Përshkrimi

Assistant Lawyer - Albanian law

 Ref: 960/2025

Deadline to apply: 17-Mar-2025

Duty station: Strasbourg, France

Grade: B3

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:

• examine and deal with applications in prima facie inadmissible cases and in cases which can be dealt with in a standard manner;
• draft decisions, minutes, reports, notes and other documents;
• attend the Court’s sessions and present applications;
• assist one or more experienced case-lawyers, where necessary, in the preparation of Chamber cases for examination by the Court.

Kualifikimet

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 obtained in Albania permitting access, either on the basis of qualifications or after passing a competitive examination, to the judicial administration or legal professions in Albania;
• after having obtained the relevant higher education degree in law, have less than two years of relevant professional experience acquired in the legal field (preferably in the judicial service) in Albania or in international Organisations;
• have a very good knowledge of one of the two official languages of the Council of Europe (English, French) and the ability to draft legal texts therein clearly and precisely; excellent knowledge of Albanian (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;
• be under the age of 35 years.

Your application must also demonstrate to what extent you have the competencies listed below. To help you doing so, feel free to consult our competency framework.

Key competencies

• Operational - Planning and work organisation
• Operational - Drafting skills
• Operational - Concern for quality
• Operational - Learning and development
• Interpersonal - Teamwork and co-operation
• Professional and technical expertise:
  • thorough knowledge of the Albanian legal system and ability to handle cases arising in other jurisdiction;
  • knowledge of constitutional law and of international law.

 Desirable competencies

• Operational - Analysis and problem solving
• Interpersonal - Communication
• Interpersonal - Adaptability

Shënime

For more information on how to apply, please click the “Apply” button to be redirected to the Council of Europe website.