Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières - USA · 1 month ago
Legal Advisors
Non-Medical
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expDoctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international organization that provides medical care to those in need. The Legal Advisor will provide technical legal expertise to support MSF's mission, identifying legal constraints, assessing risks, and providing recommendations to facilitate MSF activities.
Non-profit Organization Management
Responsibilities
Centralizing legal issues and providing legal advice
Providing reasoned legal opinions – and practical solutions, adapted to MSF specificities, particularly in the areas of social law, contract law, fiscal law and administrative law applicable to NGOs
Referring request related to legal areas not covered by the Intersectional Legal Advisor to the relevant ILD advisor
Drafting/ Revising Mission’s HR Documents, Contracts and Correspondence
Promoting and when necessary adapting the templates developed by the ILD according to the applicable local requirements
Ensuring the Follow-Up of Litigation Files
Ensuring that the proposed strategy is in the best interest of MSF, assesses the risks and proposes alternatives solutions
Reporting to his/her superiors and to the HR or Finance teams on the progress of the cases
Managing Individual Risk (ILD Unit 3)
Providing legal support to HR teams and providing updates to the coordination teams
Coordinating the liaison among sections or directly liaises with relevant authorities like Labor Office/Ministry of Labor, MOH partner and Medical Order
Managing Legal and Administrative Framework Related Risks (ILD Unit 4)
Appropriate support to follow-up registration/operational licenses of all MSF sections and providing legal advice on framework and project MOU
Providing legal support to ensure the facilitation of administrative procedures, ensuring consistency between sections present in the country
Preparing a risk analysis including all the legal and administrative blockages that MSF could face
Training / Project Visits
Reporting
Providing regular activity reports to superiors
Providing a complete end of mission report
Management (when applicable): Responsible for the recruitment and supervision of legal officers and legal assistants, when applicable
Qualification
Required
At least 4 years' experience as an in-house lawyer or as an attorney, including an experience in an NGO
Experience with MSF or other international NGOs in lower-income countries
Lawyer (law degree), ideally with a specialization in Labor Law; knowledge of tax and/or commercial law is an asset
Fluent in English and French (MSF working languages)
Commitment to MSF's guiding principles and values
Able to cope with high levels of stress/able to work in stressful environments
Strong team player
Ability to work within a diverse team
Company
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières - USA
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization that helps people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Aaryahi Deshmukh
Chief Administrative Officer
John Rothmeier
Development Officer, Corporate Partnerships
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