Lead Legal And Policy Consultant

Flone Initiative seeks a qualified consultant to provide technical, legal, and policy support to Flone Initiative and the steering committee comprising the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry (MITI), the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), and other stakeholders. The consultant will facilitate policy and regulatory alignment, strengthen institutional coordination, build stakeholder consensus, and develop an implementation guideline for helmet compliance. The goal is to support Kenya's accession to the UN 1958 Agreement and harmonize national motorcycle helmet standards with UNECE R22.06.

• Prepare high-quality inception, assessment, consultation, policy, and progress reports.
• Produce legal and technical briefs, stakeholder consultation reports, policy dialogue reports, accession documentation, and the final National Implementation Guideline.
• Present findings and recommendations during technical meetings, validation workshops, Steering Committee meetings, and policy forums.
• Provide periodic progress updates to Flone Initiative and the Steering Committee, highlighting achievements, emerging risks, and recommended corrective actions.
• Deliver detailed inception report, legal and institutional gap assessment report, Kenya UN 1958 Agreement Accession Roadmap, draft accession documentation, stakeholder consultation and validation reports, draft national motorcycle helmet monitoring and compliance guideline, final validated implementation guideline, policy brief on accession pathway, motorcycle helmet market/situational assessment report, recommendations on standards harmonization, detailed stakeholder engagement reports, and final consultancy report.

• An advanced university degree (Master's or higher) in Law, Public Policy, Engineering, International Trade, Regulatory Affairs, Standards and Conformity Assessment, Transport Policy, International Relations, or another relevant discipline.
• A minimum of 10 years' demonstrated professional experience in legal and regulatory reform, international standards, technical regulations, conformity assessment systems, public policy, or institutional strengthening.
• Demonstrated experience supporting governments in the accession, ratification, or implementation of international treaties, agreements, or regulatory frameworks, preferably within the UNECE or United Nations system.
• Proven technical knowledge of the UNECE 1958 Agreement, UNECE vehicle regulations particularly UN Regulation No. 22.06, conformity assessment systems, type approval, market surveillance, and standards harmonization.
• Demonstrated experience in the development or review of national legislation, regulations, policies, implementation guidelines, standard operating procedures, or regulatory frameworks.
• Sound understanding of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement, mutual recognition, and equivalence principles relating to technical regulations and standards.
• Demonstrated experience conducting legal, institutional, regulatory, and market assessments, and translating findings into practical policy and regulatory recommendations.
• Proven experience facilitating high-level multi-stakeholder consultations, policy dialogues, technical working groups, and consensus-building processes involving government ministries, standards bodies, private sector actors, development partners, and civil society.
• Experience working with government institutions such as ministries, standards bodies, customs authorities, transport regulators, and development partners, preferably in Africa or other low- and middle-income countries.
• Excellent analytical, legal drafting, policy development, and communication skills.