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Junior Professional Programme Assistant Lawyer - France Registry of the European Court of Human Rights Reference :e12/2023 Publication :24/05/2023 Location: Strasbourg Deadline: 14/06/2023 Are you a young law graduate who wants to gain experience in an international Organisation working for human rights, democracy and the rule of law? Do you want to help the European Court of Human Rights to ensure respect for the human European Convention on Human Rights? If so, our Junior Professional Programme may be the good opportunity for you. Who we are With over 2200 staff representing all its 46 member States, the Organisation. We all strive towards protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law and our three core values - professionalism, integrity and respect : guide the way we work. The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the member States. Individuals can bring complaints of human rights violations to the Strasbourg Court once all possibilities of appeal have been exhausted in the member State concerned. See the Court’s website for information about its activities The See here for more information about the Your role As an Assistant Lawyer, you will assist more senior members of staff in the preparation of correspondence with applicants and draft decisions in standard form cases. You will: manner; draft decisions, minutes, reports, notes and other documents; **Our work is carried by our values assist one or more experienced case-lawyers, where necessary, in the preparation of cases for examination by the Court. The Junior Professional Programme opens the them an opportunity to gain experience working with this pan-European institution. At the Court, you will benefit from regular working contact with experienced case lawyers, senior managers and the judges themselves. While dealing with individual benefit from the Registry’s in-house training programme and deepen your knowledge of the functioning of the European Court of Human Rights and the Convention case-law. The length of employment of Junior Professionals is limited to a maximum of four years under this scheme. What we are looking for You must: have completed 4 years of validated studies in France, in particular in the fields of French private law (especially civil and criminal law) and/or public law, attested by a higher education degree in law obtained in France of a standard permitting access, either on the basis of qualifications or after passing a competitive examination, to the judicial administration or legal professions in France; after having obtained the relevant higher education degree in law, have a maximum of two years of relevant professional experience acquired in the legal field (preferably in the judicial service) in France or in international Organisations; have an excellent knowledge of French (mother tongue level) and the ability to draft legal texts therein clearly and precisely; have a good knowledge of the other official language of the be a citizen of one of the member States of the service of that State; have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable); not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Demonstrate to us that you have the following competencies: Professional and technical expertise: thorough knowledge of the French legal system (including proceedings before the judicial and administrative courts) and ability to handle cases arising in other jurisdictions;Drafting skills Please refer to the Concern for quality Competency Framework of the Planning and work organisation ( - 1,6Mo) Analysis and problem solving Learning and development Teamwork and co-operation Adaptability These would be an asset: Results orientation Communication Decision making Initiative What we offer If successful, you may be offered employment based on renewable fixed-term contracts for a maximum cumulated duration of four years at grade B3. You will receive a basic monthly gross salary of € 3 892 which is exempt from national income tax. This salary may be supplemented by other allowances depending on your personal situation and you will be affiliated to a (including flexible working hours, training and development, possibility of teleworking, etc.). This competition is carried out in accordance with Article 4100 of the Staff Rule on Entry into service. Staff recruited under this article are not eligible for any subsequent internal competition or secondment, nor shall they be re-appointed under a Junior recruitment competitions carried out in accordance with Article 490 of the Staff Rules. You can consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances, pension scheme, social insurance, etc.) on our recruitment website. Any changes to these If your profile matches our needs and you a