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Job Title

Deputy Research Directors In The Law Reform Commission X2

Employer

Law Reform Commission

Location

Dublin

Description

Job Function: The Commission is seeking to fill 2 new and important research roles of Deputy Research Directors. The 2 Deputy Research Directors will play a key role in the work of the Commission, under the direction of the Director of Research. The Deputy Research Directors will assist the team of legal researchers, with a view to assuring an appropriate output and quality of legal research work produced. This includes overseeing general background research for law reform projects by the legal research team and the preparation of draft Scoping Papers for those projects. It also involves providing editorial comments and assistance on the draft documents, consultative papers and Reports prepared by legal researchers for consideration by the Commission. Additionally, it includes assisting in drafting documents and conducting primary research when required, as well as contributing to solving problems that arise in the research process. The 2 Deputy Research Directors will thus play a key role in assisting the Commission to produce an expert and thoroughly researched body of work containing published proposals for law reform, and in ensuring that these contribute to the development of laws that are responsive to the contemporary and anticipated needs of society in Ireland. Key Responsibilities: a) Supervising and giving advice and assistance to other members of the legal research team with a view to assuring the appropriate output and high quality of the Commission’s work in a timely manner; b) Managing and facilitating a team of researchers including individual performance management and professional development through the Personal Management and Development System (PMDS); c) Monitoring their team’s progress, assessed on the basis of corporate strategic and business plans; d) Assisting the Commission in developing and managing its ongoing programme of legal research to enable it to ensure progress through a programme of law reform, and on requests from the Attorney General. Please note that this advertisement is being hosted by the Public Appointments Service on publicjobs.ie. The Public Appointments Service has no involvement in, or responsibility for, the recruitment and selection process or the terms and conditions which relate to this post.

Date Added

2410 days ago

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