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NLSIU invites applications for the position of Assistant Manager -PACE. The PACE department offers online and hybrid programmes that leverage technology to assist remote learners and provide access to NLSIU’s faculty, among the best in the country, to a wide range of learners. The PACE also provides refresher, upskilling, and capacity-enhancing programmes to members of the civil services, judiciary, and professionals engaging with the law in private organisations and in the non-governmental sector. Currently, the University has 7 Diploma Programmes and 1 Master’s programme along with the Certificate programme (FLE) under the PACE Department.

Assistant Manager (Consultant) PACE – 01 Position

This is a full-time contractual position for 1 year (extendable) based out of the NLSIU campus in Bangalore.

Qualifications

Essential:

1. Post-Graduate Degree or Diploma in administration/management education, project management, IT, or a related field.
2. At least 5 years’ experience in managing teams and anchoring programmes.
3. Competent in Learning Management technology or digital academic tools.
4. Experience in managing academic and online programmes in the education technology sector.

Desirable:

Working knowledge of instructional and curriculum design.

Skills:

1. Strong interpersonal and listening skills.
2. Ability for organization and coordination
3. Ability to work effectively and constructively as part of a team.
4. Ability to work flexibly and willing to go beyond office hours. The role will require me to work over weekends.
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
6. Critical thinking and ability to suggest alternatives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Anchoring and supporting the academic (degree/diploma/certificate) and training programmes run by PACE – from admission to programme closure.
2. Anchoring communication with external stakeholders, public and private partners.
3. Managing learning and delivery design of classes.
4. Managing academic content and discussion fora on the Learning Management System.
5. Working closely with the programme faculty to streamline learning goals.
6. Facilitating digitisation of study materials.
7. Facilitating effective communication and feedback loops among various stakeholders.
8. Managing class schedules and related correspondence with faculty.
9. Ensuring adherence to processes, timelines and SOPs.
10. Creating proposals for new programmes.
11. Managing student queries with speed and accuracy.
12. Collaborating with peers to ensure a high-quality experience for all stakeholders.
13. Preparation of ERP and LMS for courses.
14. Student enrolment on ERP and LMS for all courses and timetable creation.
15. Managing the logistics of conducting classes and office hours.
16. Liaising with faculty on modalities of course work and classes.
17. Planning, assisting, and managing logistics of Formative assessment held twice in a year and Summative assessment held once a year and then Repeat examination held once a year.
18. The process of tabulation and declaration of results for all assessments.
19. Work relating to the annual Convocation.
20. Managing student queries.
21. Any other task assigned by the supervisor

How to Apply

Please use the Google form available here, and include the following documents:

• An updated CV
• A short statement of purpose (not more than 500 words)

Deadline

The last date for the submission of the application is 5:00 PM, 29th April (Monday), 2024.

NLSIU invites applications for the position of Research Assistant under the Centre for Labour Studies for the specific purpose of assisting in preparing a draft labour policy for Karnataka. This is a full-time contractual assignment (at least 6 months) based out of NLSIU campus in Bangalore.

The Centre for Labour Studies (CLS) is an interdisciplinary research centre at NLSIU. It engages with holistic labour jurisprudence for the entire workforce of 500 million with special focus on the deprivation of standards for the informal workers of India who constitute 90 per cent of the workforce. The centre focuses on issues of policy and law reform, including the drafting of new laws. Its value goals derive from our constitutional goals along with Core Labour Standards of the ILO. It seeks to actualise minimum wages and fair wages and a floor level of labour rights for all, along with decent conditions at work.

CLS is presently engaged in drafting an umbrella legislation for the informal workforce of India and on special laws relating to platform-based gig workers, migrant labour, contract labour, home based workers and agricultural labour. Specifically, it is playing a leading role in the tripartite exercise of drafting a Labour Policy for the Government of Karnataka.

