Specialist in Socio-Educational Policies (Axis 2)

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Mission and objectives

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in approximately 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequality and exclusion. The program helps countries to developing policies, leadership skills, partnership skills, institutional capacities, and to building resilience to sustainable development results.
UNDP implements several projects in different areas, offering its partners technical, operational and management assistance through access to methodologies, specialized knowledge, specialized advice and a wide international network of technical cooperation.
To contribute to human development, poverty reduction and the country’s growth in priority areas, UNDP Brazil has a constant mission to align its services with the needs of a dynamic, multifaceted and diverse country. The projects are carried out in partnership with the Brazilian government, international financial institutions, the private sector and civil society.

Context

The project “Strengthening and monitoring innovation actions and improvement of the penal and socio-educational systems, in line with national and international human rights principles and guidelines” aims to work on the development of innovative methodologies and actions with a focus on reestablishing regular and adequate functioning of the prison and socio-educational system and produce subsidies to strengthen the monitoring and inspection of official interventions in these systems, in line with national and international human rights principles and guidelines. In particular, The project works to provide the National Council of Justice (CNJ) with tools to: (i) promote the development of mandates and capabilities (constitutional, conventional and legal) of the Judiciary to overcome bottlenecks and obstacles that hinder individual performance and better collective action by magistrates in the criminal and socio-educational systems, notably to protect the positions of more vulnerable populations, and (ii) action to enable full and complete compliance with the decision (on the merits) handed down by the Federal Supreme Court in the Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental (ADPF) 347, which consolidated the understanding regarding the existence of an unconstitutional state of affairs in Brazilian prisons and determined the agreement and monitoring of a national plan and state and district plans aimed at overcoming a situation of structural disarray and massive and systematic violation of fundamental rights, which prevents the implementation of the grammar and programs of principles present in the Federal Constitution, in the International Human Rights Treaties and in ordinary Legislation.
To achieve these objectives, the project is organized into 6 axes, which correspond to the intermediate results expected for the project:
1 – Implementation, strengthening and monitoring/evaluation of actions that guarantee the regular functioning of the penal system
2 – Implementation, strengthening and monitoring/evaluation of actions that guarantee the regular functioning of the socio-educational system
3 – Improvement and quantitative and qualitative increase in the collection and production of data from the penal and socio-educational systems,
4 – Improvement, strengthening and monitoring of care strategies for the most vulnerable populations in interface with the penal and socio-educational systems
5 – Technical assistance to the CNJ for advocacy with 1st and 2nd degree magistracy, through the creation of awareness and communication channels, dissemination of content, education, training, interaction strategies, dialogue and other actions that allow better instrumentalization of the information of the performance options of Brazilian judges, enabling them to act more comprehensively towards the population and its inequalities
6 – Efficient management and knowledge management of the project carried out.

Task description

The UN Volunteer Specialist in Socio-Educational Policies (Axis 2) will work under the direct supervision of the Coordination of Axis 2 of the program, which focuses its impact on actions that encompass the entire socio-educational cycle simultaneously. To achieve this objective, the following indicative activities are planned:
• Support the production, organization, tabulation, systematization and interpretation of data related to axis 2 actions.
• Support the preparation of reports on the Axis on data, deliveries and actions developed.
• Perform administrative activities, such as document management and review.
• Support the systematization of information and documents on the Axis, spreadsheets, presentations, research of bibliographic sources, support in the preparation of documents such as official letters and presentations and other documents necessary for management.
• Contribute technically to the development of actions on axis 2 of the Program.
• Prepare and review, whenever required, documents and products on the themes developed by axis 2 of the Program, such as initial assistance; presentation hearing; concentrated hearing; vacancy center; prevention and combat of torture; right to culture, mental health and other activities aimed at qualifying the socio-educational system.
• Support for HR management/people management: monitor and record technical supervision of work, feedback, action plan/improvements, and contract renewals.
• Support the management of the Axis’ governance calendar and the recording of meetings.
• Support the implementation of training by the Axis for SGD actors, mainly from the justice system, to implement and strengthen initial service flows for adolescents who are attributed to have committed an offense; vacancy centers; concentrated hearings; judicial inspections in socio-educational units and programs; monitoring programs for adolescents after serving socio-educational measures; prevention and combat of torture flows; strengthening of the open environment; promotion of reading; among other actions, in line with the knowledge products and regulations published by the National Council of Justice (CNJ).
• Support the implementation of communication actions, aimed at the Judiciary, society and partner institutions aimed at raising awareness about the principle of comprehensive protection for adolescents, specifically those who are attributed to have committed an offense and are serving socio-educational measures.
• Perform other tasks and activities required by supervision.