About CEPIL
The Center for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to making the pursuit of justice accessible and affordable for poor and marginalized communities and individuals. Our mission is to advocate for public interest, promote human rights, and ensure legal assistance is available to those who need it most.
Consultancy Overview
As part of the learning journey initiative under the Fair4All project, in partnership with Oxfam in Ghana, CEPIL is seeking to contract a consultant with expertise in legal analysis and anti-fraud policy formulation. The selected consultant will be responsible for developing comprehensive Risk/anti-fraud policy tailored towards safeguarding public interest and enhance accountability.
Qualifications
- Must have knowledge in public interest litigation, Human Rights Law, Public financial risks assessment.
- Proven understanding of anti-fraud policy and legal analysis.
- Strong understanding of Ghana’s legal and regulatory environment.
- Excellent analytical skills and writing and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Ability to deliver results within short reasonable time
DURATION
This consultancy should be delivered within a period of 4 weeks from the date of signing the agreement. The successful applicant should;
- Be ready to sign contracts by 8/11/2024
- Deliver framework of the study by 13/11/24
- Submit draft report for review on the 6/12/2024
Application Process
Interested candidates should submit the following:
A cover letter explaining your suitability and interest for the job, relevant skills, background, accomplishments and approach to the project. This should indicate estimated cost.
Please send your application titled “Risk/Anti-Fraud Policy” to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday, 8th Novembery, 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM
Agricultural value chains and extractive industries are key to many of Ghana’s economic, social and environmental challenges: notable among these are human rights violations and conflicts, perpetuation of inequalities and environmental degradation. In some instances, entire or significant parts of communities have been displaced to make way for new extractive industries and the development of export-led agricultural commodity value chains are adversely affected.
The ceding of farmland to to activities of illegal mining has impoverished communities and impacted food production. Labour rights are being weakened in the large-scale mining sector due to outsourcing of employment, weak laws and limited enforcement of international standards.
The PVP FAIR4ALL programme has four main focus areas:
- Strengthen local civil society to collect evidence of rights abuses in cocoa, petroleum and minerals (gold) value chains, support communities in seeking redress and hold public and private-sector actors to account.
- Strengthen civil society to advocate towards mining companies, agribusinesses and their suppliers and traders, primarily through multi-stakeholder engagement and new business models, to advance women’s economic empowerment, prevent rights abuses and ensure a living income, specifically in cocoa and artisanal gold mining.
- Promote fiscal and trade regimes that enable better domestic capture of value in value chains. Ensure value is redistributed to support local value chains that are owned and led by domestic enterprises.
- Support civil society to influence budgetary processes, leading to a fairer and more equal Distribution of gains from cocoa, petroleum and minerals (gold).
