Junior Legal Researcher

Job title: Junior Legal Researcher
Place of work: Basel, Switzerland
Employment rate: 40–50% (2 days per week)
Start date: 1 July 2021
Contract duration: 1 July 2021 until 31 December 2021 (with possibility of extension)
Reporting to: Asset Recovery Specialist at ICAR
About the Basel Institute on Governance / International Centre for Asset Recovery
The Basel Institute on Governance is an international and independent not-for-profit
organisation working worldwide with the public and private sector to counter corruption and
other financial crimes and to improve the quality of governance. Registered as a Swiss
foundation with headquarters in Basel, the Institute operates globally and maintains field
operations in Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. The Basel Institute is an
Associated Institute of the University of Basel.

Within the Basel Institute, the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) is a specialist
centre dedicated to supporting affected countries in recovering stolen assets through
capacity building and technical assistance initiatives, including strategic case advice, and by
contributing to the international policy dialogue on standard setting in asset recovery.
Position
The Junior Legal Researcher will predominantly assist ICAR staff through desk-based
research into asset recovery-related issues, including the identification and summation of
legislation, case law and academic papers relevant to ongoing ICAR projects.

The Junior Legal Researcher will work in collaboration with, and fall under the supervision
of, a HQ-based Asset Recovery Specialist at ICAR. S/he will work with and report to other
ICAR staff members on a task-by-task basis as designated by the Asset Recovery
Specialist.
Responsibilities

• Conduct desk-based research into asset recovery-related issues


• Draft asset recovery-related documents based on research findings


• Assist with tasks related to ICAR publications


• Assist with other tasks as may be required by other divisions of the Basel Institute

Basel Institute on Governance
Steinenring 60 | 4051 Basel, Switzerland | +41 61 205 55 11
info@baselgovernance.org | www.baselgovernance.org
Qualifications

• At the minimum a bachelor’s degree in law


• Excellent writing skills


• Strong English speaking and communication skills


• At least one other language: French, Spanish or Portuguese

Offer
We offer an interesting and rewarding working environment with a proactive, dynamic and
international team spirit. The work is both routine and varied, and offers scope for initiative
and innovation.
Application
Please send your full application, with a detailed CV and a motivation letter (submitted as a
single PDF) by 4June 2021 to application@baselgovernance.org.

Only Swiss nationals and candidates with a valid work permit for Switzerland can be
considered for this post.

For further information about this position, please contact Andrew Dornbierer, Asset
Recovery Specialist at ICAR (andrew.dornbierer@baselgovernance.org).

Equal opportunity employer
The Basel Institute is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate on the basis of
race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying
physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by
appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and
business need.
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