Молодший спеціаліст з юридичних питань/ Junior Legal Specialist

Deloitte is seeking qualified candidates to serve as Junior Legal Specialist in support of the USAID/UKAID Health Reform Support (HRS) project. The position is full-time and will be based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Project Background and Summary:

The purpose of the USAID/UKAID Health Reform Support is to support a transparent, accountable, and effective health care system that is capable of meeting the health needs of the Ukrainian people. Advancing health sector reforms, enhancing transparency, and tackling corruption will reduce out-of-pocket payments and improve access and availability of high quality, evidence-based health care services for Ukrainians. Elimination of corruption is a cross-cutting theme across all objectives to be achieved by this activity, which include:

1.  Improve health sector governance.
2. Support the transformation of the healthcare financing model.
3. Strengthen the health workforce.
4. Enhance transparency, accountability and responsiveness of the health care system.
5. Improve service delivery system at all levels.

Background/Objective

The Junior Legal Specialist will provide technical legal assistance to healthcare providers as well as for the national counterparts – Ministry of Health (MOH), National Health Services (NHS), and Ministry of Finance (MOF).

Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

• support HRS activities related to analysis of Ukrainian legislation in force regulating functioning of health care providers and patient rights;
• develop technical documents (reports, guidelines, analytical notes etc.) related to healthcare and corporate law;
• provide technical inputs into development of technical documents;
• draft letters, replies, clarifications etc.;
• other legal support as requested by the HRS.

Qualification requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Law;
• At least 2 years of proven work experience as a lawyer, experience with technical assistance projects is a plus;
• Knowledge of law-making techniques and state policy analysis;
• General understanding of Ukraine’s healthcare system and reform concepts is a plus;
• Strong communication and negotiation skills;
• Ability to work in a team;
• Excellent planning and time management skills;
• Good command of English

Qualified candidates are expected to send their CVs, cover letters, and two professional letters of reference/reference contacts to [email protected] no later than  October 25, 2020. Please indicate the following in the subject field of the email: “Junior Legal Specialist”. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.