Legal Assistant

• VA No.: UNDP/LBN/VA26/129
• Position Title: Legal Assistant
• Duty Station: Beirut
• Duration: 3 months (Total of 17 working days)
• Vacancy Date of Issue: 03 August 2026
• Vacancy Closure Date: 10 August 2026
• National or International consultancy: National consultancy

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Background

Lebanon stands at a pivotal juncture in its governance and reform trajectory. Despite years of overlapping crises, the country has made landmark progress in building an integrity and anti-corruption framework, including the adoption and partial implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2020-2025, the establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and major legislative reforms on access to information, illicit enrichment, whistleblower protection, asset declaration, and public procurement. These milestones have laid the groundwork for the most coherent accountability architecture in Lebanon's recent history.

However, these achievements remain fragile amid deep economic collapse, weakened institutions, and eroded public trust. While the strategic and legal frameworks are largely in place, implementation and enforcement mechanisms remain underdeveloped, and coordination among oversight institutions remains limited. The evaluation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy highlighted the urgent need to consolidate progress by operationalizing national mechanisms, strengthening institutional capacities, and embedding corruption-risk management practices across public institutions.

In this context, the Integrity in ACTion Project (IACT) was established to improve the implementation of an institutionalized and targeted approach to preventing and combating corruption through improved coordination, operationalized oversight, enhanced preventive and enforcement mechanisms, and institutionalized integrity and risk-management practices, thereby advancing transparency, accountability, and public trust. The Project is designed to achieve this objective through the following three outputs:

1. Output 1: Institutional capacities to coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the National Anti-Corruption Strategy strengthened and operationalized through participatory and inclusive mechanisms.
2. Output 2: Legal frameworks and oversight institutions for preventing and combating corruption strengthened and effectively operationalized.
3. Output 3: Sectoral Corruption Risk Management mechanisms and integrity systems strengthened across key public sectors.

The Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR) plays a central role in advancing public-sector reform and supporting national efforts to strengthen transparency, integrity, and accountability across public institutions. OMSAR is leading and coordinating the development of the new National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2026-2030 in close collaboration with relevant national stakeholders and with technical support from UNDP.

UNDP has been providing technical and advisory support to OMSAR to strengthen its institutional and operational capacity to coordinate and follow up on the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2020-2025, support the development of the new strategy, and contribute to broader government reform efforts, including the Reinventing Government 2030 initiative. This support includes providing technical, policy, and legal inputs; supporting research, documentation, monitoring, reporting, civil society engagement, and stakeholder outreach; and contributing to the overall management and follow-up of reform-related activities.

Based on OMSAR's needs and priorities, UNDP is seeking to contract two (2) Legal Assistants to provide legal and technical support across reform-related workstreams. The role is designed to support assignments related to public administration reform, transparency, accountability, integrity, and anti-corruption.

Scope of work, responsibilities and description of the proposed analytical work

Under the general supervision of the UNDP IACT Project Manager, and in close coordination with OMSAR, the Legal Assistant will support legal research and analysis, review relevant laws, regulations, and policy documents, contribute to the preparation of technical and legal inputs, and assist in documenting consultations and discussions with concerned public institutions and partners. The Legal Assistant will be responsible for the following:

Task 1: Legal Research and Analysis

1. Conduct legal research on laws, decrees, regulations, strategies, institutional mandates, and policy documents relevant to public administration reform, anti-corruption, integrity and transparency, and related areas.
2. Review and analyze relevant legal, regulatory, institutional, and policy frameworks.
3. Prepare notes, summaries, analytical briefs, comparative inputs, and background documents to support decision-making and technical discussions.
4. Support the collection, organization, and review of legal, institutional, and policy-related data and information.
5. Compile relevant information from laws, strategies, action plans, reports, institutional responses, stakeholder consultations, and other official sources.

Task 2: Coordination and Follow-Up with Stakeholders

1. Support coordination with public institutions, oversight bodies, national stakeholders, and partners involved in the strategy development process.
2. Assist in scheduling and organizing meetings, consultations, workshops, and technical discussions related to the new strategy.
3. Prepare agendas, draft minutes, document key discussions, and follow up on agreed action points.

Expected outputs and deliverables

The Consultant is expected to complete the tasks and activities described above during the assignment. The total duration shall not exceed three months, with an allocation of 17 working days per month.

Institutional arrangements

1. The Legal Assistant will work under the day-to-day management of the Head of the Anti-Corruption Unit at OMSAR.
2. UNDP will be responsible for providing the Consultant with all necessary project-related materials in a timely, thorough, and transparent manner, and for providing the clarifications and facilitation required for the work.
3. The Consultant shall rely on their own means of transportation and communication and shall cover the associated costs.

Duration of work

The assigned duration for this consultancy is three months, with 17 working days per month.

1. The consultancy is expected to commence immediately after contract signature.
2. The time required to review, comment on, and approve deliverables and outputs is five (5) working days.

Duty station

The Legal Assistant will be based in Beirut at the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR).

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• At least a High School certificate.

Experience

• A minimum of one (1) year of relevant experience in legal, administrative, or operational support, including experience in conducting legal research and analysis, reviewing laws and regulations, supporting the collection and organization of legal and policy-related information, and assisting with stakeholder coordination and follow-up.

Language

• Fluency in Arabic and English.

The Personnel will be covered with Health insurance and Personal accident insurance; the fees shall be deducted from personnel's monthly payment.