Overview
The Legal Officer will handle appeals matters and provide legal advice on human resources matters, representing the Secretary-General before the United Nations Dispute Tribunal.
Key Responsibilities
- Handles appeals matters and a range of issues related to international, public, national, administrative law.
- Conducts legal research and analysis and prepare legal opinions, studies, briefs, reports and correspondence.
- Undertakes review of legal documents, instruments, or other material.
- Prepares or assists in the preparation of drafts of background papers, studies, reports, legislative texts.
- Prepares or assists in the preparation of legal submissions/motions.
- Assesses evidence for relevance and admissibility.
- Prepares and assesses briefs of evidence.
- Services or assists senior colleagues in servicing diplomatic conferences, commissions, committees, task forces, expert groups, and other bodies.
- Represents or assists in representing the Organization before arbitral and other tribunals or administrative proceedings.
- Provides legal advice on human resources matters, reviews administrative matters.
- Provides guidance to more junior staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Experience
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible legal experience is required. Of the five years, two years of experience in litigation at the national or international level and first-hand experience appearing and leading evidence of witnesses before a court, tribunal, or equivalent administrative boards or bodies is required. Experience, at the international level, in administrative and/or employment and labour law is required.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law is required. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in combination with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
