Junior National Lawyers

Global Rights Compliance (GRC) is an international legal foundation focused on bringing perpetrators to justice for atrocity crimes. We have a presence in the Hague, London, Washington, and Ukraine.

GRC works in Ukraine in support of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) through several GRC Mobile Justice Teams (MJTs), a component of the UK, EU, and US’ Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group, that assist the OPG by providing crime scene evidence collection and analysis and real-time advice on investigations and case building. Our headquarters for this project are in Kyiv, Ukraine. GRC’s MJTs operate throughout Ukraine in areas of interest to the OPG.

Prosecution and Investigation Track: GRC possesses unrivaled expertise and granular knowledge of the OPG and its ongoing investigations and prosecutions. GRC is the only international organization consisting of ICL lawyers that have been consistently in Ukraine since 2015 working with the PGO and CSOs to document international crimes. We have a team currently in Ukraine; with language proficiency, an intimate knowledge of the operating environment; and trusted relationships with all the critical justice actors, governmental bodies, CSOs, and relevant stakeholders. The blend of our technical expertise in Ukraine and subject matter expertise is unique

OBJECTIVES

The consultancy will commence as soon as possible after 1st February 2023, and run for one year with a possible extension. GRC is looking for junior lawyers with ICL/ IHL experience in a practical application or experience in national criminal law and good knowledge of ICL/ IHL and a good understanding of war crimes.

We are recruiting 5 full-time legal advisers to assist in building the capacity of Ukrainian legal professionals, mainly investigators and prosecutors, to investigate and prosecute war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The post will be based in Ukraine.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Legal and factual research
• Collection of information for investigative purposes
• Assistance in drafting project deliverables
• Facilitation during the meetings and other interactions with the relevant stakeholders, including interpretation as needed
• Facilitation during crime scenes visits, if required
• Other assistance to senior lawyers and senior investigator

ATTRIBUTES

Mandatory

• 2 or more years of relevant legal experience
• Practical experience working with Ukrainian justice actors
• ICL / IHL experience (in a practical application – solely academic study/work will be ineligible)
• Flexible and creative; able to work in an unstructured, changeable & fast-moving environment, proactive, anticipating problems, and solutions orientated.
• Not requiring detailed guidance to get started; can be given a ‘desired outcome’ and figure out the action areas required to reach it
• Practical thinker, able to break down and pursue the elements required to operationalize a strategy
• Administratively competent; able to manage to compete for urgent demands.
• Fluency in English and Ukrainian
• Practical experience in working with highly sensitive material and an ability to demonstrate the requisite skill in storing, sharing, and working with such material.

Desirable

• Experience working in a post-Soviet country/system
• Fluency or competency in Russian
• Experience in investigations, (including supervision of investigations), or prosecutions