JOB DESCRIPTION

23881 | OTP

Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted by the Court.

Please note that the purpose of this vacancy announcement is to provide hiring managers with a list of suitable candidates from which they may make a selection throughout the year. To this end, candidates are required to specify their availability in the relevant field when applying.

Required Documents for This Application

Please note that you will need to have the following information ready in order to complete your application:

• A completed “Duties and Responsibilities Form” (refer to step 1 on your eRecruitment Profile page).
• Motivation letter (maximum of 400 words).
• Two reference letters (one academic).
• Scanned copies of university degrees and/or diplomas.
• Scanned copies of official academic transcripts that state your courses, results and completion date.
• One short essay on a subject relevant to the work of the Court (maximum of 750 words, single spaced, type written).

Contract Duration

Interns are required to work full time for a period between three and six months (to be agreed to prior to commencement).

Organisational Context

Legal Interns will be assigned to work with either a Unified Team, The Appeals and Legal Coordination Section (“APLCS”),  or the Gender and Children Unit (“GCU”).

A Unified Team is a multidisciplinary unit, comprising investigators, analysts, lawyers, an international cooperation adviser, an information management assistant, a case manager, trial support assistants, and other specialists as required. The Unified Team operates under the direct supervision of its respective  Deputy Prosecutor, and the Prosecutor”s leadership.

Each Unified Team is working on a specific case or situation and is responsible for conducting high quality, effective and efficient investigations leading to successful prosecutions.

The APLCS and the GCU have a more overarching role; both support the Unified Teams and the Office of the Prosecutor more generally. The APLCS provides legal and strategic support as well as litigates before the Appeals Chamber. Whereas the GCU provides legal, investigative and strategic advice during all phases, specifically on sexual and gender-based crimes and crimes against or affecting children.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct legal research
• Review and summarise various documents
• Assist in the drafting of filings
• Participate in evidence analysis and review of documents for disclosure
• Contribute to discussions at teams’ meetings

Required Qualifications

Education:

All Candidates must have a degree or be in the final stages of their studies at a recognised university. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.

Experience:

Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers, therefore, practical experience is not an essential prerequisite for selection. However, practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court may be considered an asset. Applicants must have less than three years of relevant full-time professional experience to be considered for an internship.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Confidentiality – Ability to keep strict confidentiality about the relevant information and procedures.
• Accuracy – Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when processing information.
• Able to adapt to multicultural and multilingual working environments.
• Possesses strong teamwork skills (listens, consults and communicates proactively).
• Has acquired a good standard of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications, and databases).

Knowledge of Languages:

Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English, is required. Working knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Remuneration

Please note that internship and visiting professional placements at the ICC are unfunded. The ICC is not able to provide participants in the Internship and Visiting Professional Programme with any remuneration, nor is it possible to provide reimbursement for expenses incurred prior, during or after the internship or visiting professional placement.

Applicants should therefore be able to support themselves for the duration of their internship or placement.