Senior Legal Expert

GDSI is looking for Key Experts and Non-Key Experts for the EU-funded tender “Policy and Legal Advice Center (PLAC 4)“.

The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes is:

• Serbian administration effectively conducts accession negotiations and successfully manages overall EU integration and pre-accession assistance geared towards EU membership.

The specific objective (Outcome) of this contract is as follows:

• To achieve a high level of effective alignment of national legislation with the Union acquis and its implementation.

The intended start date is 10 April 2024, and the period of implementation of the contract will be 30 months.

Key expert 2: Senior Legal Expert (minimum 500 working days)
Based in Belgrade, Key Expert 2 will provide support to the Team Leader in the overall implementation of the project. The Senior Legal Expert shall, in the absence of the Team Leader, be in charge of contacts and communication with the Contracting authority and for communication and negotiation with all key experts.
The Senior Legal Expert will be responsible for the preparation of the project action plan and its regular revision and update.

Qualifications and skills:

• Level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least 3 years in the field of law, at the level of undergraduate studies having the scope of at least 180 ECTS points.
• Full proficiency in English.

General professional experience:

• Minimum 8(eight) years of postgraduate experience with harmonisation of legislation with the Union acquis in an EU Member State or candidate / potential candidate country.

Specific professional experience:

• Minimum 5(five) years of experience in drafting of legislation in an EU Member State or candidate / potential candidate country.
• Minimum 2 (two) years of experience with the EU accession negotiations through participation in a negotiating structure or donor-funded projects related to accession process.
• Knowledge of legal system of Republic of Serbia and its institutional framework will be considered as an advantage.