Qualifications and Skills

• Possesses a university degree in law or political science and relevant work experience for the position.
  

General Functions

Under the direct supervision of the Election Analyst, the incumbent will assist with the following tasks:

• Assist in assessing implementation of the national election legislation, at the level of the national election commission and other governmental bodies responsible for administering elections, concerning, in particular, the delimitation of constituencies, the voter registration, the political party registration, the candidate registration, and the polling, counting and tabulation of votes
• Assist in assessing the performance of the election administration and other governmental bodies responsible for administering elections concerning technical preparations for the election
  
• Assist in observing sessions of the election administration, following the issues on its agenda, and providing the Mission with information about the meetings and complaints brought to the election administration
  
• Assist in assessing the performance of the election administration, the extent of its effectiveness, independence, impartiality and transparent operation, and the degree to which it has the confidence of election stakeholders
  
• Assist in assessing the election administration’s capacity, in relation to voter education initiatives, training of election officials, material production and distribution
  
• Assist in meeting with election analysts from NGOs (domestic and international) involved in the elections process. Liaise with domestic observers groups
  
• Assist in preparing Observer report forms, ensuring that the information gathered can be processed effectively
  
• Assist in contributing to the preparation of weekly reports, the preliminary statement and the final report
  
• Perform any other duty required for the good functioning of the Mission
  

NOTE:

• All positions are open to men and women with no discrimination
  
• For all positions, a good linguistic competence (spoken and written) in both English and Nepali is mandatory
  
• All candidates must have sufficient computer skills to operate with electronic mail, word processing, public presentation and spreadsheet software
  
• Flexibility required. Work is expected on occasions both in the evenings and weekends or even public holidays
  
• Place of work is Kathmandu