Senior Legal Experts on EU acquis for the Reform Support Team for Legal Approximation at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

The European Union (EU) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are stepping up the efforts to support Ukraine’s European Integration policy agenda through the Ukraine Reforms Architecture (URA)[1] programme.

Reform Support Team (RST) for Legal Approximation of Ukrainian Legislation to the EU acquis Approximation will be established within the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to address the critical needs of the Ukrainian Parliament in the area of EU acquis transposition and provide support to accelerate critical European integration reforms.

The RST will be an advisory body to the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada and will provide analytical and legal support to the adaptation of the Ukrainian legislation to EU norms and assist with closing the existing capacity gaps in the area of EU acquis transposition. It will provide support to the parliamentary committees, the Chairman of the Parliament and Members of the Parliament.

The RST will be integrated into existing coordination mechanisms between the Parliament and the Government while maintaining close collaboration and coordination with other reform teams of the Ukraine Reforms Architecture. The team will consist of 10 experienced Legal Experts in the pilot stage, which is expected to last for 6 months.

We are now opening the competition for the nine Senior Legal Experts in the following EU acquis areas:

• Judiciary and Fundamental Rights (combined with Justice, Freedom and Security / Foreign, Security and Defence Policy and/or any extra/alternative);
• Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Policy (combined with Agriculture and Rural Development / Fisheries and/or any extra/alternative);
• Customer and Health Protection (combined with Social Policy and Employment / Education and Culture and/or any extra/alternative);
• Financial Services (combined with Financial Control / Financial and Budgetary Provisions / Rights of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services and/or any extra/alternative);
• Economic and Monetary Policy (combined with Taxation / Customs Union / Public Procurement / Statistics and/or any extra/alternative);
• Energy (combined with Social Policy and Employment / Education and Culture and/or any extra/alternative);
• Environment (combined with Social Policy and Employment / Education and Culture and/or any extra/alternative);
• Transport policy (combined with Competition Policy and/or any extra/alternative);
• Information Society and Media (combined with Intellectual Property Law and/or any extra/alternative).

The interested professionals are encouraged to apply.

The initial consultancy assignment is expected to start on 1 March 2023 and has an estimated duration until 31 August 2023. The assignment may be extended, subject to the availability of donor funding and the consultant’s performance.

Potential candidates should send a full package of documents (application form, CV, NDA Form and letter of recommendation) by 23:59 (Kyiv time) on 20 February 2023 to the following email address: [recruitment.ura@gmail.com].

Candidates who submit an incomplete package of documents will not be considered. Only short-listed applicants will be invited to the written test and interview.

The detailed Terms of Reference are attached below.

Annex G2 – Application Form Template

Annex G10 – Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Form 

[1] Ukraine Reforms Architecture (URA) is a comprehensive technical assistance programme deployed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in partnership with the European Union, to support critical reform processes in Ukraine. URA is financed from the Ukraine Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth Multi-Donor Account (MDA) managed by the EBRD. Contributors to the MDA are Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.