Senior Legal Expert

**POSITION INFORMATION**

- VA No.: UNDP/LBN/VA26/088
- Position Title: Senior Legal Expert
- Duty Station: home-based, with some activities to be held in Hotel Conference Venues (in Beirut).
- Duration: Three (3) months (without exceeding 7 days per month)
- Vacancy Date of Issue: 10 June 2026
- Vacancy Closure Date: 16 June 2026
- National or International consultancy: National consultancy

To review the full Terms of Reference (TOR), please follow link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11qHQdeKs1zCqdImqm1-OHFFMuhES8eGA/view

**BACKGROUND**

As part of its commitment to strengthening the independence, effectiveness, accountability and accessibility of Lebanon’s justice institutions, UNDP Lebanon is looking to recruit **a Senior Legal Expert to technically support the nationally steered multi-stakeholder process on the reform of the justice sector: the** ***Justice Forum***\*\*.\*\*

Led by the Ministry of Justice, the Parliamentary Administration and Justice Commission of Parliament, and the High Judicial Council/State Council, and supported by UNDP, the *Justice Forum* is articulated around thematic groups with the objective of comprehensively assessing the various challenges facing justice institutions and justice service delivery and developing a national roadmap for the reform of the sector.

The thematic groups revolve around the following subjects:

- Independence, accountability and professionalism of the judiciary
- Efficiency, transparency, digitalisation and accessibility of the justice system
- Criminal justice and human rights
- Juvenile justice and child protection
- Administrative Justice

Meetings under thematic group 1 have concluded.

**SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK**

Under the guidance and supervision of the Rule of Law and Governance Chief Technical Advisor, and taking into account and complementing previous and ongoing UNDP led efforts on the “Justice Forum”, the key responsibilities and scope of work include, but are not limited to:

1\. Technical support provided to the thematic group’s meetings on Juvenile Justice and Child Protection

Provide substantive and organizational support to the thematic group on Juvenile Justice and Child Protection by undertaking the following:

- a. Preparation: Developing core meeting documents, including targeted agendas and the overall structural framework for each session.
- b. Research & Documentation: Conducting specialized legal and institutional research to draft background papers, briefing notes, and supporting documents that inform and steer the thematic group’s deliberations.
- c.Facilitation & Reporting: Steering and facilitating working group meetings, capturing technical discussions, and drafting official meeting minutes.
- d. Follow-up: Preparing post-meeting action documents and conducting necessary follow-up consultations with key national stakeholders.
- e. Coordination: Actively participating in all preparatory, coordination, and debriefing meetings with the UNDP technical team to ensure strategic alignment.

2\. Consolidation of recommendations stemming from the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection thematic group

- a. Synthesize the technical findings, discussions, and conclusions emerging from the Justice Forum's thematic groups and translate them into concrete, actionable and sequenced policy recommendations.

**EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES**

The consultant is expected to complete the above tasks and activities, noting that the total duration should not exceed 3 months with 7 working days per month.

**INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS**

- The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the Governance and Rule of Law Chief Technical Advisor.
- The title rights, copyrights and all other rights whatsoever nature in any material produced under the provisions of this TOR will be vested exclusively in UNDP. UNDP has full ownership of the activity and of its final product. Thus, any public mention (including through social media) about the activity should state clearly that ownership. In addition, any public appearance related to the activity should be coordinated and approved by UNDP.
- UNDP will be responsible for providing the contractor with all necessary materials related to the project in a timely, thorough, and transparent manner. UNDP will be also responsible for providing clarifications and facilitation of work.
- The consultant shall rely on his/her own means of communication and shall commute from/to place of residence to duty station at his own expense.

**DURATION OF WORK**

**The assigned duration for this consultancy is 3 months with 7 working days per month:**

- The consultancy is expected to commence in 15 June 2026 and be completed by the 15 of September 2026.
- The time needed to review/ comment/ approve deliverables and outputs is (1) one working day.

**DUTY STATION**