National Legislative Drafter for Rehabilitation

The consultant will support the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in preparing and reviewing rehabilitation-related legislation and normative legal acts, ensuring alignment with WHO priorities and national rehabilitation road map. The role involves close collaboration with Ministry counterparts and stakeholders to advance rehabilitation legislative priorities.

Responsibilities

• Attend briefings with the MoH, the WHO Rehabilitation and Disability Unit Lead, and relevant legal/legislative counterparts to review priority legislative gaps and familiarize self with the objectives of the role.
• Prepare an initial mapping of rehabilitation-related legislation and normative legal acts, identifying priority gaps.
• Prepare at least one draft piece of legislation or normative legal act on rehabilitation, meeting legislative drafting standards.
• Complete review of at least one legal text prepared by the MoH, providing documented legal and technical comments.
• Document engagement with the National Rehabilitation in Healthcare Forum and relevant stakeholders informing MoH's policy and legislative work.
• Prepare a final summary/handover document of legislative work completed, legal texts reviewed, and stakeholder dialogue conducted, with recommendations for continuation.

Requirements

• A first-level university degree in law, with specialization or demonstrated experience in legislative drafting.
• Additional training or experience in health law or disability rights law is desirable.
• Minimum two years of experience in legislative drafting or legal review, ideally within a government ministry or comparable institution.
• Experience ensuring legal texts comply with legislative drafting standards and consistency with existing legislation.
• Experience in rehabilitation-related or broader health-sector legislation specifically is desirable.
• Experience engaging with rehabilitation stakeholders, including the National Rehabilitation in Healthcare Forum, in a policy or legislative context is desirable.
• Excellent legal drafting and legal analysis skills, with strong attention to accuracy and consistency.
• Ability to review and provide substantive comments on legal texts prepared by others.
• Ability to engage effectively with rehabilitation stakeholders in a policy dialogue context.
• Ability to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary settings with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective use of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint.
• Written and spoken fluency in English and Ukrainian is essential.

Skills

• Legislative Drafting
• Legal Review
• Health Law
• Disability Rights
• Rehabilitation Legislation
• Legal Analysis
• Legal Text Compliance
• Policy Engagement
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• MS Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft OneDrive
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• Microsoft SharePoint

Languages

Ukrainian, English