Assistant Legal Advisers
- Recruiter
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Location
- Central London
- Salary
- £43,967- £56,339 per annum depending on skills and experience plus £4,520 London Location Allowance
- Posted
- 01 Sep 2015
- Closes
- 18 Sep 2015
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House, Barristers, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Competition/EU, Human Rights, Public Sector/Local Authority
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Legal Directorate advises on legal matters connected with the conduct of the international relations of the United Kingdom. Comprising 50 lawyers working in London and overseas, the directorate also includes the FCO’s Treaty Section and Maritime Policy Unit. Assistant Legal Advisers (ALAs) are allocated to one of the five legal teams: Counter Terrorism and Human Rights; EU and Wider Europe; Foreign Relations; International Institutions and Security Policy; Overseas Territories and Maritime.
The FCO is responsible for promoting British interest abroad and supporting British citizens and business around the globe. As an ALA you’ll be exposed to a wide variety of legal work, both domestic and international, across the full range of the FCO’s functions. Accordingly, you will need significant experience of, or skills in; public international law, European Union law, human rights law, public law or the law relating to the United Kingdom’s overseas territories. You will have gained this experience either in legal practice or through academic study. ALAs need to be versatile and you will move between teams in London to broaden your legal expertise. You will also get the chance to be posted abroad to a diplomatic mission overseas in places like Brussels, New York, Geneva, The Hague or Strasbourg.
For more information and to apply, please go to our Recruitment Website
Closing date for applications midday Friday 18th September 2015.
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