LEGAL OFFICER (Temporary Job Opening), P4

Overview

Serves as an expert in public international law, handling complex legal matters and providing legal advice. The role involves legal research, drafting agreements, and representing the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Serves as an expert in one or more areas of concentration, and independently handles a wide range of multi-disciplinary and complex legal matters involving issues of public international law, including the interpretation and application of the Charter of the United Nations and the law and practice of the Organization.
• Provides legal advice on diverse and complex substantive and procedural questions of public international law.
• Performs extensive legal research and analysis and prepares legal opinions, studies, briefs, reports and correspondence.
• Reviews, advises on, drafts and negotiates complex agreements and other legal documents; develops new legal modalities to meet unique needs/circumstances.
• Serves on various standing boards, committees, ad hoc working groups and task forces, as required; promotes the work of the United Nations (UN) and represents the organization at meetings, conferences, seminars, etc.
• Coordinates and direct teams of junior legal officers dealing with significant problems, as required, and/or mentors and supervises the work of junior legal officers on specific projects.
• Contributes to the review and design of new, or new applications of, legal instruments, policies, guidelines, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Experience

A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible professional experience in public international law, including legal analysis, research and writing including at least two years of service with the legal office of a government department or ministry or of the secretariat of an international organization, is required. Experience in professional legal work relating to the preparation and negotiation of international agreements is desirable. Experience in professional legal work relating to international law governing privileges and immunities of international organizations is desirable. Experience in professional legal work relating to procedural and institutional issues within an international organization is desirable. At least two years of professional experience working with the UN or a related intergovernmental organization is desirable.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in public international law. A first level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience in public international law may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

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