Anti-Corruption Capacity Building Consultant (Judicial Response)

About the role

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights seeks an experienced consultant to design and implement a tailored capacity‑building programme for Liberia's Anti‑Corruption Commission investigators and prosecutors. The role focuses on developing a human‑rights‑based, gender‑sensitive curriculum to strengthen investigation, prosecution, asset recovery and compliance processes.

Key responsibilities

• Produce an inception report documenting stakeholder consultations, legal framework reviews, and mapping of existing capacity‑building initiatives.
• Develop a competency‑based modular curriculum framework, including core and specialised training tracks, learning objectives, assessment methods and practical exercises.
• Identify and engage suitable national, regional and international training providers and subject‑matter experts.
• Design an implementation strategy, governance model and monitoring, evaluation and learning framework with clear performance indicators.
• Facilitate a 2‑day review, validation and adoption workshop and present actionable recommendations to senior Liberian authorities.
• Deliver a comprehensive final report and deploy to Liberia for a total of 22 mission days.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in law, criminal justice, human rights or related field, or a bachelor’s degree with at least five years relevant experience.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive professional experience as a prosecutor, judge, lawyer or legal consultant in anti‑corruption, rule‑of‑law or accountability mechanisms.
• At least 3 years directly involved in investigating and prosecuting corruption offences using a human‑rights‑based approach.
• Proven experience designing and delivering competency‑based curricula and capacity‑building programmes for justice‑sector actors.
• Experience working in post‑conflict African settings is highly desirable.

Required skills

• Competency‑based curriculum design
• Training needs assessment
• Monitoring and evaluation framework development