BZ06LE - Legal Advisor (Regulations Consultant)
To assist an organisation which promotes the advancement of engineering professions in Belize through the provision of professional engineering services of the highest technical and ethical standards, for the benefit, protection and development of the Belizean Society.
Belize City
3 Months - Immediately
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The Project:
Purpose of Placement
• To address the differential interpretation of the Professional Engineers (Registration) Act (PERA) and to give credence to a number of procedures which are being used since the inception of the Association.
• To clarify some specific areas of interest in the ACT and to prepare the necessary documentation for the making of regulations that will be presented to the Minister of Works for approval.
• Homogenize Constitution, ACT with Bylaws and Regulations.
Background
Organisation mission:
To promote in an increasingly globalized and changing world, the advancement of engineering professions, and to ensure the provision of professional engineering services of the highest technical and ethical standards, for the benefit, protection and development of the Belizean Society.
The aims of the organisation are:
to promote and encourage the general advancement of the professions of Professional Engineers and Allied Professions (hereinafter called “the professions”);
to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas among the members of the Association;
to provide a means of evaluating the development of professional skills among members of the professions and to provide professional status to those members of the professions who have exemplified themselves as worthy of such status in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by this Constitution and its By laws;
to regulate the conduct of members of the Association such as to encourage the application of the highest standards of excellence in the performance of services and in the ethics of the professions;
to implement standards in the practice of the professions and instill a conscious recognition of the professions’ obligation to society;
To seek, for the protection and benefit of society, legislation for mandatory registration of engineers to practice in Belize.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist the organisation in drawing up processes and procedures for their operations;
- Determine areas which are most in need of regulation (some information has already been provided);
- Give written clarification on areas of the act which can be referred to by the members and incorporate these into the processes and procedures documents;
- Create written procedures based on current practice to be followed by members of the association;
- Prepare regulations to be presented to the Minister of Works for approval.
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You:
Skills and Experience Required
The ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Self motivated with the ability to work independently
- Able to chair meetings
- Willingness to Travel on public transportation.
- Professional, flexible, resourceful, adaptable, creative and culturally sensitive.
Please send your CV and Covering letter to: apply@challengesworldwide.com
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Please quote Placement reference: BZ06LE
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