Background
Albania’s progress in recent years in respecting and promoting gender equality is highlighted in a series of international commitments as well as domestic legal and policy development and implementation. Since 2008 Albania passed the Gender Equality in Society Law, established the national gender machinery, improved the Law on Measures against Violence in Family Relations, opened the first national shelter for survivors of domestic violence, established the mechanism of coordination and referral of domestic violence cases in several municipalities, evaluated the National Strategy for Gender Equality and Domestic Violence (2007-2010), and approved the revised National Strategy on Gender Equality and against Gender-Based and Domestic Violence (2011-2015).
Responsibilities
- Draft an evaluation methodology for the assessment and upgrade of the existing training manual and curricula on the role of the police in
preventing and reducing domestic violence and gender based violence
- Review the existing legal framework on gender equality and gender based violence and domestic violence in Albania as amended recently,
with particular focus on the duties and responsibilities of the Ministry of the Interior and the State Police
- Refresh and customize the training modules and sample folders of information for participants, targeting the specific audience: role base
and middle management police staff
- Train the Trainers targeting the police specialists that will take over the responsibility to continue with training police staff at the Police
Academy
- Organise consultancy sessions with the General Department of State Police and Academy of State Police Police teaching staff on the
customised training modules tailoring them to the needs of the police employees that undertake continuous training at the Police Academy
Requirements
- Advanced degree in law, security, pedagogical sciences, public administration, gender equality, and/or development disciplines. A
combination of any of these areas is highly preferred
- Minimum 7 years of experience as a professional in the above mentioned areas
- Excellent writing, editing, and oral communication skills in English.
Deadline: 01 July 2015
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