[Hiring] Consultant - Develop Legal Atlas on Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility @AGORA

Role Description

The UNICEF Centre of Excellence in Child Protection and Migration combines global advocacy with technical assistance to country offices. The consultancy will support the development of a global Legal Atlas covering all countries and territories for which authoritative legal information can be verified.

• Document the statutory age of majority and MACR, including exceptions, differentiated thresholds, and relevant implementation provisions.
• Assess alignment with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and General Comment No. 24.
• Promote a MACR of at least 14 years, without exceptions that permit children below that age to be held criminally responsible.
• Design the Legal Atlas as an accessible, searchable, and updateable knowledge product.

Qualifications

• Masters university degree in law, human rights, international development, public policy, social sciences, or another field relevant to justice for children and child protection.
• Minimum six (6) years of progressively responsible professional experience in justice for children, child protection, human rights, legal reform, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience conducting high-quality comparative legal, policy, or programme research across multiple jurisdictions.
• Proven experience analysing or contributing to laws, policies, strategies, guidance, or programmes related to justice for children.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Working proficiency in French or Spanish is highly desirable.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to verify primary legal sources, manage structured datasets, and present complex legal information accurately and accessibly.
• Sound knowledge of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 24, and other relevant international human rights and juvenile justice standards.
• Excellent analytical, drafting, editing, communication, and stakeholder-coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables and work effectively in a remote, multicultural environment across regions and time zones.
• Experience developing legal atlases, digital knowledge products, online databases, or comparable public-facing platforms is highly desirable.
• Experience working with UNICEF, another United Nations entity, or an international child rights organization is an asset.

Benefits

• Diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Attractive compensation and benefits package.