Legal Analyst(s) to the Secretariat Supporting the Selection Competition for the Position of the Deputy Head of the SAPO

About the Position

We are seeking Legal Analysts for the SAPO Deputy Head selection process to provide high-quality legal and analytical support to the Selection Commission.

Responsibilities

The Legal Analyst(s) will support the Selection Commission for the selection of the Deputy Head of SAPO by facilitating integrity and background checks of candidates and providing legal and analytical support necessary for the conduct of a transparent, lawful, and merit-based selection process.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing legal support in drafting of the Rules of Procedure, methodology, evaluation criteria, competition announcement, and other relevant documents.
• Carrying out integrity and background checks of candidates, including analysis of asset declarations, open-source information, media reports, court registers, and information provided by competent authorities or third parties.
• Preparing individual candidate portfolios, including structured summaries of integrity-related findings and identified risks.
• Drafting individual integrity questionnaires for candidates, collecting, systematising, and analysing candidates’ responses, and preparing analytical summaries.
• Conducting preliminary legal analysis of candidates’ compliance with statutory eligibility requirements.
• Providing legal and analytical support to the Coordinator of the Secretariat, including drafting of letters, responses to requests, internal memoranda, briefing notes, and other documents related to the selection process.
• Supporting the Secretariat in responding to information requests from state bodies, international partners, or other stakeholders.
• Participating in meetings of the Selection Commission, working groups, or briefings, and providing analytical or legal clarifications.
• Drafting memoranda of understanding or other legal instruments to facilitate lawful information exchange between the Selection Commission and third parties.
• Assisting in identifying potential legal, procedural, or integrity-related risks associated with the selection process.
• Ensuring proper documentation, confidentiality, and data protection of all materials processed within the scope of their work.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in Law, International Relations, Public Administration, or Political Science.
• At least 5 years of experience with a focus on legal writing, research, and analysis.
• Previous engagement with international projects in the sphere of law enforcement/judicial/anti-corruption reform would be considered an advantage.
• Previous experience in selection processes will be considered as an asset.
• Skills to conduct information search in databases and analyse other online resources to produce balanced and credible situation descriptions based on multiple data sources.
• Respect for deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure and extra hours if necessary.
• Fluency in written and spoken English (CEFR level B2) and Ukrainian C1.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work with an international technical support program in the area of anti-corruption in Ukraine.
• Engaging in a significant process supporting the reformation of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
• Professional growth and development in the field of legal analysis and anti-corruption efforts.

About the Company

The EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI) is the European Union’s technical support program in the area of anti-corruption in Ukraine, co-funded and implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark. The program aims to achieve significant progress in preventing and countering corruption, ensuring the coherence and systemic anti-corruption activities of state and local self-government bodies, and to empower civil society and citizens to contribute to the combatting of corruption, as well as the proper process of Ukraine’s post-war recovery.

Application Process

The deadline for submitting the proposal is the end of the day on 26 April 2026.

All interested candidates should submit:

• Experts’ CV, not more than 3 pages
• Financial offer, including daily fee
• Brief description of the integrity check methodology, based on previous professional experience, outlining the key steps, sources of information, and analytical approach used in conducting integrity and background checks of candidates (up to 3 pages).

The proposal should be submitted to [email protected] cc to [email protected] indicating the subject line: Legal Analyst for SAPO Deputy Head selection process.

For any clarification questions regarding the terms of reference, please contact [email protected] by 20 April 2026, 17:00 Kyiv time.