Overview
Provide leadership and strategic direction to the Directorate for Legal Affairs, supporting the Legal Director in delivering strategic legal leadership for the Organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the Director with the planning, orientation, oversight and control of the Directorate’s activities and advice on issues of substance and management.
- Support the advancement and delivery of strategic outcomes in the area of legal, institutional and procedural field.
- Ensure the Directorate is at the forefront of international thinking and research on legal, institutional and procedural aspects.
- Support the Office of the Secretary-General on the Organisation’s work in the area of law, institution and procedure.
- Represent the Directorate and the Organisation at internal and external meetings.
- Establish and maintain a network of relationships with other international organisations, national authorities, academia and research institutes.
- Actively contribute to the development, promotion and implementation of enhanced engagement with key partners and other non-member economies and “horizontal” (multidisciplinary) work.
- Replace the Director in his/her absence.
- Actively manage the Directorate’s human capital.
- Ensure optimal use of resources, skills and knowledge.
- Build and lead a cohesive, multicultural and multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure effective co-ordination, collaboration and co-operation across the Organisation.
- Adhere to and promote the highest professional standards and the ethical principles of the OECD's Code of Conduct.
Required Experience
- At least 10 years’ experience in:
- legal affairs at a progressively senior level in an international context, preferably within one or more international organisations.
- drafting and presenting complex legal advice, ideally across multiple areas of legal practice of relevance to the work of the OECD Legal Directorate, including public international law and the law of international organisations.
- Proven record of conducting relations at senior level and within a political decision-making environment.
- Well-established contacts with key players and stakeholders in the relevant international communities.
Qualifications
• An advanced university degree in law.
