Regulatory Framework Expert and Legal Advisor

Law, Legal
December 23, 2024
Contract
Application ends: January 22, 2025
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Job Description

Employment type: Consultancy
Duty station: St. George’s, Grenada
Reports to: Project Manager

Scope of work:
Main duties:

  • Develop regulatory proposal on electric vehicle import specification, licensing and periodic technical inspection requirements;
  • Develop regulatory proposal on technical approval and installation, incl. standards and technical specifications, of public and private charging stations;
  • Develop proposal for regulating fuel quality through a just transition
  • Provide technical assistance to support government approval process, including stakeholder consultations on regulatory reforms;
  • Develop proposal for updating legislation on electric vehicle incentives;
  • Provide Technical assistance to support the approval process of the proposal for updating legislation on electric vehicle incentives;
  • Develop proposal to update the National Solid Waste Management Strategy for regulating electric vehicle end-of-life and EV battery reuse ;
  • Provide Technical assistance to support government approval process of policy and regulations for ELV management;
  • Provide necessary legal information as and when required for project management decisions; and
  • Provide any other legal information necessary to execute the legal framework.

Deliverables under his/her direct responsibility
Deliverables for which he/she will provide support:

Final strategy submitted for adoption by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development,
1.2.7 – Transport and Implementation

Technical assistance to support government adoption processes, including as needed
1.2.8 – stakeholder consultation and meetings

Data sharing agreements for furnishing the system finalized between key data
1.3.3 – suppliers and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development,
1.3.3 – Transport and Implementation

Protocols for post-project management of the system and data collection and analysis
submitted for
1.3.5 – adoption by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Transport and Implementation.

Memorandum of understanding with the Grenada National Training Agency for
executing the
1.4.2 – capacity-building mechanism elaborated in 1.4.1

Service contract for GRENLEC installation, operation (including favourable tariff for
2.2.2 – electricity charging rates), maintenance and data sharing related to the solar PV plant and the charging stations

Report on regional and international good practices developed with the support of the Global Program and its regional investment hub, with a focus on SIDS, for regulating the importation of conventional and
3.1.1 – electric vehicles and regulating charging infrastructure, and recommendations for Grenada

One (1) consultation workshop on a proposal for regulating the importation of
3.1.2 – conventional and electric vehicles, and regulating charging infrastructure, including workshop report

Proposal for regulating the importation of vehicles presented for adoption by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Transport and Implementation, on:
– Internal combustion engine vehicles, including on vehicle energy efficiency and emissions;
3.1.3 – Electric vehicles, including licensing and technical inspection requirements.

Proposal for regulating electric vehicle charging infrastructure presented for adoption
3.1.4 – by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Physical Development, Public Utilities and Energy

Report on regional and international good practices, with a focus on SIDS, for
3.1.5 – regulating fuel quality while ensuring a just transition, and recommendations for Grenada One (1) consultation workshop on a proposal for regulating fuel quality through a just
3.1.6 – transition, including workshop report

Proposal for regulating fuel quality through a just transition presented for adoption by
3.1.7 – the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Physical Development, Public Utilities and Energy Technical assistance to support government adoption processes, including as needed
3.1.8 – stakeholder consultation and meetings

Report on regional and international good practices developed with the support of the
Global Program and
3.2.1 – its regional investment hub, with a focus on SIDS, for fiscal incentives and import tax structures for electric vehicles, including recommendations for Grenada

One (1) multi-stakeholder consultation workshop for developing a structured and
3.2.2. – time-adjusted tax proposal for accelerating the introduction of new and used electric vehicles, taking into account work on regulating vehicles and fuel quality in output 3.1

A structured and time-adjusted import tax proposal for electric vehicles presented for
3.2.3. – adoption by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Physical Development, Public Utilities and Energy

Technical assistance to support the Ministry adoption process, including as needed
3.2.4 – stakeholder consultation and meetings

Proposal to update the National Solid Waste Management Strategy for regulating electric vehicle end-of-life and EV battery reuse submitted for adoption by the Ministry
4.1.3 – of Climate Resilience, The Environment, Forestry, Fisheries & Disaster Management

Proposal to amend the Waste Management Act for regulating electric vehicle end-of-life and EV battery reuse submitted for adoption by the Ministry of Climate
4.1.4 – Resilience, The Environment, Forestry, Fisheries & Disaster Management

Technical assistance to support government adoption process, including where
4.1.5 – needed stakeholder consultation and validation workshops

Minimum requirements
A university degree [MSc or PhD] in a subject related to law, regulatory development, contracts and public policy.
– At least 5 years of experience in preparing public regulations, contracts and policies.
– At least 5 years of experience working with ministries, national or provincial institutions on regulatory and contractual issues.
Language: English

Only suitable candidates will be contacted. Reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.

Minimum requirements
A university degree [MSc or PhD] in a subject related to law, regulatory development, contracts and public policy.
– At least 5 years of experience in preparing public regulations, contracts and policies.
– At least 5 years of experience working with ministries, national or provincial institutions on regulatory and contractual issues.
Language: English

Reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications must include CV and a Cover letter, in PDF format only.