Intern, Legal Unit
Organization profile
Every year, millions of people around the world go missing as a result of conflict, human rights abuses, disasters, organized crime, irregular migration, and other causes.
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is an international organization with its Headquarters situated in The Hague, the Netherlands. ICMP's mandate is to secure the cooperation of governments and others in locating missing persons. ICMP works globally, with field programs across the world.
Internship Setting
The Legal Unit is situated at ICMP's Headquarters and is led by the Head of Legal Unit and Principal Legal Advisor. Dealing with a wide variety of legal aspects of ICMP's work, the Legal Unit prepares legal instruments defining ICMP's status, cooperation, and operational arrangements with States, international, and other organizations, and any other institutional partners in line with ICMP's legal status and policy framework. The Legal Unit also drafts proposals, reports, publications, strategy papers, official submissions, and other documents to strengthen and further implement ICMP's mandate, functions, and legal status globally. Further, the Legal Unit is responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, including procurement contracts. The selected intern will assist the Legal Unit in fulfilling these responsibilities.
Main duties and responsibilities
The Intern will assist the Head of Legal Unit and Principal Legal Advisor in the following duties and responsibilities:
* Review and draft legal documents;
* Conduct in-depth legal research and analysis on relevant questions of law and policy, and draft written reports on the same;
* Prepare concept notes identifying areas where ICMP can assist governments and others in finding missing persons;
* Attend and prepare minutes of meetings; and
* Assist the Legal Unit with other tasks depending on the Unit's needs.
* Other related duties, as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Candidates for this internship must:
* Be enrolled in or have recently completed a university degree program in law with specialization in contract law, administrative law, public international law, or another related field;
* Possess strong legal research, analysis, and drafting skills;
* Be capable of carrying out tasks with attention to detail;
* Have excellent organizational and communication skills;
* Be proficient in English, both oral and written;
* Have experience working with Microsoft applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
* Be capable of working independently, with a strong sense of initiative and responsibility while also being able to work as part of a team; and
* Be able to adapt to a multicultural and multilingual working environment, and interact positively with colleagues regardless of culture, nationality, or gender.
* Proven ability to interact positively with colleagues regardless of culture, nationality or gender.
* Commitment to the underlying objective of helping the authorities and families of the missing to account for missing persons in an impartial and transparent manner.
Prior experience working in a legal office or department, at the national or international level, would be considered an asset.
For complete job description and to apply, visit:
https://icmp.bamboohr.com/careers/332
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply through the ICMP BambooHR careers portal: https://icmp.bamboohr.com/careers