New York City Bar Association is hiring a
Consultant

Summary

The job is for a Consultant role in the Women in Prison Project at The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, starting October 2024. The consultant will work remotely and collaborate with the Human Rights Program staff based in New York. The main responsibilities include contributing to the launch and management of the Strategic Litigation Council, providing technical assistance to Network members, conducting litigation before regional and international human rights bodies, and drafting and reviewing case documents.

Requirements

• A law degree and qualification to practice law in at least one major Latin American jurisdiction and/or a US state
• Demonstrated experience in litigating and/or bringing cases and leading strategic litigation before the Inter-American and UN systems
• Experience in coordination and management of litigation cases
• Written and oral fluency in English and Spanish required, with Portuguese a plus
• Excellent research, writing, communication, and computer skills

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the launch and management of the Strategic Litigation Council
• Advising and providing technical assistance to Network members on strategic litigation before international and regional human rights bodies in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Working with the Vance Center, the Network, and other organizations (as applicable) to conduct litigation before regional and international human rights bodies
• Identifying and coordinating opportunities for strategic litigation alongside the Strategic Litigation Council
• Drafting and reviewing case documents
• Managing systems for the periodic review of individual cases, and for reporting to the Network and the Vance Center
• Filing amicus briefs in cases currently pending before human rights bodies
• Participating in hearings before such bodies
• Joining other organizations as petitioners/plaintiffs in pending cases
• Drafting narrative programmatic reports to grant makers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on women’s incarceration, women’s rights or prisoners’ rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, or the Global South generally
• Experience working in the Global South with civil society and government
• Experience working within coalitions and networks

Benefits

The compensation for this consultancy will be $1,500/month