Organization: Checchi
Country: El Salvador
Closing date: 17 Aug 2017
Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc., an international development firm based in Washington, D.C., seeks a Court Management Short-term Specialist for the USAID-funded Justice Sector Strengthening Activity (JSSA) in El Salvador. The JSSA provides technical assistance to key justice sector institutions and supports initiatives to improve inter-institutional coordination, reduce impunity, improve court administration practices, and promote citizen participation and awareness of legal reforms to fight corruption.
The Court Management Short-term Specialist will assist the Government of El Salvador in improving the efficiency of its legal system and access to justice for citizens. He/she will support initiatives to increase knowledge and skills in managing court infrastructure, using and applying information technologies to increase the efficiency of court’s activity, planning and managing the budget and human resources, and developing and implementing well-defined strategic plans. The purpose of the program is to provide technical assistance in El Salvador to strengthen institutional capacity, transparency and accountability of key justice sector institutions, in order to guaranty the independence and increase the effectiveness and professionalism of the Salvadoran judicial system. Responsibilities will include developing performance indicators, conducting performance audits of the courts, developing training materials and leading training activities.
Candidates for this position must have an accredited law or an advanced degree in a related discipline; five years of experience with court systems; extensive knowledge of court administration models and best practices and an understanding of case processing and workload management, particularly electronic case management systems; and experience with training court administrators and developing of training course materials for court administrators.
Candidates must be fluent in written and spoken Spanish. Preferred candidates will have experience working on rule of law projects in Latin America.
How to apply:
Candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to jssp@checchiconsulting.com (please put “Court Management Short-term Specialist” in the subject line of the e-mail). Candidates are encouraged to visit our website at www.checchiconsulting.com. No telephone calls please.
