Position: Legal Analyst

Organization: Trayas Foundation

APPLICATION LINK:

https://airtable.com/shryPnr3DqB5WAC2S

DETAILS ARE MENTIONED BELOW

Role requirements:

● Analysts: Bachelor's degree in law from a reputed university with 1-2 years of work experience or commensurate internships

● Senior Analysts: Bachelor's degree in law from a reputed university with 2-4 years of work experience in a think tank, government institution, law firm, or consulting firm

● You must have:

• Some previous experience in regulatory research: analysis and study of laws, rules, government orders, circulars, notifications
• Demonstrated proficiency in high-quality succinct error-free writing in English
• Comfort with collaborative work and cloud technologies

● It will help if:

• some of your past work was in a research role
• you have published academic papers, reports, blogs in your own name (solo or with collaborators).

What you will do everyday:

● Research:

• Analyze law and subordinate legislation: place regulation historically and evaluate it from the perspective of the Indian Constitution, legal precedent, legal principles, legal drafting, and union-state relationships
• Identify different practices: Study regulation and regulation making across states to identify best/typical/worst practice
•  Study and precis case law related to the research area
• Work with secondary data: Identify sources/types and administrative data, literature, government and legal documents
• Draft recommendations: Once you have developed expertise, do what experts do—make recommendations

● Lawyering

• Teach and explain the law to colleagues
• Draft alternative regulations based on research and under the guidance of seniors
• Draft legal documents including contracts, service agreements, and other legal documents required at Trayas

● Writing and producing: Produce error-free, concise research products and analysis for different audiences: papers, presentations, short policy briefs, and opinion pieces

● If you are responsible for a project, yoU

• Plan project deliverables, timelines, research design and execution strategy
• Manage people, particularly interns, money, and service providers
• Oversee execution to ensure timely collection of data collection and analysis
• Ensure delivery within agreed timelines
• Coordinate with donors, project partners, and government clients.

● Stay up to date: Be on top of the current and pertinent policy and research issues by regularly reviewing media articles, blogs and government announcements

● When all is over, disseminate: present research to government stakeholders and partners, participate in and organise dialogues and conferences; write opinion pieces on research undertaken for external publication.

How to apply:

The application form addresses the following in addition to basic professional and biographical details:

● a 500-word cover note explaining why this role and why Trayas

● a 100-word bio about yourself

● a 500-word essay on your favorite non-fiction book

● Uploading a CV (no-longer than 2 pages in PDF)

● Uploading at least 2 publications (hyperlinks to or attachments of solo or co-authored in pdf), and

● Names and contact for 2 references.

APPLICATION LINK:

https://airtable.com/shryPnr3DqB5WAC2S