The objective of the Legal Research Technical Officer position is to support the Legal Research Coordinator in the execution of legal research projects and to monitor and analyse legal developments, trends, laws and relevant court decisions, in response to the needs of the ICLA programme. 

Specific responsibilities  

• Monitoring, tracking and keeping abreast of the following topics (50%)
• Monitoring of legal, political, social and economic environment and identifying key legal and other protection issues and trends as relevant to legal aid in Palestine.
• Reviewing local and international media outlets relevant to our focus areas and tracking of other organizations’ related work and news.
• Keeping abreast of developments in housing, land and property rights, freedom of movement, residency, economic and social rights and relevant legal areas.

Research activities including (50%):

• Supporting the research and analysis of the relevant laws and trends that are taking place related to ICLA work.

• Contributing to writing research, legal alerts, legal updates, factsheets, case summaries, bulletins, information materials, etc. targeting diverse audiences.  

• Contributing to the IHL and International law analysis for the documents produced by ICLA. 

• Managing the administrative part of the external consultancies including, drafting of ToRs, following up on procurement, preparing completion of service etc., and ensuring all research meets NRC requirements.

• Maintaining up-to-date records of all research conducted by ICLA.

• Any other tasks as may from time to time be assigned by the Legal Research Coordinator.

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