National Disability Inclusion Consultant

The consultant will provide legal and technical support to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to strengthen legislation and regulatory frameworks for health equity for persons with disabilities. The role involves preparing and reviewing health-sector legislation, ensuring alignment with the WHO European Framework and engaging with disability rights organizations and civil society.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Ministry of Health in preparing and reviewing health-sector legislation and normative legal acts relevant to health equity for persons with disabilities.
• Ensure legislative work is informed by dialogue with Ukraine’s Disability Rights movement and Civil society organizations.
• Work embedded on-site at the Ministry of Health premises to enable close, day-to-day collaboration.
• Prepare an initial analysis of implementation of WHO EURO Framework objectives in Ukraine, identifying key gaps in legislation and legal acts.
• Attend briefings with the Ministry of Health, WHO Rehabilitation and Disability Unit Lead, OPD representatives, and relevant legal/legislative counterparts to review key legislative gaps and agree on legislative and normative legal acts to be amended or developed.
• Prepare draft legislation and other normative legal acts ensuring legal accuracy, consistency with existing legislation, and compliance with legislative drafting standards.
• Support drafting tasks and activities for the Action Plan (2027-2028) for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Creation of a Barrier-Free Environment in Ukraine (2030).
• Contribute technical evidence and analysis to support Government of Ukraine policy dialogue on health equity legislation and community-delivered rehabilitation services.
• Document engagement with civil society and the disability movement informing Ministry of Health’s policy and legislative work.
• Prepare a final evidence summary and set of recommendations on the continuation of disability inclusive health for the Ministry of Health and WHO.

Requirements

• A first-level university degree in Law, social sciences, political science, international development, public health, or another relevant field.
• Additional training, education, or experience in human rights law, disability rights, political science, international development, social sciences, or similar fields is desirable.
• At least two years of experience working with the Ministry of Health and/or other ministries on the development of legislation, normative legal and regulatory acts, standards, action plans, and other long-term legal and policy documents related to the health sector, including health equity.
• Experience working in health systems strengthening, including a focus on community services for persons with injuries, health conditions, and/or disabilities in Ukraine.
• Experience working to support Ukrainian Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) to promote the role of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in decisions which impact them across health in Ukraine is desirable.
• Experience representing or advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities, or supporting implementation of the UNCRPD at national level is desirable.
• Excellent legal drafting and legal analysis skills, with strong attention to accuracy and consistency.
• Ability to review and provide substantive comments on legal texts prepared by others.
• Ability to engage effectively with civil society and disability rights stakeholders in a policy dialogue context.
• Ability to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary settings with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective use of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint.
• Written and spoken fluency in English and Ukrainian is essential.
• Working knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.

Skills

• Legal Drafting
• Legal Analysis
• Health Legislation
• Regulatory Frameworks
• Public Health Systems Strengthening
• Disability Advocacy
• Policy Development
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Civil Society Engagement
• UNCRPD Implementation
• Community Health Services
• Legal Text Reviewing
• MS Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft OneDrive
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• Microsoft SharePoint

Languages

English, Ukrainian