Sovereign Debt Forum Research Assistant - Temporary

Job Overview

The Sovereign Debt Forum’s #PublicDebtIsPublic initiative (#PDIP) aims to shift debt transparency norms and practices to create a presumption in favor of public disclosure of both legal and financial terms of public debt in a format that is publicly accessible, intelligible, and comparable. The initiative focuses on creating the first centrally collated data repository containing three types of sovereign debt data and documentation: full-text sovereign debt contracts, domestic laws and regulations governing borrowing and authorization procedures and debt disclosure, and an interactive capacity-building platform.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; JD, LLM and/or other graduate training, law practice and/or management experience strongly preferred.
• Requires analytical, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills; a collaborative attitude, and an ability to adapt to the challenges of an ambitious start-up.
• Understanding research process and knowledge of appropriate research protocols.
• Experience in planning and delivery of work allocation, to agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Experience working with a collaborative team to achieve a common goal/objective.
• Experience in maintaining accurate and up to date records.
• Experience in collating, maintaining and deploying datasets to produce, interpret and present data reports and analysis.
• Effective verbal communication skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Office packages (Word and Excel).
• Advanced IT, numeracy and analytical skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Willingness to work flexibly to achieve the demands of the research program.
• Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• JD, LLM and/or other graduate training, law practice and/or management experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with contract analysis and familiarity with the legal system of a non-US jurisdiction.

Work Interactions

This position will report directly to the SDF Academic Co-Director and SDF Fellow at the Law Center. The research assistant will work with a team of 2-5 other research assistants implementing the pilot phase and subsequent phases of PDIP in a remote capacity.

Pay Range

The projected hourly pay range for this position is: $17.55- $21.45.