Assistant Lawyer

**General Information**:

- **Vacancy number**- 1060/2025-
- **Recruitment type**- External recruitment (international)-
- **Type of contract**- Fixed-term appointment (Junior professional)-
- **Posted date**- 10-Nov-2025-
- **Deadline to apply**- 01-Dec-2025-
- **Duty station**- Strasbourg-
- **Grade**- B3-
- **Entity**- Registry of the European Court of Human Rights
- **Description & Requirements**:

- **Your Team**-
- The **European Court of Human Rights** is the judicial body which oversees the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the member states of the Council of Europe. 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.
- The Court is divided into five sections, the composition of which is fixed for three years. Each of these sections comprises different units organised per country. You will be assigned to one of these units, which is made up of both experienced lawyers and assistant lawyers whose number varies mainly according to the number and type of cases linked to the country. Each unit also has dedicated administrative support. On arrival, you will receive comprehensive training and will be fully integrated into your unit.-
- **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:

- draft decisions, minutes, reports, notes and other documents;- **Requirements to apply**-
- You must:

- hold a higher education degree or qualification equivalent to a Master’s degree (**2nd cycle of the Bologna process framework of qualifications for the European Higher Education Area**) in law of a standard permitting access, either on the basis of qualifications or after passing a competitive examination, to the legal professions in Ukraine**;**the Bachelors’ degree in law must have been obtained in an Ukrainian education institution**;**
- 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 in Ukraine, or in international Organisations on tasks related to Ukrainian law;
- have a very good knowledge of one of the two official languages of the Council of Europe (English or French) and the ability to draft legal texts therein clearly and precisely; have an excellent knowledge of Ukrainian**(first language level);
- be a citizen of one of the member states of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil 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 Council of Europe;-
- **Key competencies**-
- Operational - Planning and work organisation
- Operational - Drafting skills
- Operational - Concern for quality
- Operational - Learning and development
- Interpersonal - Teamwork and co-operationProfessional and technical expertise:

- good knowledge of the Ukrainian law, including constitutional law, and of the Ukrainian judicial system; ability to handle cases arising in other jurisdictions;
- knowledge of international law.
**Desirable competencies**-
- Operational - Analysis and problem solving
- Interpersonal - Communication
- Interpersonal - Adaptability- **What we offer**- This job vacancy is published within the framework of the Junior Professionals Programme (limited to 4 years). You can consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances, pension scheme, social insurance, etc.) on the webpage **What we offer**.-
- **Applications and selection procedure***Important information