Senior Justice Systems Coordinator

Job Brief

The role is best suited to a highly motivated and collaborative individual who is interested in a dynamic regional and multi-country program, with national projects geared towards strengthening justice systems

**About the Role**

The Senior Justice Systems Coordinator (SJSC) works collaboratively with the Justice Systems Director (JSD), Leadership Team and country team to support the strengthening of justice systems in ASEAN Member States in support of the implementation of the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.

The position works to support formal and informal cooperation in handling TIP cases through existing and emerging regional and national mechanisms. The SJSC supports and coordinates across the team to institutionalise knowledge and professional development on countering trafficking in persons (CTIP) and related issues.

The role is best suited to a highly motivated and collaborative individual who is interested in a dynamic regional and multi-country program, with national projects geared towards strengthening justice systems with a particular focus on access to justice for victims of trafficking in persons. We are looking for an individual with a passion for delivering positive change, responsive to the needs of our donor and partner government, and with an understanding of law and justice reform in the context of international development.

**Location **for this role: Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Phnom Penh, or Vientiane

**About the program**

ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking (ASEAN-ACT) continues Australia’s long-running collaboration with ASEAN and its Member States to end human trafficking in the region. The program is a 10-year investment (2018 to 2028) principally working to strengthen the justice sector response to trafficking in persons, while advancing the rights of victims. The program has established partnerships with government agencies, civil society, and business. We engage with all 10 ASEAN Member States in some capacity and have national-level programming in Cambodia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. We are establishing programming in Indonesia, and it is currently on hold in Myanmar.

ASEAN-ACT supports ASEAN Member States to integrate gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) and protect the rights of victims of trafficking. The program has developed GEDSI and victim rights strategies to provide a conceptual framework and practical implementation approach to analyse and respond to GEDSI and victim rights challenges in countering trafficking. As a core component of the program, specific projects and activities to advance GEDSI and victim rights have been designed and are being implemented in collaboration with ASEAN-ACT's partners and stakeholders.

**Specific Duties**

**Project Management**
- Coordinate and support the delivery of ASEAN-ACT’s project on institutionalising knowledge and professional development in the counter trafficking sector, including coordinating technical inputs from across the team and supporting activity development budgeting and delivery.
- Work closely with ASEAN-ACT’s Country Managers and teams to facilitate planning, identifying and assessing potential risks to program implementation, monitoring evaluation and learning of project outputs/outcomes, factoring in sustainability of the projects.
- Liaise with ASEAN-ACT consultants and other external partners on deliverables and supporting administrative and logístical arrangements for various justice systems related consultancies, working closely with ASEAN-ACT country teams.
- Develop project activity, concept notes, and prepare reports, in accordance with ASEAN-ACT templates and formats, for justice systems activities.

**Research and knowledge sharing**
- Following research reports, trends, development of emerging issues on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Southeast Asian region and beyond, including but not limited to the release of the US TIP report, support the technical input, compilation of the summary analysis on emerging TIP issues for DFAT and program staff, where necessary.
- Contribute to the development, design and delivery of a series of webinars on emerging issues in TIP, engaging government and non-government CTIP stakeholders to promote thought leadership and innovation.
- Provide technical input on research and analysis commissioned by ASEAN-ACT, and coordinate input from other ASEAN-ACT team members.

**Policy engagement**
- Support national and ASEAN program counterparts' evaluation and alignment of their policies, guidelines, and training programs with the objectives of ACTIP, while assisting with activities related reform of justice and agency policy and practices on TIP at both national and regional levels.
- Support multi-sectoral collaborative operational and policy responses, at the ASEAN and national level, to address TIP challenges.
People and culture
- Mainstream victim right