Legal Associate

Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a global health organization that partners locally and globally to create and scale solutions to the world’s deadliest health threats. Millions of people die from preventable health threats. We collaborate to close the gap between proven, life-saving solutions and the people who need them. Since 2017, we’ve worked with governments and other partners in more than 60 countries to save millions of lives. We work toward a future where people live longer, healthier lives, communities flourish, and economies thrive. This is an ambitious vision, and it inspires us and our partners to make progress every day.

Background:

Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a US-based, global public health organization with a mission to accelerate action against the world’s deadliest health threats. Since 2017, RTSL has partnered with low-and middle-income country governments, multilateral agencies, academic and other civil society partners, and communities to design simple solutions that can be scaled up to stop leading health threats worldwide. Our legal team supports governments in reviewing their existing legal frameworks, identifying gaps and needs, and designing effective response measures across a range of technical issues including health security, nutrition, hypertension, health taxes, and environmental health.

Position Purpose:

The Legal Associate supports RTSL’s public health legal work by conducting legal and regulatory research, monitoring policy developments, supporting the development of presentations and legal and policy materials, and coordinating with partners and tracking priority workstreams. Working under the guidance of the Director, Public Health Legal and in collaboration with other members of the public health legal team, RTSL technical teams, and external partners, the Legal Officer helps translate legal analysis into practical tools, guidance, and technical assistance that advance public health policy and strengthen national legal and regulatory frameworks.

Success in the role means providing rigorous, timely, and practical legal and policy support that helps RTSL teams and partners advance priority public health reforms.

Work Location: This is a remote position open to candidates based in the US or the UK.

Duration: Full-time employment for a fixed term of 24 months.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

Legal and Policy Research & Analysis

• Conduct supervised legal and regulatory research and analysis in countries where RTSL supports public health initiatives, including review of laws, regulations, policies, legal authorities, and relevant international standards and instruments.

• Monitor and analyze legal, regulatory, and policy developments relevant to RTSL priorities, including health security, nutrition, hypertension control, health taxes, and environmental health.

• Synthesize legal research into clear findings, options, and practical implications for RTSL teams, governments, and partners.

• Support comparative legal and policy analyses across countries and jurisdictions to identify relevant approaches, gaps, and lessons.

• Maintain organized and reliable legal research and reference materials to support ongoing country and thematic work.

Legal and Policy Technical Assistance

• Support the team's provision of legal and policy technical assistance to governments, grantees, and other partners.

• Draft, review, and edit legal, policy, advocacy, training, and presentation materials for internal and external audiences.

• Contribute to the development and refinement of legal tools, templates, guidance, and other knowledge products at country, regional, and global levels.

• Support the design and delivery of capacity-building activities, including workshops, trainings, and technical consultations with government and other country partners.

• Translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, accessible information for public health practitioners and other non-legal audiences.

Country, Partner & Workstream Coordination

• Coordinate with country partners, grantees, RTSL technical teams, and regional and global stakeholders to support legal work planning, information gathering, and implementation.

• Track priority legal workstreams, country engagements, partner requests, deliverables, and deadlines to support timely follow-up and execution.

• Prepare background materials, presentations, meeting materials, and concise summaries to support technical discussions and decision-making.

• Participate in meetings and consultations with government and partner stakeholders and document key decisions, actions, and follow-up.

• Perform other legal, policy, research, and coordination responsibilities consistent with the role, as needed.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Juris Doctor, LLM, or equivalent degree

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant legal or policy experience, including experience in legal research and analysis, regulatory or policy analysis, public interest law, global health or related area(s) of legal work.

• Demonstrated experience in conducting legal and regulatory research, producing clear written analysis.

• Prior experience coordinating projects, deliverables, or partner engagements across multiple workstreams.

• Prior experience working with or supporting government ministries, regulatory agencies, or other public sector institutions.

Skills & abilities: