Looking For An Adventure – Law Librarian In Iraq Anybody

We usually put all job ads in the LLN Newsletter ..but this one deserves a post on the blog…


Elizabeth Naumczyk the Head of? Library and Documentation Unit at the International Criminal Court/Cour p?nale internationale has posted this position … so …. if you are bored of helping bankers making more money with the help of your legal research why not dedicate yourself to some adventure – you’ll be in Kurdistan which in Iraq terms is as safe as houses.

LAW LIBRARIAN ADVISOR/MENTOR



Tsamota Ltd is a London-based consultancy which undertakes, inter alia, justice-sector reforms projects in development and post-conflict environments ranging from South-Eastern Europe, through the Middle East, to South Asia.

Tsamota is currently undertaking a European Commission-funded, United Nations Developments Programme-implemented project to establish a law library at the Civil Appellate Court situated in the Rusafa district of Baghdad. The constituent elements of this project involve acquisition of books, shelving, furniture and IT equipment, the hiring and mentoring of an Iraqi librarian, and the setting up of a cataloguing system. An experiences Baghdad-based law librarian has been retained by Tsamota to assist with this project; Tsamota is currently seeking to supplement the library-project team with a European-based law librarian.

Tsamota seeks a librarian currently employed in a law library or a recently-retired professional. The successful candidate will be required to have a minimum of seven years of experience as a law librarian, a sense of adventure and be fluent in English. Fluency in classical Arabic would be an immense advantage, although it is not a strict requirement for this position as Tsamota employs language assistants in the region.

Owing to the unstable security situation in Baghdad, the successful candidate will be required to travel to Erbil ? a safe city in the Kurdish sector of Iraq ? for five days of face-to-face training / mentoring during the first half of May 2010. Participants will include Tsamota?s Iraq law-library advisor, the Iraqi librarian newly-hired to serve at the Appellate Court and the European-based advisor additional mentoring will be required of the European-based law librarian, although any work undertaken from outside of Iraq can be managed around the existing full-time work commitments. The services provided by the European-based law librarian outside of Iraq will consist principally of advising Tsamota and the Iraqi partners on the creation of a simple and user friendly electronic cataloguing system (in Baghdad).

Tsamota offers a competitive salary; all costs, including medical insurance, will be covered during the period of employment in Erbil.

Qualified candidates should submit a brief curriculum vitae (in English or French), to Dr. William Wiley at [email protected]

2nd floor, 145-157 St John Street, London EC1V 4PY, United Kingdom
[email protected]

Elizabeth Naumczyk
Head Library and Documentation Unit
International Criminal Court/Cour p?nale internationale
Maanweg 174
2516AB The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: ?31. (0) 70 5158283
Fax: 31. (0) 70 5158810
Email: [email protected]