Role Description

The Research Assistant will:

1. Summarise international and national standards, norms, guidelines pertaining to labour conditions to be observed by industries, governments, and trade unions.
2. Collate and review existing evidence-based research documenting issues facing different segments of industry in Karnataka.
3. Document and produce timebound reports with focus on expected outcomes and relevant follow up.
4. Maintain steady liaison and continuing contact with all stakeholders identified for tasks from time to time.
5. Carry out research which adds value to contemporary issues of labour that arise during meetings with informal workers, employers’ associations and their organisations and share such outcomes.
6. Liaison with the communication department of NLSIU for enhanced visibility of ongoing labour research and related outcomes.

The Research Assistant will work under the supervision of Prof Babu Mathew, Co-Director, CLS.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Master’s degree in law and/or social sciences from a recognized university OR five year LL.B degree with field work experience in legal activism.
• Demonstrable academic interest and experience in the field of labour law pertaining to non-standard forms of employment (informal workers, etc).

Desirable:

• Fluency in Kannada including writing, reading, and speaking.
• Knowledge of legal and policy standards pertaining to labour law in India and globally.
• Research and/or practical experience on issues affecting workers in the unorganised sector and daily wage labourers.
• Experience with writing legal and/or policy-based reports.
• Demonstrable proficiency and previous experience in using of G-Suite, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Good communication, organising and time management skills.

How to Apply?

Please use the Google form available here, and include the following documents:

• An updated CV
• A short statement of purpose (not more than 500 words)
• Writing sample of not more than 1000 words

Deadline

The last date for the submission of the application is 5:00 PM, March 28th (Thursday), 2024.

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) invites applications for two research associate positions to work on Domestic and International Law analysis, under the project Access to Justice in Citizenship Determination. These are full-time contractual assignments (4 months) and may be remote.

This assignment is in furtherance of the NLSIU’s focus on Access to Justice and Legal System Reform and in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London. The project aims at examining citizenship determination processes in the state of Assam and will result in a legal report on systemic barriers to legal aid for persons at the risk of statelessness

Role Description

The researcher will:

1. Collate and analyse legal materials, including case law, on citizenship determination in the state of Assam, human rights and international law standards on statelessness and citizenship deprivation.

2. Collate, analyse and visualise quantitative data, or contribute to and support collation, analysis and visualisation.

3. Write and edit the legal report and/or segments of the legal report; circulate drafts and collect reviews; and incorporate and finalise the report.

4.  Write and publish summaries of the legal report for popular circulation, including on social media and blogs etc.

5. Assist in the production of other written and multimedia outputs in relation to the legal report.

6. Work closely with a team of other researchers through online collaboration.

7. May be requested to travel within India for research and output dissemination (with practical and monetary support from the project).

Who should apply?

• Essential: Degree in Law, or a masters degree in a related social science discipline, or a bachelors degree in a social science discipline with three or more years of relevant work experience.
• Essential: Excellent writing, research and editorial skills.
• Preferrable: Relevant subject-matter expertise; previous relevant subject-matter research and/or practical experience; writing and editorial experience in legal report or reports with substantial legal component; training in or demonstrable experience in collecting, analysing and/or visualising quantitative data including judicial data and RTI-sourced data.
• Preferrable: Training and/or demonstrable previous experience in design and visualisation of reports based on policy/legal analysis and quantitative and/or qualitative data.
• Essential:
  • Previous experience and/or demonstrable ability to work in teams, including virtually, contributing to both team and individual goals.
  • Demonstrable ability and experience in meticulously use different legal research databases.
    Demonstrable proficiency and previous experience in using of G-Suite, MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Good communication, organising and time management skills.

The researchers will work under direct supervision of Ms Darshana Mitra, Assistant Professor, NLSIU and the Principal Investigator of the project.

How to apply

Please use the Google form available here, and include the following documents:

• An updated CV
• A short statement of purpose (not more than 500 words)
• Writing sample of not more than 1000 words.

Deadline

The last date for submission of applications has been extended to 18 March 2024.