Access to Justice (A2J) Project Manager

ACCESS TO JUSTICE (A2J) PROJECT MANAGER

 

Start date: as soon as possible

Contract: one-year, local, full-time employment contract, renewable.

Salary: gross 967 098 HUF

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Deadline of application: 09 April, 2023

 

WHAT WE DO GLOBALLY AND IN EUROPE

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency. Founded in 1960, we are committed to improving the lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable children. Through our innovative protection and health projects, we provide assistance to over three million children and their families in almost forty countries each year.

In Europe, Tdh intervenes directly in Albania, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. It also implements projects in more than a dozen European countries through partnerships with other local actors, such as in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, The Netherlands, Serbia, Sweden, among others. Tdh currently focuses on two main programmatic areas in Europe: Children and Youth affected by Migration, and Access to Justice, with Child Protection being a transversal area across all of Tdh activities. Tdh programming in the region also includes an ongoing emergency response to the influx of refugees from Ukraine to Hungary, Moldova and Romania in addition to responding to internally displaced people’s needs within Ukraine.

Tdh’s Regional Hub in Hungary has been operational since 2006. Since then, it has been leading on Tdh’s regional projects and providing technical expertise and advisory support to Tdh delegations and partners across the Europe region through a group of Regional Advisors – including the Q&A Advisor – in various thematic fields.

One of our key projects for children in Hungary is the FabLab. We are very proud of our regional Child Protection Hub project thanks to that ChildHub is the largest child protection community in Europe – https://chiIdhub.org/en

More on Tdh: https://www.tdh.ch/en

 

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Working under the direct supervision of the Head of Regional Hub and the A2J Regional Coordinator in Budapest, Hungary, the A2J Project Manager is responsible for project management of Tdh’s regional A2J projects and supports the work of the A2J Regional Coordinator. More specifically they are responsible for coordination of some projects from the A2J portfolio (with a focus on regional projects involving more than one country). S/he plays an important role in the development, implementation and evaluation of regional A2J projects and is responsible for liaising with partners and suppliers, ensuring quality and timely

implementation of project activities from Tdh’s side, for the appropriate spending of the project budget, and the project’s quality and accountability, oversight and reporting.

i-ACCESS MyRights – “AI-driven support for a smart justice with children in Europe” will be the first project coordinated by the A2J Project Manager. This project is led by Terre des hommes Regional Hub in Hungary in partnership with Terre des hommes Romania, Terre des hommes Hellas, SAPI (Bulgaria), Noldus (Netherlands), KU Leuven, and Lawren.io (Belgium). Its main objective is to improve access to information and legal assistance in the area of e-justice for child victims in Europe by promoting a child-centred AI-driven solution.

The A2J Project Manager participates in all planning and evaluation activities related to national and regional A2J projects, including fundraising (proposal writing), ad hoc translation support, partner search, strategic development and program evaluation. S/he will work in close collaboration with HR, finance, logistics, admin and communication departments.

The A2J Project Manager is also responsible for supporting the work of the Regional Coordinator of the Access to Justice Programme in steering the A2J programme across Europe including both regional and country specific activities.

The A2J Project Manager may have line management responsibilities for one or more project officers.

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

· Leading and overseeing project development and implementation of Access to Justice projects

· Taking responsibility for project coordination

· Liaising with partners and contractors

· Ensuring all communication process in the project, internally and externally

· Maintaining close communication with donors

· Exercising financial oversight on the regional project budgets

· Responsible for carrying out regular monitoring review with partners

· Ensuring meaningful participation of children in a safe and conducive environment

· Responsible for implementation of Tdh Child Safeguarding Policy by Tdh and Tdh partners Leading the monitoring & evaluation process, in collaboration with the M&E Officer

· Collecting financial reports from partners and responsible for project reporting and drafting annual and final project reports

· Supervising the development of the research methodologies and quality oversight of the deliverables

· Contributing to the development of new project proposals and other initiatives in close cooperation with A2J staff in HQ and in the other Tdh Delegations.

· Supporting the work of the Regional A2J Programme Coordinator and the A2J Programme

· Keep abreast of trends and developments in access to justice

· Line management of one or more project officers.

 

YOUR PROFILE

Education:

· Relevant university degree in law from an accredited educational institution

Experience:

· 3+ years of the experience in designing and conducting projects in justice for children

· Proven experience in successfully managing regional and/or multi-country projects with a level of complexity

· Experience or sound understanding of child participation processes

· Knowledge and experience of the relevant EU and other European funding streams and the related implementation and reporting requirements is required.

· Knowledge of and experience in the justice sector (including criminal justice), child rights, child protection, justice sector reform and/or development/rule of law aid would be a strong asset.

· Knowledge and experience of working with or in large international organisations; experience in INGOs or in social enterprises would be a distinct asset

Other requirements:

Excellent planning and organisational skills

Ability to establish an environment of cooperation and collaboration

Excellent team player

Self-motivated, with skills to support and advise others

Ability to learn from difficult experiences, capitalize on mistakes and seize opportunities

Experience in contributing to projects with team members located in several countries

Results-oriented and problem-solving skills

Capacity for rigor and precision, transparency and honesty

Ability to uphold high standards under pressure and with tight deadlines

Flexibility, availability and adaptability

Languages

Excellent oral and written English is mandatory

Knowledge of Central and Eastern European languages (Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Albanian, Greek) is an advantage.

 

TO APPLY:

Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their CV and motivation letter in English to recruitment@tdh-europe.org

Please include “Access to Justice Project Manager, your name and surname” in the subject line of the application email.

 

Child Safeguarding Policy:

To commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including: Child Safeguarding Policy, Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy.

Due to the high numbers of applications, Tdh is not in a position to respond to everyone individually. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.