Internship in the ILO Administrative Tribunal

The ILO Administrative Tribunal has the role of hearing complaints from serving and former officials of the ILO and of over 50 other international organizations that have recognized its jurisdiction.

The Tribunal is serviced by a Registry, comprising a Registrar and a team of around a dozen legal officers and support staff. The Registry’s secretariat receives the documents submitted in the course of the proceedings and replies to requests for information. While the Tribunal is administratively attached to the ILO and the staff of the Registry is appointed by the Director-General of the ILO, the Registrar operates under the independent supervision of the judges of the Tribunal.

As an intern in the ILO Administrative Tribunal, you will be asked to analyse the Tribunal’s case law conduct research and compile legal materials on international administrative law for use in the preparation of legal opinions to assist the legal team. You will also be asked to assist the Registrar or the members of the Registry as required by the Registrar. You will gain further knowledge of international administrative law and of the Tribunal’s case law.

An intern should expect to devote 10% to 20% of her or his time to administrative tasks.

Education:

• Applicants should currently be enrolled in the final year of a postgraduate law degree programme, or in a relevant higher degree programme, or have completed such programme in the year preceding the internship application; studies of international administrative public law, labour law or comparative law is required.
• The candidate should be enrolled in their final year of graduate degree programme or should have completed such a programme no longer than 1 years ago.

Experience:

• Applicants are not required to have professional work experience but they should:
• be adaptable to an international, multicultural and multilingual environment;
• have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural and legal background, and be able to work in a team;
• have good research and analytical skills;
• be computer literate in standard software applications.
• Knowledge of international civil service law is an advantage.

Languages:

• English and French are the working languages of the Tribunal. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of French is an advantage.

Source:  https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Geneva-Internship-in-the-ILO-Administrative-Tribunal-1200/1061291901/