Non-Key Experts (Senior & Junior Pool) – EU Policy and Legal Advice Centre (PLAC), Serbia (free movement of goods, competition policy, financial services, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, energy, environment and climate changes, financial control.)

The Policy and Legal Advice Centre (PLAC) project provides technical assistance to Serbian institutions responsible for legislative alignment, supporting the understanding, adoption and effective implementation of the EU acquis. The two expected outputs of the contract are: (1) enhanced compatibility of national legislation with EU legislation and its effective implementation; and (2) enhanced capacities of relevant national structures to successfully manage the EU accession process

Implementation of the activities will require the mobilisation of short and long terms non-key experts with the competences in the following relevant Acquis Chapters:

• • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 1: Free Movement of Goods
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 3: Right of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 8: Competition Policy
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 9: Financial Services
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 12: Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Policy
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 14: Transport Policy
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 15: Energy
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change
  • Non-Key Expert – Chapter 28: Consumer and Health Protection

  This list is not exhaustive. Considering the plans for meeting the criteria for EU membership, needs will also be considered across all negotiation clusters:

  • Non-Key Expert – Cluster 1: Fundamentals
  • Non-Key Expert – Cluster 2: Internal Market
  • Non-Key Expert – Cluster 3: Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth
  • Non-Key Expert – Cluster 4: Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity
  • Non-Key Expert – Cluster 5: Resources, Agriculture and Cohesion
  • Non-Key Expert – Cluster 6: External Relations

  Trainers / Technical Advisors – Negotiation Support: In addition to the chapter-specific Non-Key Experts above, the project will mobilise trainers and technical advisors to support the formation of negotiating positions, the preparation of government negotiating positions, and the drafting of responses to benchmarks throughout the accession negotiation process.

  Qualifications and skills (Minimum requirements)

·       A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least 3 (three) years in the relevant field (such as law, public administration, engineer, political science, etc.) at the level of undergraduate studies having the scope of at least 180 ECTS credits or in the absence of formal education six years of professional experience in addition to the minimum requested general professional experience; be computer proficient; English proficiency.

·       Be proficient in English;

·       Have excellent communication and analytical skills;

·       Be proficient in report drafting; and

·       Have excellent team working abilities.

General professional experience (Minimum requirements)

·       Pool of Senior Experts: a minimum 8 (eight) years of general postgraduate professional experience in the relevant field.

·       Pool of Junior Experts: a minimum 5 (five) years of general postgraduate professional experience in the relevant field.

Specific professional experience (Desired experience)

·       Experience in the preparation of normative acts (laws, by-laws, regulations) in the process of alignment with the EU acquis.

·       Experience in preparing tables of concordance and comparative legal assessments between national legislation and the EU acquis.

·       Experience in EU accession negotiations, whether as a former civil servant of a normative/legal department within a ministry or line institution, or as a freelance consultant on donor-funded accession-related projects.

·       Pool of Senior Experts: a minimum 8 (eight) years of general postgraduate professional experience in the relevant field.

·       Pool of Junior Experts: a minimum 5 (five) years of general postgraduate professional experience in the relevant field.

Specific professional experience (Desired experience)

·       Experience supporting the elaboration and fine-tuning of negotiating documents and government negotiating positions.

·       Experience preparing analyses and reports to address and overcome negotiation benchmarks.

·       Experience supporting negotiating structures in preparation for Intergovernmental Conference meetings for the provisional closure of chapters, and in delivering training, workshops or capacity-building based on recent EU accession experience.