Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The incumbent of the position manages the following programs:

§ Criminal-justice legislative reform.

§ Structural and institutional reform of criminal-justice institutions with particular focus on prosecution and investigation of organized crime, trafficking in persons, money laundering, and corruption.

§ Program of advanced legal education, training and conferences with government officials, experts and NGOs, relating to combating organized crime, trafficking in persons, money laundering, and public corruption. Focus of such activity is on prosecutors, judges and investigators.

Required Qualifications:

· University Degree in Law;

· Minimum 3 years of experience in legal field;

· Level IV (fluent) in English and Ukrainian; level III (good working knowledge) in Russian. The incumbent must have an in-depth knowledge of legal vocabulary in each language and be able to interpret/translate from one language to the other as required;

· Excellent understanding of the Ukrainian legal and justice systems as well as a solid understanding of American and/or European legal systems.

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We offer competitive salary and benefits package. Further details of duties and responsibilities are available from http://kyiv.usembassy.gov/jobs. Interested applicants should fax or mail their resume and letter of interest in English to the Embassy Human Resources Office, U.S. Embassy, 4 Hlybochyts’ka St., fax # 490-4085 or email to: HRO@usemb.kiev.ua The deadline for submitting applications is May 29, 2007 at 6 P.M. Kyiv time.