Jakarta, they will be required to be present in Jakarta at least:
    
    • Expert 1: Team Leader: tentatively 3 missions to Jakarta of approximately 5 working days
    • Expert 2: Team Member: tentatively 3 missions to Jakarta of approximately 5 Page 3 of 4
  working days
  Travel to the meetings of the four ASEAN Bodies/Committees outside of Jakarta may be necessary as part of the assignment.
  The timing of missions will be planned in close coordination will all stakeholders of ASEAN, EU and READI. Per diems will be provided for overnights spent away from the experts' home base (excl. overnights spent on aeroplanes).
  7. Reporting
  The team of experts will regularly update the two concerned divisions of the ASEAN Secretariat, the EU Delegation Jakarta and to the READI Team Leader on their progress.
  A technical interim report will be submitted to the READI Team Leader (schedule of assignment, persons met, plan of further work, etc.) after the first 6 weeks of the assignment.
  A final report will be submitted by the STEs no later than four weeks after completion of the assignment. Whether reports may be submitted jointly by both STEs or individually will be decided by the EU and ASEAN stakeholders.
  8. Application Requirements
  Interested applicants should submit their application by email to readi@asean.org no later than 4 October, Friday. Applications can be submitted either individually or as a team. Applications should include (1) a cover letter addressing the requirements and (2) a CV of the applicant(s). CVs must follow the standard EU template provided with this announcement. Incomplete applications will not be considered.