Consultancy for Technical Assistance to Strengthen Diversion, Probation and Alternative Measures for Children in the Turkish Child Justice System

This consultancy provides high-level international technical expertise to design, pilot, monitor and refine structural tools, procedural guidelines, specialized reintegration and rehabilitation programmes, and capacity-building frameworks for the Turkish child justice system under the EU-funded project.

Responsibilities

• Design, pilot, monitor and refine structural tools and procedural guidelines for the Turkish child justice system.
• Develop specialized reintegration and rehabilitation programmes for juveniles.
• Create capacity-building frameworks and Training of Trainers models for public justice sectors.
• Support nationwide roll-out and scaling of child-friendly justice reforms.

Requirements

• Education in Law, Human Rights, Criminology, Forensic Sciences, Public Policy, or a relevant field.
• Minimum 10 years of international professional experience in child protection sector reform, child-friendly justice systems and juvenile criminal justice policy.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing or evaluating child-sensitive diversion mechanisms, restorative justice frameworks and non-custodial alternative measures across multiple jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated expertise authoring or peer-reviewing SOPs, risk/needs assessment tools, and evidence-based cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation programmes for juveniles.
• International advisory experience with UN agencies (including UNICEF), the EU, the Council of Europe or major international human-rights organizations in similar reform projects.
• Strong experience in capacity-building frameworks, Training of Trainers models and nationwide roll-out/scaling blueprints for public justice sectors.
• Excellent drafting, analytical and policy-formulation skills.
• Knowledge of the Turkish justice context or regional context is an asset.
• Strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal and coordination skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Sensitivity to ethics, child rights, diversity and gender.

Skills

• Child Protection Sector Reform
• Child-Friendly Justice Systems
• Juvenile Criminal Justice Policy
• Child-Sensitive Diversion Mechanisms
• Restorative Justice Frameworks
• Non-Custodial Alternative Measures
• Standard Operating Procedures Implementation
• Risk and Needs Assessment
• Cognitive-Behavioral Rehabilitation
• International Advisory Experience
• Capacity building frameworks
• Training of Trainers Workshops
• Policy Formulation Support
• Legal Drafting
• Program Evaluation
• Project Monitoring
• Computer Literacy
• Ethics in Child Rights
• Diversity and Gender Sensitivity

Languages

English