GDPR Law Internship
About Polixis
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Polixis is a leading Swiss company specialised in RegTech Solutions for banking sector. Our human expertise is combined with Machine Intelligence and this is what makes us special in our field and positions us for an aggressive International growth. We have offices in Geneva, Zurich, London and Yerevan and we see our Armenian offices along with Geneva one as a key R & D hub for our growth.
Position and Location
This is a perfect opportunity to start getting experience in possibly the most important new legal area - the GDPR standards that are set to be global. We offer the possibility to learn and become a world-class expert on the matter in this emerging field of law/technology right out of Yerevan.
Tasks
The work will consist of 3 aspects: - Roughly 40% of the work will be studying and implementing of EU’s General Data Protection Regulation into our operations and its continuous supervision making sure that both design and execution of data related activities are compliant with GDPR’s standards; - 40% of work is research, monitoring of regulatory data/lists across different jurisdictions around the world and continues work with data and IT team when it comes to its processing and integration; - 20% - various tasks on new projects.
Your profile
Essential skills Native or close to native English is a key element for the position. Please do not apply if you don’t meet this criterion; Excellent writing skills and existence of peer-reviewed research/publications in English; Knowledge of Spanish, Arabic or Chinese would be an asset.
Education
MA and/or PhD in Law. International Relations or Political Science applicants may be considered provided they justify solid academic background in the legal field.
What we offer - Paid internship (AMD 150’000 (gross) for full-time with a possibility to later on join the company’s main staff with competitive salary rate;
-Training in area of GDPR that will be the future of data protection globally;
-Flexible work schedule.
Application Procedure
Interested applicants are welcome to send their applications to jobs (at) polixis.com with a subject line “Legal Intern/Junior Associate - Yerevan”. Please note that CVs must be accompanied by one or two samples of applicants’ research pieces in English (Notes, Policy Briefs, Articles etc).