Job title: Administrative Assistant-Law Clinics
Department: College of Law
Contract Type: Part Time-1 year contract
Grade: Grade 6
Salary: £19.59- per hour Location: Bloomsbury, London
Hours: 2 hours per week for 30 weeks per year on a one year contract
SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East. SOAS University of London is positioned to play a leading role in reimagining higher education globally, with a new strategic plan in place as the basis for the renewal and revitalisation of the School which commits SOAS to both student responsiveness and research intensity. SOAS is moving towards a new model of international partnerships which is responsive to the transnational character of our global challenges.
About the Role
This post is designed to assist the academic leads of an exciting new legal clinic programme at SOAS. The clinic gives students the opportunity to work with legal supervision to provide advice to people in immigration detention.
The holder of this post must be a current SOAS law student.
The role involves
1. Written and verbal communication with clinic coordinator, student participants, supervising lawyers and other stakeholders
2. Organising clinic files and helping maintain confidentiality of sensitive documents
3. Assisting in organising operational matters of the clinic (e.g,. event co-ordination, room booking, transportation)
4. Other general administrative tasks associated with the work of the clinic, including dealing with data management systems, for example CLIO software
As the role runs over 30 weeks per year for 1 year but entails a 4 to 5 hours number of hours per week, the role would be ideal for a current third year undergraduate, SOAS postgraduate taught or postgraduate research student in search for a meaningful but relatively light weekly commitment.
Skills and experience
Candidates will have
5. Proficiency using the Microsoft Office suite of programmes
6. Good verbal and written communication skills
7. Good organisational skills
8. Good interpersonal skills
About the Department
The College of law is the only one of its kind in the UK – dedicated to legal systems and legal challenges of the developing world, with complementary strengths in human rights, international law and institutions, environmental law and international trade and commerce.
We have unrivalled expertise and produce world-leading research in comparative law (China, Africa, South/South-East Asia, the Middle East), complemented by specialists in international and transnational law, human rights, transnational commercial law, environmental law and socio-legal method.