National Legal Consultant, Child- and Youth-Centred Data Interoperability

UNICEF Montenegro seeks a consultant to assess data interoperability across education, employment, welfare, child protection and health systems. The assignment maps mandates and data flows, builds a Legal Basis Register, assesses GDPR safeguards, identifies regulatory gaps and drafts protocols and governance recommendations.

Department: Education / ADAP

• Analyse laws, regulations and institutional mandates governing administrative data exchange
• Map legal bases, responsibilities and agreements for priority child and youth use cases
• Develop and maintain a Legal Basis Register for proposed data exchanges
• Assess GDPR compliance and safeguards for sensitive child-related data
• Identify gaps requiring laws, by-laws, protocols, agreements or procedural changes
• Provide legal input to data-flow maps, operating procedures and governance arrangements
• Consult government legal teams and support final validation of the interoperability roadmap

• Master's degree in law, public administration, governance, data protection, human rights or another relevant field
• At least five years of professional experience in administrative law, privacy, public-administration reform or legal analysis of digital governance and interoperability
• Legal drafting, policy analysis and institutional-assessment experience
• Experience working with government institutions and inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms
• Advanced English and fluency in Montenegrin, Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian

• The consultant will not access identifiable child-level data
• All deliverables must be produced in English and Montenegrin