Application Form: Litigation Associate (CARA)

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Criteria 1 *

Describe your experience in strategic litigation. Provide one example of a case in which you were involved, explaining your role, the legal and strategic issues at stake, and the broader impact of the litigation.

Criteria 2 *

What do you understand by anti-rights actors and the strategies they use to undermine the rights of women and sexual minorities? Drawing on your experience or knowledge, identify one area in which strategic litigation could be used to respond to such actors.

Criteria 3 *

Describe a legal research or analysis task you have undertaken in relation to human rights, constitutional law, gender justice or a related area. How did you approach the research, assess the relevant law and authorities, and translate your findings into a legal or strategic position?

Criteria 4 *

Describe your experience working with African regional human rights mechanisms and/or domestic courts on human rights matters. If you have not had direct experience, identify a legal development or decision within the African human rights system that you consider significant and explain why.

Criteria 5 *

Describe a system, process or approach you have used to coordinate a legal matter or project involving multiple people, deadlines and deliverables. How did you track progress, ensure accountability and follow up on outstanding actions. How did you respond when a matter fell behind schedule?

Criteria 6 *

What would you say would be your foremost contribution to ISLA in this role?

Criteria 6- Managing concurrent projects and priorities in a fast-moving environment, with minimal supervision *

Outline your experience of managing projects or workstreams from end to end while carrying several competing priorities at once. Describe the systems you use to plan, track and report on your work, how you decide what to prioritise when circumstances change quickly, and give an example of a time you had to respond to a sudden opportunity or crisis without compromising your existing commitments. Indicate the degree of supervision under which you were working.

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Conflict of Interest

ISLA asks that all candidates, existing staff and volunteers declare and disclose any activity or association or other factor which may generate real or perceived conflicts of interest or duties which would otherwise affect their ability to perform the functions, role or responsibilities which they hold or for which they hold or for which they are a candidate. In regards to candidates or new appointments, ISLA expects to discuss such matters at the interview stage of the recruitment process. Have you engaged in any activity or had any association, or are there any factors that may generate a real or perceived conflict with ISLA’s work or raise a security concern or otherwise negatively affect your ability to perform the functions of this post?

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Criminal Convictions

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About Us

Founded in 2014, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) is a Pan-African and feminist initiative with a timely remit: to strengthen strategic human rights litigation across the African continent. Essentially, we aim to change the way that strategic litigation is used so as to enable broader access to justice and to support those who seek to hold states accountable for violations of women’s human rights and sexual rights.

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+27 11 338 9028

Fax: +27 11 338 9029

Address: 87 de Korte Street,
South Point Corner, 7th Floor Braamfontein, 2017 Gauteng, South Africa

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Application Form: Litigation Associate (CARA)

Personal Details

Equality and Diversity Monitoring

Suitability For This Position

DISABILITY

Referees

Referee 1

Referee 2

Referee 3

Conflict of Interest

Criminal Convictions

Verification of Information

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