United Nations · 5 hours ago
LEGAL OFFICER (Temporary Job Opening), P4
New York, NY
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expThe United Nations is seeking a Legal Officer to work in the Arbitration and Claims Cluster within the General Legal Division. The role involves providing legal advice on complex legal matters, performing legal research, and representing the organization in legal proceedings.
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Responsibilities
Serves as a lead officer in one or more areas of concentration, and independently handles a wide range of multi-discipline and complex legal matters involving issues of international commercial law, international public, private and administrative law, to include interpretation and application of instruments in that area of concentration
Provides legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to administration and management, institutions support, procurement and contracts, peacekeeping and other operational matters, separately administered programmes and funds, criminal investigations and prosecutions, etc
Performs extensive legal research and analysis and prepares legal opinions, studies, briefs, reports and correspondence; provides legal advice to the unit/division
Prepares, or provides substantive input in, submissions/motions in the course of arbitral proceedings
Services committees, task forces, expert groups and other bodies, including preparation of background materials, summaries of issues and views of members, meeting reports, etc
Reviews, advises on, drafts and negotiates complex contracts, agreements, institutional and operational modalities, or legal motions/submissions and other legal documents; develops new legal modalities to meet unique needs/circumstances
In particular, provides advice and support in resolving (i) disputes arising out of contracts with commercial vendors, consultants, individual contractors, and other personnel, and (ii) third party claims of a private law character involving the operations and activities of the Organizations, its organs or its separately administered funds and programmes
Advises on and participates in negotiations and settlements of claims and disputes, to include establishing strategy and approach, terms and conditions of settlements, and assessments on the merit of claims, and the Organization's risk exposure in arbitration, etc
Provides legal advice on the interpretation and application of financial and staff regulations and rules, including the review of administrative decisions; prepares analyses and evaluations of human resources and other administrative policies and practices
Represents the organization in complex cases before arbitral and other tribunals or administrative proceedings, including disciplinary cases and staff appeals
Serves on various standing boards, committees, ad hoc working groups and task forces, as required; promotes the work of the United Nations and represents the organization at meetings, conferences, seminars, etc
Coordinates and directs teams of other legal officers dealing with significant problems as required, and/or mentors and supervises the work of junior officers on specific projects
Contributes to review and design of new, or new applications of, legal instruments, policy, guidelines, etc
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Advanced university degree in law is required
A first level university degree in law in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
Admission to the practice of law, or otherwise qualified to practice law, in a Member State of the United Nations is required
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in law, obtained in the legal office of an international intergovernmental organization, or legal office of a government or a law firm, including experience in legal analysis, research and writing is required
Substantial and progressively responsible experience in claims analysis and in the practice of international commercial arbitration is required
English is required
Preferred
Experience in international commercial arbitration involving international intergovernmental organizations is desirable
Experience in law with an international intergovernmental organization is desirable
Experience in advising on the status and the privileges and immunities of international intergovernmental organizations is desirable
French is desirable
Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable
Company
United Nations
United Nations is an international organization founded after the Second World War to maintain international peace and security.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Amandeep Singh Gill
Under-Secretary-General, Tech Envoy
Keith Hiatt
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